Presentation about how to research a company prior to a job interview

1. Researching a Company
Research by Pixabay Shared under cc0

2. Our Agenda
1. agenda
2. objectives
3. Introductions
4. Class discussion
5. Review Vocabulary
6. Activity 2: Fill-in-the-blank
7. Why Research a company
8. How to Research a Company
9. Homework

3. Workshop Objectives
1. To learn 8 new words
2. To learn how researching a company can
help you get a job
3. To practice researching a company

4. • What is your name?
• Where are you from?
Introductions

5. • Have you ever researched a
company?
• Why is it so important?
• How did you do it?
Group discussion

6. Activity one: Vocabulary Review
Member of a nation
good feelings about you
A place where you may work
Things a company believes to be good or
important.
A person you want to work for
A document that states the goals and purpose
of a company or organization
Up-to-date
Study about something
research
pre-interviewgood impression
mission statementcurrent prospective employer
potential workplace
values
Before the job interview

7. Activity two: fill-in-the- blank
1. Did you ________________________ the company before the interview?
2. What ___________________ does the company have?
3. The company’s __________________ is to provide good service to its customers.
4. I met my _______________________________ today.
5. Is the information on the website __________?
6. I met many nice people at my ___________________________________ .
7. I always get nervous ____________________________ .
8. Making a ______________________ at your job interview is very important.
research
good impression
Pre-interview potential workplace
prospective employervalues
current
mission statement

8. Listen to a dialogue:
Johanna
Johanna
Alicia
Johanna
Alicia
Johanna
Alicia
Johanna
Alicia
Alicia
So, how did your interview go today?
It was great!
Glad to hear that! I know you were a little nervous about it.
I was, but once we began speaking, we really connected.
Making that connection is so important.
Oh, by the way, I should thank you for your advice.
What advice was that?
You told me I should research the company. I did, and I think I made
a very good impression when the manager asked me what I knew
about the company
Being able to speak about the company you want to work for very
important
Oh yeah!

9. Why is it
important to
research a
company before
a job interview?
You want to
make a good
first
impression!
To decide if
you want to
work for the
company!

10. You should know
about the
company you
want to work for
… … and the
industry and
the industry
it’s a part of.

11. Question!
When researching a
company, what kind
of information should
we look for?

12. 1. We could search
out what the
company is really
good at.

13. you could Check out
the “about us”
section of the
company website.

14. 2. Research how the
company is doing
financially.
dollar by geralt Shared under cc0

15. This will help you to
speak
knowledgably
about the
company!
Interview by adabara Shared under cc0

16. 3. Know what your
company is doing in
the community!

17. 4. Know the
“culture” of the
company you want
to work for!
team by hillynne Shared under cc0

18. 5.
Study your
company’s industry
and competitors.
COMPETITION by wolter_tom Pixabay Shared under cc0

19. Sources of
information

20. 1. People who
already work for
the company
people by geralt Shared under cc0

21. 2.
Company
website
Company website by Pixabay Shared under cc0

22. 3.
Social
media
Social media by geralt Shared under cc0

23. LinkedIn by Pixabay Shared under cc0

24. facebook by Pixabay Shared under cc0

25. Twitter by geralt Shared under cc0

26. Thanks for attending.
See you next time!