Saturday, January 3, 2009

Job Interview: What Not To Do:

When you want that job, and you have a job interview, this paper enlists tips for helping you to get that job offer. Being on time for your interview is important. Interviewers don't like to be waiting for a late interviewee to show up. They may take it personally - that you are being disrespectful of them and their time. Also, you are keeping the interviewer from their other important work by your being late. The interviewer will figure - late for an interview, late for work. This won't get you the job.

You've sent out and applied for numerous job openings. If you're fortunate, you've received acknowledgements, and a long period of silence has followed. Suddenly, finally, it comes - an e-mail or phone call: "Can we talk about your interest in the job?" Perhaps no call provokes as much elation and anxiety as an invitation to interview. In nowadays' challenging economy with rising unemployment, just receiving an interview is a cause for celebration.

Basic Job Interview Skills For Teens

Prepare, prepare, prepare! Find out as much as you can about the program and prepare some insightful questions to ask in the interview that will differentiate you from the other candidates. Prepare good answers to standard interview questions such as "Why should we employ you?. Prepare for possible behavioral questions that explore relevant competencies for this job such as initiative and judgment. Have an interview portfolio ready that contains employment references and appropriate work samples.

How to Impress Your Future Boss in a Job Interview

A most critical part of the job search is the interview. For some, this is their time to shine. This can be a time to impress your possible future boss with your professionalism, fashion sense, vocabulary, wittiness, etc. For others, this is a time for sweaty palms, shaking, chain smoking and nervousness. As an unofficial expert on the ins and outs of how to handle yourself at a job interview, and what to do, and what NOT to do, this paper gives some pointers as to what to do and what not to do!.

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