DON’Ts: Don’t include irrelevant information. When describing past employment, don’t include salaries, reasons for leaving, or street addresses of employers. Don’t use first person pronouns (I, me, mine). Don’t use wild colors, funky fonts, legal size paper, dot matrix printers, or poor quality photocopies. Don’t include personal information such as marital status or age. Don’t title the document “Resume.” Don’t crowd information. Don’t underline or indent excessively, or use too much bold print. Don’t say that “References are available on request.” You will provide this information, if it is requested, on a Reference Sheet. POSITION: Specialist CES-1 DIVISION: Foster Care Division OPEN UNTIL FILLED SALARY: $47,000 – $63,000 POSITION SUMMARY: Are you interested in improving the lives of children in Arizona? Do you enjoy working in a fast paced team environment and have experience in child welfare issues? Maybe you should consider putting your skills to work for the Arizona Supreme Court as a member of the Foster Care Review Board Program. This position supports the Foster Care Review Board (FCRB) Program. The FCRB Program Specialist provides professional level recommendation reports to the Juvenile Court Judges, as well as maintains professional relationships with various child welfare stakeholders and the public. The position facilitates citizen review boards which review the cases of dependent children in out-of-home care. This position is responsible to prepare and schedule assigned cases; notices to interested parties; coordinate the exchange of information during each review; develop, prepare and distribute the recommendation report for the court and all interested parties; recruit and screen potential board members; develop professional relationships with case managers, board members and other community service providers; staff State Board and other
What kind of feedback will I get? General employer questions: What are the company/firm/agency’s plans for the next five years? What are the objectives or plans for growth? What is the company/agency hierarchy? How does the company/firm/agency determine what type of work a new employee is to be assigned? Ask about training/supervision opportunities: Are there formal training programs? Are new employees encouraged to attend outside training? 1. WHAT DO YOU DO AFTER THE INTERVIEW? Always send a thank you letter to the interviewer after the interview. It can either be a typed letter or a handwritten note if you have professional looking correspondence cards and good handwriting. Thank them for their time, refer to something you discussed during the interview, and reiterate your interest in the job. At the end of your interview, ask the employer when they plan on contacting candidates for second interviews or offers, and ask whether you can contact them if you haven’t heard back by that time. A few days after that deadline, call if you haven’t heard anything. Just be polite and say something like “I am calling to follow up on an interview I had two weeks ago with Jan Doe.” Employers often don’t respond as quickly as you would wish. Do not take this personally! 2. INTERVIEW QUESTIONS MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED BY EMPLOYERS As you continue to interview, you will notice that certain questions occur frequently. The following is a list of questions, or variations of questions you will in one form or another be asked. Drafting truthful and positive replies to each of these questions will help prepare you for your interviews. Tell me something about yourself? How would you describe yourself? What do you know about us? Why do you want to work for us? Why should I hire you? What qualities do you have that would make you a successful at our firm/agency/company? Why did you decide to pursue your M.L.S. degree? How has your degree prepared you to work here? What are your long range and short range goals and objectives? When and why did you establish these goals and how are you preparing yourself to achieve them? What do you see yourself doing in five years? I see from your resume that you.(fill in each item on your resume). What are your weaknesses? What are your strengths? How would you solve this problem? (This is your hypothetical question)