What should I bring to an interview?

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  • Karen Chopra

    Licensed Professional Counselor

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    Karen James Chopra, LPC, MCC, NCC, has been counseling career clients since 1999 and has helped hundreds of clients change careers, find new jobs and deal more effectively with workplace challenges.In addition to her private practice, she has worked for two national corporate outplacement firms: Lee Hecht Harrison and Resource Careers. These are the organizations that help people who have experienced a layoff or downsizing to find new jobs, and their programs are usually considered the gold-standard of job search technique.Ms Chopra is a regular presenter on career issues, having taught career theory at the graduate level, designed and delivered numerous workshops, and served as a regular guest commentator on WMAL’s career radio show Your Career Life.She isa career-changer herself. Before entering the counseling field, she worked for nearly a decade as a trade negotiator for the United States Government, first at the Department of Commerce and then at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.Ms. Chopra holds a number of relevant licenses and certifications: licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the District of Columbia; Master Career Counselor (MCC), a designation of the National Career Development Association (NCDA); and National Certified Counselor (NCC), a designation of the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC). Shebelongs to all of the relevant national and local associations involved in career counseling, including the American Counseling Association (ACA), the National Employment Counselors Association (NECA), the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Career-Life Planning Network (MAC-LPN).HerB.A. is from the University of Virginia, and she received a masters of science in foreign service from Georgetown University, and a masters in community counseling from George Washington University.

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    Host: What should I bring to an interview?

    Karen James Chopra: If you are in an industry where you have to bring materials or a portfolio, make sure that you have included that, but for most interviews, I usually advise clients to bring just an opened binder of portfolio that has a notepad in it so that you can take notes, that has a ring to hold the pen, so that you don't have the pen in your hand and click it because many of us are pen-clickers, I happened to be one of those.

    And then it's got a pocket for the other information that you are bringing along. What goes in that pocket are multiple copies of your resume. Client is always astonished that how many times they walk-in to talk to somebody and they can't find the copy of their resume.

    So have the extra copies of the resume with you. Have any of your research material in that pocket and also make sure that you have got a typed list of questions that you have for them in the pocket and all of that should be in your hands, when you walk-in the door.

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