Ok, now you got the interview, and most of this should be second nature to you but you would be suprised how many still get stumped or stammer through an interview on just the basics, if you stumble here, god help you on the technical side of the process. So for review purposes here goes:
Interviewer:
Tell me about yourself.
You:
Remember, this is a job interview, not a psychological or personal interview. The interviewer is interested in the information about you that relates to your qualifications for employment, such as education and work experiences. Leave out how many dogs, cats, or ex spouses you have.
Interviewer:
What do you expect to be doing five years from now? Ten years from now?
You:
The interviewer is looking for evidence of career goals and ambitions rather than minutely specific descriptions. The interviewer wants to see your thought process and the criteria that are important to you.
Interviewer:
Why should I hire you?
You:
Stress what you have to offer the employer, not how nice it would be to work there. You MUST be able to justify why he can't afford not to hire you. Discuss the projects you have participated/led that have saved previous employers money. You are an investment the company can not afford to pass up, you must be able to offer a return that would even make Madoff scared.
Interviewer:
What are your ideas about salary?
You:
Research salaries in your field before your interviews so that you know the current salary range for the type of position you are seeking.
Interviewer:
What do you know about Company X?
You:
Research the employer before your interview; attempt to find out about the organization's products, locations, clients, philosophy, goals, previous growth record and growth plans, how they value employees and customers, etc.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Are Spam Filters Keeping You From Getting a Job?
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.
Josh Billings 1815-1885 American Humorist and Lecturer
Today I am "Benchmarking" My colleague and friend Mark Haluska, Co-Author of "The Guerilla Marketing for Job Hunters" and the new "Guerilla Markaeting for Job Hunters 2.0" available from Amazon April 2009.
If you or someone you know is seeking a new position and use AOL, Yahoo, Earthlink or similar then potential career opportunities could be passing you by. I know of no less than 40 hopeful job seekers I personally have tried to e-mail within the past months with email accounts that, when I tried to contact them by mail, I have received a generated auto response stating that I will need to obtain special permission from that e-mail account holder to accept my mail. Now it's not just our firm who has dealt with this nuisance, as I also know of Corporate Recruiters and other Executive Search Professionals such as myself who have also experienced the same problem when trying to reach candidates who possessed these mail accounts. Some of the recruiters I mentioned above have actually been reported by the IP as being SPAMMERS ! All they were trying to do was contact a job seeker to make a quick introduction or check on their current employment status. Many times these inquiries do not justify modifying our schedules, unnecessarily working late into the evening or playing 5 rounds of telephone tag just to get permission from a candidate to accept our mail. Unintentional as it may be on a candidates part, talk about setting up road blocks. I have also tried on numerous occasions to contact a job seeker with a Earthlink account and then hear back from them months later. It turns out my mail did in fact reach the recipient, but the message went directly into their Spam Box and was only discovered by accident long after the opportunity was gone. Granted, Spam is a problem, but if you are a hopeful job seeker, you could be missing out on potential job opportunities; and therefore may want to consider using another e-mail provider or if possible modify your Spam Filter settings. In the current market conditions you have to be able to take advantage of every possibility, and having job opportunities discarded or automatically put in a spam filter could just possibly make the number two candidate for a job number one.
Hopefully this helps you remove a hurdle in your job search you hadn't considered yet. Be sure to check out my website, add comments to the blog and send me questions. I look forward to doing what I can to help.
Regards,
John
Vice PresidentCareersPro, Inc.4625 Virginia Ave • Fort Wayne • IN • 46808Phone: 260-482-1200 • Email: John@careerspro.com
Check out the *only* job search system that gets you hired, or it pays you back DOUBLE -
http://www.careerspro.com/program.htm
Josh Billings 1815-1885 American Humorist and Lecturer
Today I am "Benchmarking" My colleague and friend Mark Haluska, Co-Author of "The Guerilla Marketing for Job Hunters" and the new "Guerilla Markaeting for Job Hunters 2.0" available from Amazon April 2009.
