One of the responsibilities of higher education is to prepare students for the job market. This preparation is a long process of learning competitive skills to successfully work within an organization. Sometimes, we forget that in order to have students use their new developed skills they will need to land a job. Dr. Lauren Mackenzie (2009) shares some of her assignment experiences in helping students interview better and secure the employment they desire. She believes that there are three concepts which are helpful to students that include viewing interviews as conversations, nexting, and thin slicing. As you may not be familiar with these terms nexting is a flow of information, and thin slicing is understanding the non-verbal cues. Together these three concepts help in creating higher levels of interview preparedness. All interviews are conversations. The employer is trying to gain as much information about you while you are trying to gauge them. It is a process o
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