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Powerpoint for Google Hangout on 11/21/2013TRANSCRIPT
Welcome!
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What are soft skills?
• Communication• Leadership• Self-Awareness
NOT• Accounting Skills• Project Management
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Importance of Soft Skills“Jobstacles: For Youth –
Soft Skills Are Hard Skills” – June 25
“Pickier than ever, employers on the hunt
for soft skills” - June 25
“Hard times for soft skills” - June 21
“How Grads can Effectively Showcase
Soft Skills to Employers” – June 12
“Soft skills graduates need to master in a job
market” – June 25
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Personality & Behavior
Personality is who you are-a combination of an individual’s emotional, attitudinal, and response patterns
What is personality?Behavior is the range of actions or mannerisms made by an individual
What is behavior?
Personality is a strong driver of Behavior
Personality Behavior Reputation
What does Reflect measure and help develop?
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Your core personality: what Reflect measures
Behaviours you’ve developed to counter core personality traits
Additional behaviours developed by using Reflect
Reflect prepares individuals for the business school application process and beyond
• Write a stronger application that showcases you self-awareness of your strengths and areas for development
• Position yourself better in admissions, internship and employment interviews by speaking knowledgably about your soft skills and personal development
• Identify and build upon the 10 key competencies that global recruiters and business schools are looking for
• Be better prepared for group work experiences in the program
Reflect helps you know themselves better so you can:
How can Reflect benefit the you?
How was Reflect Developed?
10 Competencies• Collaborated with industry
experts, • Conducted Extensive research
with 900 corporate recruiters and 40 leading graduate schools around the world
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92% of respondents gave a rating of 50 or higher
80% of respondents gave a rating of 80 or higher
Top “additional” competencies cited by corporate recruiters were either knowledge based (ex: project management, technology skills), or cognitive (ex: critical reasoning, analytical skills).
Corporate Alignment
Why only 80%?
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Reflect Workflow
Hogan Personality Inventory
Hogan Development Survey
Motives, Values, & Preferences Inventory
Assess Discover Improve
Overview
Applying Reflect: Sample Application Questions
• What are your strengths?• What are your areas for improvement?• How can you contribute to a group?• What makes you stand out in a crowd?• What skills do you want to build in a graduate
business program?
Ask Us Your Questions…
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Type your questions using the Q&A option
Thank You!
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Contact us at [email protected] Visit the Reflect site at www.gmac.com/reflect
ONE WEEK ONLY:Save 20% on your next purchase of Reflect with promo code DEAL.
Offer expires November 29, 2013. www.mba.com/reflect