biggest thing bugging me during this germany/australia game is that they're spelling bühl and schüller's names buehl and schueller, like my guy you're the OLYMPICS how hard is it for you to download a font that includes german characters
In our final week, we also focused on interviewing. This was massive for me, as someone who has never really had a proper professional job interview before, I was very keen to learn some key skills and tips to build up my confidence. Going into this class, I was not very confident at all and quite anxious to be brutally honest, just about going out into the industry without much application, resume or interviewing experience, so learning to pitch and sell myself both in an application and in a verbal interview has been beyond valuable for me.
With the help of another worksheet, myself Ethan, Harro and Woodsy did some practice interviewing each other and in turn, gave each other feedback on our answers.
After giving advice and listening to the other boys' answers and stories, it was my turn to answer some questions from Woodsy.
After giving my answers, I received feedback and the majority of it was positive, saying I spoke really well and laid out my answers in a great structure and used the star method well, Woodsy did add though that I could touch on my skills a bit more and detail them a touch better and clearer.
To improve my skills even more, I took the questions worksheet home and got my partner Sophie to interview me, asking random questions from the list of 50 before bed each night.
Her advice was to not be so negative and indecisive, to instead be stronger and bolder with my answers and really believe in my ability when speaking about it.
She also gave me feedback on the length of my answers and said sometimes I went off on unnecessary tangents when I’d already adequately answered the question. Again, I am extremely grateful for this assistance and feedback and believe it will definitely hold me in good stead for my mock interview assignment next week.
Interviews and good interview technique is important because it is quite simply, a sales pitch of yourself to the employer, it shows them the person you are and whether or not you’re hireable, this judgement call is made by the employer solely from watching your behaviour and listening to your answers (Buehl et al., 2018).
I conducted my assessment interview in week four on the Monday afternoon and after getting some quick feedback, will look to take a breath and think about my answers before jumping to them and will try to always include detailed STAR recalls about my past technical work done at uni (for example VAFA assignment) and outside of uni.
- Image is Woodsy and I practising interview questions prior to our CGA interviews with Ali and Zoe (Aiden Box, 2023)
Sylvia Dietz was born in Janesville, Wisconsin in July 1931 to Ernest and Thelma Grim. Sylvia's brother, Lawrence Grim, a volunteer for the US Army, was killed in World War II and is buried in the Philippines. Sylvia had three sisters, Karen Biggerstaff, Doris Buehl and Betty Schumacher, all of whom predeceased her.
Sylvia graduated from Janesville High School in 1950. She attended colleges in Minnesota and South Carolina, graduating from Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, with a degree in Spanish and Bible Studies. Sylvia worked in Mexico teaching underprivileged children to read and write in Spanish.
After returning to the United States, Sylvia married Forrest Clair Dietz in 1957 at the People's Church with Pastor Boyer officiating. Sylvia and Clair had a son, born in 1958, Jeff Dietz of Atlanta, Georgia. A second son, Randall Dietz, of South Beloit, was born in 1961. Forrest Clair Dietz, also a US Army veteran of World War II, died in 2020. Sylvia worked as a substitute teacher, a school librarian, and a public librarian in Beloit, Wisconsin, and at the South Beloit, Illinois public library. In 1980 Sylvia began working as a United States postal clerk at the South Beloit Post Office. Sylvia retired from the Post Office in 1998. Sylvia and Clair volunteered at the Fair Oaks Nursing home for 33 years, performing music, giving inspirational stories, and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Sylvia played the clarinet as well as the piano and organ. Sylvia's husband was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Magicians for decades and Sylvia assisted him including becoming a Master Clown expertly applying makeup, crafting clown outfits as well as making animals out of balloons, a favorite of children watching the magic shows. Sylvia and Clair attended the People's Church and Faith Baptist Church in Beloit and finally attended Heritage Baptist Church in Roscoe, Ilinois for nearly forty years. Sylvia was a gentle soul who enjoyed crosswords and puzzles as well as traditional Christian and classical music. She also enjoyed mystery novels and classic British mystery television programs including David Suchet's Poirot, Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes, John Thaw's Inspector Morse, Kevin Whatley's Inspector Lewis, and Endeavour.
Sylvia is survived by her two sons, Jeff and Randy; granddaughter, Jessica of Nashville, Tennessee; as well as her brother-in-law, Russell Biggerstaff; and many nieces and nephews including Kathy Morton, Mike Biggerstaff, Angela Werele and George Buehl, and Bob Buehl.
Funeral service will be at 11:00am with a visitation from 10:00am until the service on Thursday, December 29, 2022 in Heritage Baptist Church, 12848 Willowbrook Rd., Roscoe, IL. Burial in Floral Lawn Cemetery, South Beloit, IL.