If you or someone you know is seeking a new position and use AOL, Yahoo, Earthlink or similar then potential career opportunities could be passing you by. I know of no less than 40 hopeful job seekers I personally have tried to e-mail within the past months with email accounts that, when I tried to contact them by mail, I have received a generated auto response stating that I will need to obtain special permission from that e-mail account holder to accept my mail. Now it's not just our firm who has dealt with this nuisance, as I also know of Corporate Recruiters and other Executive Search Professionals such as myself who have also experienced the same problem when trying to reach candidates who possessed these mail accounts. Some of the recruiters I mentioned above have actually been reported by the IP as being SPAMMERS ! All they were trying to do was contact a job seeker to make a quick introduction or check on their current employment status. Many times these inquiries do not justify modifying our schedules, unnecessarily working late into the evening or playing 5 rounds of telephone tag just to get permission from a candidate to accept our mail. Unintentional as it may be on a candidates part, talk about setting up road blocks. I have also tried on numerous occasions to contact a job seeker with a Earthlink account and then hear back from them months later. It turns out my mail did in fact reach the recipient, but the message went directly into their Spam Box and was only discovered by accident long after the opportunity was gone. Granted, Spam is a problem, but if you are a hopeful job seeker, you could be missing out on potential job opportunities; and therefore may want to consider using another e-mail provider or if possible modify your Spam Filter settings. In the current market conditions you have to be able to take advantage of every possibility, and having job opportunities discarded or automatically put in a spam filter could just possibly make the number two candidate for a job number one.
Hopefully this helps you remove a hurdle in your job search you hadn't considered yet. Be sure to check out my website, add comments to the blog and send me questions. I look forward to doing what I can to help.
Regards,
John
Vice PresidentCareersPro, Inc.4625 Virginia Ave • Fort Wayne • IN • 46808Phone: 260-482-1200 • Email: John@careerspro.com
Check out the *only* job search system that gets you hired, or it pays you back DOUBLE -
http://www.careerspro.com/program.htm
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Sunday Feb 8th
".....substantially all ideas are second-hand, consciously and unconsciously drawn from a million outside sources, and daily used by the garnerer with a pride and satisfaction born of the superstition that he originated them; whereas there is not a rag of originality about them anywhere except the little discoloration they get from his mental and moral calibre and his temperament, which is revealed in characteristics of phrasing. . . . It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone, or any other Important thing-- and the last man gets the credit and we forget the others. He added his little mite--that is all he did."-----------Mark Twain
Now that I have that out of the way, let me explain why I started out my first Blog in this way, I am by no means a ground breaker, I have not by any stretch of the imagination come up with earth shattering techniques for what I do. Rather, what you will find going forward as you hopefully have the chance to read some of the materials I bring you, is that I gather material and ideas from individuals who have been doing this longer, been more successful, and have made more money at it than me. I will "benchmark" as I prefer to call it, their ideas and with their permission share it with you in the hopes you get as much out of it as I have. I have been extremely fortunate enough to have been introduced to some fantastic ideas aand people and have in some cases been able to partner with them to be able to offer you some awesome opprtunities to take advantage of other folks hard work.
The First Person I am going to "BenchMark" is Kevin Donlin. For those of you who may not be familiar with Kevin or his work let me lay out a quick Bio for you. Kevin Donlin is Creator of TheSimpleJobSearch.com. Since 1996, he has provided job-search help to more than 20,000 people. Author of 3 books, Kevin has been interviewed by The New York Times, Fox News, CBS Radio and others. To learn more, visit - http://tinyurl.com/ce57pl The First article I am going to post for you to review is from one of Kevin's recent writings on using Linked in and other social networking sites. It's a good read.
Honey Bees, Job Leads, and the Best Employers You’ve Never Heard Of
Precession, as defined by the American polymath Buckminster Fuller, is the effect that bodies in motion have on other bodies in motion.
To illustrate, think of a honey bee (and, yes, this will help your job search!)
