As I stepped into the hall, Ms Chaw can be seen moving all around the hall.
“Where’s Billy? Where’s he?” she asked.
“Oh, I just called him, he said he’s coming up.”
One can see the anticipation on her face, hoping for the best.
Billy, the MC for the day, was spotted being so worried about his speech, holding his notebook with that sort of confused plus worried plus blank face. But yet, he said he was fine. Our president was also worried about her speech, but being the sweet Suet Li, she stayed confident and calm.
The hall was filled up, and we know we had to begin the talk. So, our dear Billy stood up, gathered all his courage, and started his speech by first welcoming all the audiences and introducing the speaker, Ms Josephine Lui to the crowd.
She started her speech by asking us the importance of having perfect mannerism and image during our interview. Most of us have different opinions, but it all ends at the same destination, which is to grab that job.
She then proceeded by pinpointing the top ten interview mistakes. I looked through the list and realized that many of the things mentioned were points where many used to neglect.
After that, the speaker progressively went more specifically into the female section, where she gave detailed information on the type of materials, shoes, accessories, color combination, dress code as well as the appropriate hair style and grooming. However, having focused on her objective, she provided audiences with detailed information on the appropriate mannerism that should be performed during the interview. The crowd responded with laughter when her slide reads “don’t show your skinny bits.” The male audiences turned to their female friends, judging, teasing and laughing at them.
Skinny bits? She ended the female section with a short Q n A session, where she then proceeded into the male section. Similarly, she explained on the different aspects that were being mentioned during her talk on females. To make her talk livelier, her statements and opinions were accompanied with examples, where she invited a few of the male audiences to explain on her points. After having to complete on the male section, she ended the part similarly, with a short Q n A session.
Many students popped up questions, where these students were then provided with very detailed and well-supported response by the speaker. Being a professional speaker, Ms Josephine Lui then informed the audiences that they could still approach her after the talk, if they have any doubts or unanswered questions regarding interviews.
Due to time constraint, she had to end the talk. She summarized her speech and again convinced us that dressing appropriately and monitoring our own behavior during the interview would significantly increase our chance of getting our dream job.
The speaker then passed the floor to our MC, Billy, where he then invited our club president to give her speech. In her speech, she reviewed on the importance of having knowledge about finance as well as the diversification of the club, where the upcoming events would provide information beyond the scope of finance.
As audiences were mesmerized by Ms Josephine’s speech, many approached her after the talk with their doubts. True enough, she provided them with satisfactory information and comments.
We were all satisfied with the talk, as well as busy discussing with each other about what she had just said. All in all, it was a pleasant and educational day for us.
Eva
