Teacher Candidate Interview Day TCID

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Teacher Candidate Interview Day(TCID)

• Sponsored by the
• College Career Center Consortium
• Anderson University ? Butler University ? DePauw
  University
• Earlham College ? Franklin College ? Hanover
  College ? IUPUI ? Marian University
• St. Josephs College ? Taylor University ? Wabash
  College ? University of Indianapolis

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Basic Facts About TCID

• Reputation for Excellence31 years!
• 94 Schools and 197 recruiters attended in 2007
• Recruiters from Indiana and throughout the U. S.
• 497 Candidates registered to attend in 2007
• Due to the popularity of this event, attendance
  at TCID 2008 is limited to December 2007, May
  June 2008 graduating educators from the College
  Career Center Consortium. Candidates must be
  from the fields of teaching, school counseling or
  school media.

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Preparation Before TCID

• Arrange to be available on 4/16
• Do Your Homework. Know the employers who will be
  attending TCID and do some research.
• Thoroughly complete online applications. Many of
  the employers will expect you to have done this
  prior to TCID.

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Your Educator Résumé

• Polish your résumé. If you work the fair
  correctly, you will hand out as many as 30
  résumés. Do not wait until the week of TCID to
  have your résumé critiqued.
• Contact your Career Services Office today!

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What should I wear?Most candidates wear a
business suit to TCID. Select your attire
carefully! Wear the best, most professional
attire you have available. Comfortable,
professional shoes are a must, since it can be a
long day.
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Keep It Simple!
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Hendricks Co. 4-H Fairgrounds Conference
Complex1900 E. Main St., Danville, IN 46122
Link to map driving directions http//www.4hc
omplex.org/directions.html
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When you check-in at TCID, you will receive the
following materials

• Interview appointment card
• (For scheduling interviews)
• Employer Booklet Table Lay-Out
• (Listing all participating employers and
  their contact info.)
• Evaluation form
• (To help us improve TCID)
• Name Badge
• (Please return to your school representative
  before you leave TCID)

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Schedule for the Day

• 845-930 am Networking Session with employers
• 930-940 am Break
• 940-1040 am Interviews
• 1040-1100 am Break
• 1100-Noon Interviews
• Noon-100pm Lunch Break
• 100-200 pm Interviews
• 200-220 pm Break
• 220-300 pm Interviews
• 300 pm Complete evaluation

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Teacher Candidate Interview Day

• Students sit together, grouped by their
  college/university in Hall B of the Conference
  Center.

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Messages!

• The employers will have access to your
  registration information prior to TCID.
  Employers might specifically ask to meet with you.

• Watch the message boards! We will post
  employer messages throughout the day. If
  you have an employer message, you may
  head to the front of the line during the Open
  Networking time.

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• Preparing to Network

• Plan your networking.
• Identify your target
• employers and find
• them on the table
• lay-out map.

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Networking Session

• TCID begins with an Open Networking Session in
  the Hendricks Power Exposition Hall adjacent to
  the Conference Center. Distribute as many résumés
  as possible.
• Most interviews will take place in the weeks and
  months following TCID. Dont be discouraged if
  you dont fill your interview schedule! TCID
  will pay-off for you after the fair!

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Where possible, recruiters are in alphabetical
order.Larger school systems may be out
ofalphabetical order since they require more
space.
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Make A Positive 1st Impression

• Offer a firm handshake
• Smile!
• Introduce yourself
• (Sample Hi. My name is Jane Smith and I will
  graduate from DePauw with a degree in Secondary
  English Education.)

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Use Your Time Well!Dont use all your Networking
time standing in one long line.
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Employer Tables
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Employer Tables

• After the Networking session, you will be asked
  to return to your seat in Hall B until your
  interview times.
• During the interviews, you may network with
  employers displaying this sign in the Exposition
  Hall.

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Employer Tables

• Please be courteous to employers and students who
  are holding interviews.

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Interviews

• Interviews will be held before and after lunch.

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Photos from TCID
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Refreshments and Lunch

• The food tables are
• for the employers.
• You may eat lunch
• at nearby
• restaurants during
• the lunch hour.
• Most employers will
• take a break during
• the lunch hour.

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Registration is REQUIRED andbegins January 21,
2008 and ends March 21, 2008. Register online
athttp//www.franklincollege.edu/careers/cccc/TC
IDstudentinformation.html Questions? Contact
your Career Services office
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See you April 16th!