A bee moves from flower to flower in search of pollen. While in motion, a bee produces a “precessionary” effect: it fertilizes those flowers, allowing them to develop seeds and fruit.
Now. Ever had a job interview with a company you didn’t plan on working for or had never heard of before?
Yes, in all likelihood. And how did it come about?
That interview was probably a side effect -- it came from your networking efforts in another direction, from an online job posting you stumbled upon, etc.
Would you like to make these precessionary job leads pop up more often, instead of relying on chance?
You can.
By putting yourself in motion, like a honey bee visiting more flowers, “you can find and get hired by the best companies you’ve never heard of,” according to Dr. Barry Miller, Manager of Alumni Career Programs and Services at Pace University.
And it starts with networking on sites like Facebook and LinkedIn.
“Say you’re looking for a certain type of employer, like a hedge fund. On LinkedIn, you search for people in your network who work at a hedge fund. Then you target somebody in your area of expertise. For example, you look for people in finance, accounting, or IT,” says Miller.
If you’re a recent graduate, aim to meet somebody who’s relatively entry level. If you’re more experienced, go higher when making contacts.
“When you find people and click on their profile, you may see they work for a company you’ve never heard of,” says Miller. And this is a good thing.
Why?
Smaller companies are the driving force in American employment, creating between 60% and 80% of all new jobs, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. Larger companies, by contrast, are not hiring en masse these days … in case you hadn’t noticed.
So try searching your LinkedIn network for small employers. When you find one that intrigues you, click the profile of the person who works (or worked) there and ask for a conversation.
Miller suggests sending an email like this: “I notice on LinkedIn that you work for a hedge fund in the area of IT. That’s an area I’m interested in. Could I possibly meet or speak with you to get the benefit of your advice?”
Never ask a contact for a job outright -- nobody will hire you before they know you. But it’s fine to ask to learn more about a company, to make sure it’s right for you.
By meeting people at smaller companies, you get the inside scoop on their corporate culture and prospects for growth, among other things. “Employers don’t advertise this type of information. You need to go and talk to people,” says Miller.
Of course, you can and should take this idea offline.
My own unscientific estimate, based on helping more than 10,000 job seekers over the years, is that one in-person meeting equals 15 phone calls and 30 emails in terms of the number and quality of job leads you can get.
So, the more people you meet face-to-face, the better.
Why not put this idea into action and put yourself in motion today?
You can do it by using Dr. Miller’s tips to research and contact people who work for companies you’ve never heard of.
Or, take a more general approach and simply help three well-connected people today -- give of your time, contacts, knowledge, or expertise, either by email (good), phone (better), or by meeting in person (best).
In the past, you may have thought of networking as the best way to “get the word out and get hired. But so many people do such a poor job of networking that I’ve decided to abandon the word. Instead, start thinking of how you can help other people get what they want -- that’s networking, done right.
As you contact more people, you can create your own “precessionary” side effects -- job leads from unexpected sources -- like a honey bee visiting more flowers.
Get busy!
I hope that by starting this Blog I may be able to help more of you out and create a resource that will ease the process during your job search.
Check out the *only* job search system that gets you hired, or it pays you back DOUBLE -
http://tinyurl.com/ce57pl
Now that I have that out of the way, let me explain why I started out my first Blog in this way, I am by no means a ground breaker, I have not by any stretch of the imagination come up with earth shattering techniques for what I do. Rather, what you will find going forward as you hopefully have the chance to read some of the materials I bring you, is that I gather material and ideas from individuals who have been doing this longer, been more successful, and have made more money at it than me. I will "benchmark" as I prefer to call it, their ideas and with their permission share it with you in the hopes you get as much out of it as I have. I have been extremely fortunate enough to have been introduced to some fantastic ideas aand people and have in some cases been able to partner with them to be able to offer you some awesome opprtunities to take advantage of other folks hard work.
