When a recruiter is interviewing an applicant using behavioral interviewing techniques, the story behind the answer is the real test.  Think about how differently the recruiter might look at you, depending on your answer.  The story you share will tell how you face problems, overcome obstacles, learn lessons or take on responsibility.  If you can look at your first job not only as a means to earn some spending money, but also as a learning opportunity about the world of work, you could move to the top of the list in the eyes of the recruiter.
 
My first paying job was babysitting the neighborhood kids.  I learned a lot of different things,  like responsibility, patience, creativity,  leadership, and on one occasion, how to handle an emergency. Because of my babysitting experiences, I could come up with a number of examples to tell a recruiter that might demonstrate that I have the various skills they need for their position.
 
Ask your students or your own kids, "What was your first job and what lessons did you learn from it?"  Get them to think about the different activities they are involved in, paying or not, and start a conversation about lessons learned.  Asking yourself, "What did I learn from that experience?" is a good habit to start and is a valuable way to look at life and your career path.

 

Vital Link's Career Exploration Center is ready to move from the Exploratory Phase into the Planning Phase.  We invite you to join the Target 360 Campaign and be a part of the Career Exploration Center, a project that will revolutionize the Career Exploration process. 
 
Vital Link has begun the Target 360 Campaign to raise $36,000, the amount needed to proceed with the planning phase.  We need seed funding to pay for the architectural concept plan, which will move the project to the next level.   We are asking you to be one of 360 individuals or businesses that donate $100 or more to the campaign. 
 
As a Founding Member of the Target 360 Campaign, you will be part of a project that will transform the Career Exploration process. You will be included in special recognition events and other Career Exploration Center activities. As a Founding member of the Target 360 Campaign, your name will be placed on the Founder's Recognition Wall of the new Career Exploration Center building, acknowledging your commitment.
 
"Vital Link's vision to provide Orange County with a state-of-the-art center to foster Careers by Choice, Not Chance is an idea worth pursuing."  
                                                  Bill Habermehl, Orange County Superintendent of Schools
 
             You can make a difference in the lives of our community's youth and help

  Connect Students to Their Future.
 
Click here to Join the Target 360 team today!
 

Vital Link

P.O. Box 12064, Costa Mesa, CA 92627
 949-646-2520

E-mail:  Kathy@vitallinkoc.org
 

We appreciate your tax-deductible gift.
 

Our organization needs a van to transport the equipment we use during our Career Exploration programs and Advisory Board events.  As the organization grows and the number of programs we provide throughout the county increases, it becomes more and more difficult for us to transport all of the props and equipment we use.  Sound equipment, projectors, chairs and tables, props and displays are among the many items that are transported in the back seats of our staff and volunteers cars.
 
If you, or someone you know, has a commercial van to donate to Vital Link, you would become one our heroes!  
  
Please Contact Vital Link at  949-646-2520  or email Helen@vitallinkoc.org.

 

Thank you for your support!

 

 

 

 

If you are interested in supporting Vital Link through a donation, the organization is currently looking for the following items: