2. Aggressive tone
My way or the highway
Wants to win at all costs
Nonassertive tone
Doesn’t talk much
Backs down
Hard to read
Assertive tone
Direct, but tactful
Considers location, timing,
intensity, relationships
Solves problems
5. Why?
Women spend 85% of
consumer $
Older Americans spend
more than $600 billion
each year
32 million people in the
U.S. speak a language
other than English
Women
85%
Seniors
$600 billion
32 million
non-
English
6. How To Promote Diversity
Be open-minded
Be tolerant
Be empathetic
7. Cover Letter: A Personal Introduction to Employers; Sent with Your
Resume
Portfolio: A Collection of a Person’s Best Work, Usually in a
Portable Case
Thank You Note/Follow-Up Letter: Sent after a interview as a
thank you to the interviewer Networking: A variety of personal
contacts that you use as business resources
References: An individual that serves as the point of contact for
employers seeking to verify or ask questions about a potential
employee’s background, work experience, or work ethic (Not A
Family Member!)
Networking: developing a variety of personal contacts that can be
tapped for information and tips on job hunting
8. This is a formal version of your personal
inventory
Contains
Identification
Your objective or job goal
Education and training
Work history
Personal data
Reference statement
9. Name
Address
Phone number
Email
At top
List name as you want to be called at work
10. Focus of Résumé
Part time work?
Unpaid volunteer?
Scholarship?
College acceptance?
How might you write your objective?
11. While in high school, it goes at the top
Later on at the bottom
Usually when you will graduate
GPA - if for acceptance or impressive
Training - what might relate to the job or be
impressive
What might you list?
12. Information on each job
Name, location of business , and dates of
employment
Responsibilities on job
If you have never had a paid position, what could
you include?
14. Available upon request
Have information with you
Names of employers
Check with them in advance to use
Phone numbers
15. Ask yourself, “Does it have something to do with
the job or position for which I am interviewing?”
Examples of inappropriate questions:
What is your political party?
Do you go to church regularly?
Do you drink?
What is your sexual orientation?
What is your IQ?
Do you have a girlfriend/boyfriend?
How much do you weigh?
16. Try to tackle the real concern
Answer briefly and move on
How would you handle, “Do you have a
boyfriend or girlfriend?”
What other questions could be difficult for
you?
17. Women Men
• Solid color, conservative suit
• Coordinated blouse
• Moderate shoes (typically
closed toe)
• Limited jewelry
• Neat, professional hairstyle
• Tan or light hosiery
• Sparse make-up & perfume
• Manicured nails
• Portfolio or briefcase
• Solid color, conservative suit
• White long sleeve shirt
• Conservative tie
• Dark socks, professional
shoes
• Very limited jewelry
• Neat, professional hairstyle
• GoVERY easy on the
aftershave
• Neatly trimmed nails
• Portfolio or briefcase
19. Cell Phone (Leave it in your car!You will
survive for 30 minutes without your phone)
Gum (Take mints with you instead, and make
sure to finish it before the interview starts)
Coffee (It only gets in the way and is an
unnecessary prop)
20. Denotation: The Dictionary Definition of a
Word
Connotation: The Emotional and Imaginative
Association Surrounding a Word
▪ Example: A dove (peace), Hollywood (fame), Wall Street
(Wealth and Power)
Plagiarism: The Practice of Taking Someone
Else's Work or Ideas and Passing them Off as
One's Own.
21. Introduction
Attention Getter
Thesis Statement
Preview
Body
3 main points
Supporting data
Conclusion
Restate thesis
Summarizes main points
Clinches
Body
Introduction
Conclusion
22. Speech is written out and read word
for word from the paper
Write and commit speech to memory,
Memorize word for word
Use an Outline Only while you are
Presenting your Speech
Spontaneous or “Off the Cuff," No
Notes Used, Usually a Short Speech
with little or no time for preparation
Manuscript
Memorized
Extemporaneous
Impromptu
23. Monotone: A Tone in which Words are
Delivered at the Same Rate and Pitch
Without Variation
Rate: Speed at Which We Speak
Pitch: Highs and Lows of Your Voice
Inflection: The Altering of a Speaker’s
Tone or Pitch to Create Emphasis
24. Volume: Loudness or Softness of Your
Voice
Articulation: The Crispness, Distinctness,
with Which We Say the Syllable in a
Word
Pronunciation: Saying the Sounds of a
Word Properly and Stressing the Correct
Syllable
25. The mode or manner that a speaker uses to
transmit words to an audience.
Four Types
Manuscript method
Memorized method
Extemporaneous
Impromptu
26. What Is Persuasive Speaking?
• Induce your
audience to believe
as you do.
• Influence your
audience to cause an
action.
• In order to be
successful, you must
know your audience.
27. Supportive- friendly; reinforce what they
already accept & strengthen ties with them
Uncommitted- neutral; members need
information so they can make up their minds
28. Indifferent- members are often apathetic;
often they are a captive audience (forced
to be in attendance)
Opposed- hostile towards you; objective
should be to get a fair
hearing
▪ compromise
▪ offer a disclaimer
29. Logical Appeal- Greek “logos”
be organized
offer proof
Emotional Appeal- Greek “pathos”
words arouse feeling in audience
Personal Appeal- Greek “ethos”
honesty
competency
30. Where can I go to find all of Coach Slay’s
PowerPoints?
http://www.slideshare.net/sws4618
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