The First Person I am going to "BenchMark" is Kevin Donlin. For those of you who may not be familiar with Kevin or his work let me lay out a quick Bio for you. Kevin Donlin is Creator of TheSimpleJobSearch.com. Since 1996, he has provided job-search help to more than 20,000 people. Author of 3 books, Kevin has been interviewed by The New York Times, Fox News, CBS Radio and others. To learn more, visit - http://tinyurl.com/ce57pl The First article I am going to post for you to review is from one of Kevin's recent writings on using Linked in and other social networking sites. It's a good read.
Honey Bees, Job Leads, and the Best Employers You’ve Never Heard Of
Precession, as defined by the American polymath Buckminster Fuller, is the effect that bodies in motion have on other bodies in motion.
To illustrate, think of a honey bee (and, yes, this will help your job search!)
A bee moves from flower to flower in search of pollen. While in motion, a bee produces a “precessionary” effect: it fertilizes those flowers, allowing them to develop seeds and fruit.
Now. Ever had a job interview with a company you didn’t plan on working for or had never heard of before?
Yes, in all likelihood. And how did it come about?
That interview was probably a side effect -- it came from your networking efforts in another direction, from an online job posting you stumbled upon, etc.
Would you like to make these precessionary job leads pop up more often, instead of relying on chance?
You can.
By putting yourself in motion, like a honey bee visiting more flowers, “you can find and get hired by the best companies you’ve never heard of,” according to Dr. Barry Miller, Manager of Alumni Career Programs and Services at Pace University.
And it starts with networking on sites like Facebook and LinkedIn.
“Say you’re looking for a certain type of employer, like a hedge fund. On LinkedIn, you search for people in your network who work at a hedge fund. Then you target somebody in your area of expertise. For example, you look for people in finance, accounting, or IT,” says Miller.
If you’re a recent graduate, aim to meet somebody who’s relatively entry level. If you’re more experienced, go higher when making contacts.
“When you find people and click on their profile, you may see they work for a company you’ve never heard of,” says Miller. And this is a good thing.
Why?
Smaller companies are the driving force in American employment, creating between 60% and 80% of all new jobs, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. Larger companies, by contrast, are not hiring en masse these days … in case you hadn’t noticed.
So try searching your LinkedIn network for small employers. When you find one that intrigues you, click the profile of the person who works (or worked) there and ask for a conversation.
Miller suggests sending an email like this: “I notice on LinkedIn that you work for a hedge fund in the area of IT. That’s an area I’m interested in. Could I possibly meet or speak with you to get the benefit of your advice?”
Never ask a contact for a job outright -- nobody will hire you before they know you. But it’s fine to ask to learn more about a company, to make sure it’s right for you.
By meeting people at smaller companies, you get the inside scoop on their corporate culture and prospects for growth, among other things. “Employers don’t advertise this type of information. You need to go and talk to people,” says Miller.
Of course, you can and should take this idea offline.
My own unscientific estimate, based on helping more than 10,000 job seekers over the years, is that one in-person meeting equals 15 phone calls and 30 emails in terms of the number and quality of job leads you can get.
So, the more people you meet face-to-face, the better.
Why not put this idea into action and put yourself in motion today?
You can do it by using Dr. Miller’s tips to research and contact people who work for companies you’ve never heard of.
Or, take a more general approach and simply help three well-connected people today -- give of your time, contacts, knowledge, or expertise, either by email (good), phone (better), or by meeting in person (best).
In the past, you may have thought of networking as the best way to “get the word out and get hired. But so many people do such a poor job of networking that I’ve decided to abandon the word. Instead, start thinking of how you can help other people get what they want -- that’s networking, done right.
As you contact more people, you can create your own “precessionary” side effects -- job leads from unexpected sources -- like a honey bee visiting more flowers.
Get busy!
I hope that by starting this Blog I may be able to help more of you out and create a resource that will ease the process during your job search.
Check out the *only* job search system that gets you hired, or it pays you back DOUBLE -
http://tinyurl.com/ce57pl
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