| Your first real job interview can be a | | | | honest about your work experience but do not |
| terrifying experience. Interviewees stress | | | | feel like you must be modest. Show them that |
| themselves out over what to wear and | | | | you are a rare find who has qualities they |
| especially what to say. My experiences with | | | | will not find in anyone else. I feel more |
| job interviews have taught me not too take | | | | comfortable when I can throw in a bit of |
| them too seriously. My first job interview | | | | humor into a job interview. Without being too |
| after graduating college was with an | | | | casual or laid back, I like to ease myself |
| insurance agency for a position that I was | | | | into the interview and help give a more human |
| not at all interested in. Some people would | | | | feel to the experience. |
| consider going a complete waste of time but | | | | |
| knowing that I would never take the position | | | | It is easy for a job interview to feel |
| allowed me to approach the job interview as a | | | | forced and unnatural and I find that a touch |
| learning experience. | | | | of humor can ease those feelings. I think |
| | | | that it is very important to be yourself in |
| I used that first interview to get a better | | | | an interview. You would not want to have to |
| idea of what to say and hone in on what | | | | keep up a façade once you have the job and |
| employers were looking for. I did go out and | | | | you want the employer to know what kind of |
| get myself a great job interview outfit and I | | | | person they are really hiring. |
| went in there with all the confidence in the | | | | |
| world. One way to communicate your confidence | | | | Being yourself in a job interview will |
| to the interviewer is to give them a good, | | | | ensure that you end up in the right place and |
| strong handshake. Where I come from, | | | | working at the right place makes all the |
| handshakes are a tradition when meeting a new | | | | difference in the world. The more natural and |
| person. Look the employer in the eye and give | | | | honest you are the better. I like to really |
| them a firm hand. This is a quick and simple | | | | put myself out there because I figure that it |
| way to assert yourself as a confident and | | | | is important that they like me for who I am |
| self-assured applicant. | | | | so that there is no confusion later as to |
| | | | what they can expect from me and what |
| Always bring a copy of your current resume | | | | compromises I am likely to make. |
| with you to a job interview. Be open and | | | | |