Global economic
recession is responsible for increased unemployment. In order to survive this crisis many
companies have to downsize their workforce to join the ever increased turn out
of graduates in the labor market. This
situation in labor market now is so bad that people begin to fear whether there
would be any end to it. This is why it
is advisable for you to take all the necessary precautions if you are invited
for job interview. Here are the tips you
can consider
Carrying Out Research
on the Companies Applying to
Make a list of all the
companies you sent your cover letter and resume to for employment and carry out
research on their websites, well in advance, to know their management
structures, challenges and opportunities.
Outcome of this research will enable you arrange your experiences, and
skills in such a way that would fit into their challenges and opportunities,
which you are going to emphasize more during the interview. Employers or interviewers would be interested
in how they are going to derive value from hiring you. Your ability to carefully and consciously analyze
the correlation between your experiencers and skills, on one hand, and the company
challenges, on the other hand, might stand you out as the best candidate for
the job.
Revision of Cover
Letter and Resume Sent for the Job
Another area that needs
careful consideration is to review the documents sent for the job. Eighty percent of your question are going to
be drawn from the submitted documents; therefore if you study them well and you
are able to answer questions drawn from them correctly you are over, fifty
percent sure of having secured the employment.
However, there is no way you can do this if you don’t have confidence in
yourself. Adequate preparations like
studying of cover letter and resume; rehearsal of possible questions by
standing before a big mirror are part of confident building techniques that
would enable you to be bold in talking.
This will also go a long way in considering you for employment.
Go to Bed early on the
Interview Eve
Many job seekers ignore
the importance of having a sound sleep prior to interview day only to found themselves
performed poorly as a result absence of sound sleep. Whereas early to bed would make you not only
to have sound sleep but wake up with fresh mind and ready for the interview
because you are going to use your brain therefore it is better you have a sound
sleep so that you would be at alert for the interview. Also, make sure you take breakfast because
nobody can tell how long the exercise would go.
For example, experience has shown where job interviews are delayed due
to unforeseeable circumstances beyond the control, of the organizers so your
performances would not be adversely affected as a result of not taking any
breakfast.
Prepare to Ask
Questions
Having identified with
their challenges as a result of your extensive research on their websites,
there is no way you would not like to ask questions because of magnitude of
your discovery that brought about the shortcomings. It would definitely lead to
asking questions, though; experts have argued that interview techniques are
30/70 per cent ratio; that is 30 percent duration for the interviewer to ask
question and the remaining 70% for the interviewees to respond. This approach would make the whole exercise
boring and disinteresting. Experience
has shown where interviewee cleverly turned the whole episode into interactive
session thereby making the day memorable.
One of the interviewers later conferred with the interviewer that her
performance at the interviewee made them changed their minds to give her the
job. They let realize further that
before his turn they were dozing and sleeping but as she stepped in she was
able to make the place lively with her story telling techniques and logical
conclusion... This is the practice now!
If you are able to do this there is no doubt you will have good story to tell
about getting job.
Follow Up Action
After the interview,
you could send a mail or make a phone call to the interviewers thanking them
for the opportunity giving you to come for the job interview. Reiterate your
preparedness and determination to work with them. This is a clever way of wooing them for the
job.
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