Nowadays employers aren't just looking for candidates with degrees and professional experience; they are also looking for someone who is a good cultural fit for their organization. Communication is the foundation of a good "cultural fit." If an interviewer doesn't feel like your personality and communication style will fit in with the organization, they most likely will not hire you. Job skills, for the most part, can be taught, but being a good communicator is up to the individual. An employer cannot teach you how to have good communication skills. If you care about how you communicate, you are well on your way to being successful.

Project Details:

Using the Internet, research and locate one (1) job posting for a company that you are interested in working for. Make a report that addresses the following questions:

1. What is the company and why did you select it? Why do you want to work there? 2. Discuss the job posting you selected and why you chose them. 3. List the job characteristics that are listed that relate to communication skills. 4. Analyze the requirements of the job posting and discuss which skills you would consider as strengths of yours and which would you consider weaknesses. 5. For the skills you listed as a weakness, how would you turn these weaknesses into strengths so that you felt confident communicating in an interview where a question on strengths and weaknesses may arise?