Research and Explore Options and Opportunities

Tips for attending Office Visits

Students invited by prospective employers to office visits are expected to:

• dress professionally,

• behave in a natural, relaxed, friendly and professional manner,

• be INTERESTED in the company, ask the company representatives about the job, the business, challenges, opportunities, what you could do to help the business, and,

• be interesting, respond to what you are told, share what you think about what you heard and how you could contribute to the business,

• be interested in the company representatives and other student participants, ask about them, but not in a nosy manner,

• be interesting as a person yourself, talk about hobbies, sports, current affairs etc.,

• discuss your views with the company representatives, e.g. this is what you like about the business, this is what you think are the challenges, this is what you think you might do....etc. Then ask him/her whether or not that is the sort of thing that would be useful etc., and

• be friendly and considerate with the other candidates, draw them into the conversation if they are shy and did not have a chance to contribute.

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