Career Composer
Career Composer is a career and life advice podcast “Helping YOU, professionals under 30, navigate your careers with a music-themed twist!” Truly the first of its kind, Career Composer mixes expert career advice with fresh music variety that leaves listeners feeling inspired and motivated to take action.
So how does this work exactly? Your host, Erin Ahart, wipes the dust off traditional career concepts and uses music analogies, current events, and storytelling to explain the career advice she provides every day. As a full-time career counselor, Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths Coach, and pianist, she knows that leaning into our passions is the key to figuring out what we’re meant to do.
Did you know that a cover letter can be formatted like a love letter, or that Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms had a steamy love affair? Are you deciding whether to go to grad school and want to hear from other 20-somethings who have recently been in your shoes? Do you desperately need to get those job applications out, but just want to talk about Taylor Swift? Look no further, Career Composer has it all.
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The STARR Method for Answering Behavioral Interview Questions
Welcome back to another episode of Career Composer! It's finally yours - the BEST interviewing technique out there, made simple!
Ready, set, let's talk about THE STARR METHOD.
The STAR (R) Method is a behavioral interviewing technique that ensures you make the most of your answers and have the biggest possible impact on your interviewer(s). Once you get the hang of it, it is SO EASY! (I promise!)
In this episode:
- What are behavioral interviews and why do hiring managers use them?
- Erin breaks down the STAR(R) method acronym and what each letter means.
- A simple way to remember all parts of the STARR method without memorizing each letter in the acronym.
- Erin's REAL examples of how she has used the STARR method to answer behavioral interview questions!
Make sure you listen to The Prelude, too! If you feel like you tend to do worse in real interviews than when you practice, Erin has a helpful tip you don't want to miss! Enjoy :)
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