I was also asked to complete a Recruitment & Admissions Hiring Exercise (aka Thought Exercise), which consisted of Part 1: Mock Information Session with Per Scholas staff and Part 2: Engaging Prospective Learners. Both were to be presented a panel during a Zoom meeting. For Part 1, the applicant is asked to use his or her creativity, a Recruitment Fact Sheet, and the Per Scholas website, in preparing a presentation (10 minutes max) on how he or she would describe Per Scholas to an audience who is not intimately familiar with the school. The purpose of this exercise is for the panel to gauge the applicant’s understanding of the Per Scholas model and his comfort with engaging a group. Part 2 involves preparing and discussing the plan of a one-page Thought Exercise, which is a one-week outline or schedule of outreach opportunities that the applicant would employ to build relationships with potential learners, utilizing community events and potential partner organizations.
