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Job Interviews For Dummies®, 4th Edition
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Job Interviews For Dummies®, 4th Edition

by Joyce Lain Kennedy
December 2011
Beginner content levelBeginner
339 pages
7h 40m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 20

What Education Do You Have?

In This Chapter

arrow Selling educational skills and value in your job interview

arrow Capitalizing on boomers’ updated workplace education

arrow Maximizing the educational punch of new college graduates

Interviewers glean more from your answers about education and training than just the facts. What you say reveals your decision-making processes, your values, your ability to keep up with the times, and your willingness to adapt to a technology-driven global economy.

In addition to dealing with touchy issues that job seekers of any age or experience level may encounter — like not having a degree or other required educational credential — this chapter focuses on inquiries often directed at two specific groups:

check.png Boomers, a young-at-heart generation toting around a few extra years of experience. (See Chapter 13 for interviewing tips for people over 50.)

check.png Millennials (those born after 1980), fresh faces on the work scene and typically recent college gradates. (See Chapter ...

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