The more things change, the more the stay the same
Unfortunately, I will be leaving the Community Mediation Center at the end of August to begin the next stage in my career, a Masters program in philosophy at Boston College. I was in Boston last week preparing for my move by trying to line up a job to help pay for my program. When I got up there and started to attend a couple job interviews, I quickly realized that while I won’t be working in the conflict resolution field anymore, I certainly won’t be leaving the skills I learned behind.
A good example of this occurred during my Museum of Science interview. I interviewed a position as a Camp-In Instructor, which called for me to do a short presentation to demonstrate my public speaking skills. I quickly decided to do it on mediation, and I spent the night before the presentation preparing slides and handouts for the audience.
When I got to the interview, I spent a short time discussing my qualifications for the job and answering some questions they had for me. Answering the questions required me to use some of my reflective listening skills as I had to get to the interests behind the questions they asked. For example, when they asked what type of presentation I would do if I received the job, part of what they wanted to know if how I would handle the kids. Instead of only discussing the content of the presentation would put together, I talked about how I would make it interactive and concentrate on trying to get the kids to learn only a few main points. After all, the kids who come to the museum should enjoy their time more than anything else.
Once the first part was over, I did my presentation. I covered the basics of what conflict is, how people use stories to organize their lives, and talked about how to use “I” messaging and reflective listening. I also included some interactive activities to get audience participation.
In the end I think it went well. I won’t hear from them for a while as they have to interview others, but I am thankful that I had my CR skills to help me through the interview.
Nathan Eckstrand
Community Outreach Advocate
Monday, July 02, 2007
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