This week we got an even more in depth look at what goes on on the interviewer side of the table.
We used the interview questions that our team came up with last week to conduct an interview with someone (outside of healthcare) who is responsible for hiring new employees. This interview was a pretty interesting experience because it gave me a different perspective on what kinds of things interviewers are looking for. I knew that things like appearance and personality are important, but I don't think I had ever spent much time thinking about immediate disqualifiers. Sure, I could come up with a few, but whenever we talk about preparing for interviews, I feel like we talk more about what you should do, than what you shouldn't do or say.
Our group activity for this week was to write a 12-15 page paper on activities that would create an online or virtual team building experience in which leadership, compromise, communication, and followership would be demonstrated, as well as how the activity would occur to be beneficial. I wouldn't say I necessarily liked or enjoyed the activity. Many of the activities seemed pretty simple and it was difficult to fill the page requirement. It was also difficult to find 5 sources to cite, since most of these games/activities were alterations of games we've all played a hundred times. Admittedly, some of the activities did require some explanation as to how they would actually work in an online environment. It was actually an interesting activity, since we did have to make some alterations, and I really do think some of the activities would be really fun.
Some of the activities that we outlined were
We used the interview questions that our team came up with last week to conduct an interview with someone (outside of healthcare) who is responsible for hiring new employees. This interview was a pretty interesting experience because it gave me a different perspective on what kinds of things interviewers are looking for. I knew that things like appearance and personality are important, but I don't think I had ever spent much time thinking about immediate disqualifiers. Sure, I could come up with a few, but whenever we talk about preparing for interviews, I feel like we talk more about what you should do, than what you shouldn't do or say.
Our group activity for this week was to write a 12-15 page paper on activities that would create an online or virtual team building experience in which leadership, compromise, communication, and followership would be demonstrated, as well as how the activity would occur to be beneficial. I wouldn't say I necessarily liked or enjoyed the activity. Many of the activities seemed pretty simple and it was difficult to fill the page requirement. It was also difficult to find 5 sources to cite, since most of these games/activities were alterations of games we've all played a hundred times. Admittedly, some of the activities did require some explanation as to how they would actually work in an online environment. It was actually an interesting activity, since we did have to make some alterations, and I really do think some of the activities would be really fun.
Some of the activities that we outlined were
- Two Truths and a Lie
- Rabbit (an online video sharing app)
- Get-to-Know-You, Internet Edition
- Virtual Charades
- Heads Up (another mobile app game)
- a FaceTime/Skype Show and Tell activity
- Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
- Weekly Discussions with Get-to-Know-You questions
- Never Have I Ever
- Introduce a Friend
From: Home, Hugs, and Huskies (https://homehugshuskies.wordpress.com/2016/12/05/getting-to-know-your-child-or-stepchild-questionnaire-free-printable/)
I have honestly never had an online class where we actually had to get to know each other, so this was a very interesting idea. Usually with online classes I couldn't even name one person in the class, even if we have discussions every week. Online classes just don't have that personal connection aspect, making it very easy to detach from the people in the class, as well as the material.
I actually haven't minded working with a team for this class. One thing I have noticed is that in nursing school, most all of us are the overachievers who actually work hard for our grades, so when we do group work, no one is slacking. We all put in work because we all want to get a good grade.
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