UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, February 25, 1993
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Students hone skills in interviews
By Will Lewis
Kansan staff write
Shan Chen, Lawrence graduate student, practices her interviewing skills with Jim Scherzberg, from Howard Needles Tammen Bergendoff, an engineering consulting firm from Overland Park.
Several students sat outside of the interviewing rooms at Learned Hall reviewing their resumes and shifting in their seats.
It was only a mock interview, the first of its kind at KU's School of Engineering.
They waited for a representative from one of seven national corporations to call their names.
But some of the meticulously dressed students sitting in the padded seats outside acted like they were waiting for the real thing.
Julie Cunningham, director of the school's Career Service Center, said the school decided to provide the service to give students a realistic feel for their future job searches. About 50 students signed up for the event.
The mock interview would help students feel more comfortable, she said.
"There's always some apprehension about going into a little room and sitting at a desk with the door closed." Cunningham said.
Five Kansas and two out-of-state companies sent representatives to the University to evaluate students' performances following a 30-minute interview.
"The employer can say 'Here are some good things you did during the interview and here are some things you could work on," Cunningham said.
Medie Youogo, Lawrence graduate student, said she was nervous as she waited for an interview with Exxon Corp.
She said she thought the interview would help prepare her for her job search.
Jeremy deNoyelles, Lawrence senior, said he walked out of his interview feeling good.
"It's a lot more relaxing than a real interview because you know that they're not going to give you a job," deNoyelles said after his interview with Boeing Co.
"It will give me an idea of what interviews are really like because this is the first time I'm going out to look for a serious job," she said.
"Most of the fear comes from not knowing what to expect," Youogo said.
He said his interviewer gave him
some good pointers.
"He wasn't critical, but he was helpful in giving suggestions for the next interview," de Novelles said.
Rick Hornsby, a representative from Exxon Corp., said the evaluations were helpful.
"It gives them some feedback on their interviewing skills that they don't get in the normal interviewing process," Hornsby said.
He said it made him feel good to help prepare the students.
"We get the satisfaction of giving students more tools in their tool-boxes to help them get a better job," he said. "I've helped at least one of them land a job, then that's a great reward."
Sessions set to help sufferers of test anxiety
Kansan staff writer
Rv Vicki Rode
terson said.
Nervousness before a test is natural, but some students experience severe test anxiety and need to learn how to handle the stress, said Bryan Patterson. Counseling and Psychological Services graduate clinician.
Counseling and Psychological Services will conduct five sessions, beginning today, to help students overcome test anxiety. The sessions will be held from 3:30 to 5 p.m., Thursdays in the Counseling and Psychological Services office.
Dan Trent, Counseling and Psychological Services graduate clinician, said test anxiety symptoms included a sense of panic, a racing heartbeat, difficulty breathing, sweating palms and a nervous stomach.
Students must be screened before they are allowed to attend the structured group, he said. The screening helps clinicians determine whether the students have test anxiety or get nervous before tests simply because they have not studied, Patterson said.
"the sessions are designed to help people better help themselves." Pat
interfere with one's performance on a test, the person usually has text anxiety," he said. "If students have done all their homework and taken good notes but can't remember information they studied, then they may have test anxiety."
The session will begin by teaching relaxation techniques to ease anxiety, Trent said.
A moderate amount of these symptoms is natural during a test, Trent
Arthur Thomas, Counseling and Psychological Services associate director, said he thought the group was worthwhile.
"The only problem is that people need to get interested in the group weeks before a test instead of the day before." Thomas said.
"When these symptoms actually
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