| You WON'T GET HIRED if you make these | | | | Engage in a conversation with the interviewer, and if |
| INTERVIEW MISTAKES! Learn what YOU are doing | | | | you feel comfortable enough, ask him questions about |
| wrong before, during and after your interviews! | | | | his work history or his feelings about his company. You |
| You WILL NOT GET HIRED if you continue to make | | | | can gain a lot of valuable information by doing this. |
| certain mistakes before, during or after your job | | | | 3. After Your Interview: Did you know that it is |
| interviews. | | | | perfectly fine for you to check your own references? |
| Most of the time, the problem is not the number of | | | | That's right! Call your references and ask them what |
| jobs available, or the industry you work in, the problem | | | | they are going to say about you. |
| is YOU! | | | | People like to believe that everyone will have |
| There are certain common interviewing mistakes that | | | | something great to say about them. Believe it or not, |
| everyone knows to avoid. Some of the common | | | | almost 20% of job offers are either retracted or not |
| mistakes we all know about include giving a great | | | | extended at all because of bad references! |
| handshake and maintaining good eye contact, etc. | | | | Take heed! Even though employers are required to |
| However, those mistakes are NOT the primary | | | | only verify employment, they say and do a lot more! |
| reasons job seekers aren't getting job offers or | | | | So, check your references and make proper |
| promotions. | | | | adjustments. |
| In 16 years of job development and recruitment, I can't | | | | What's the point of going on interviews if you are |
| think of one single person who did not get hired | | | | going to continue to mess up? There are a series of |
| because he gave a poor handshake. | | | | different mistakes made by job seekers in |
| Here are 3 of my 25 INTERVIEW MISTAKES to | | | | professional and non-professional categories. |
| AVOID: | | | | The professionals or executive level job seekers |
| 1. Before Your Interview: Make sure you do not arrive | | | | struggle quite a bit with interview mistakes involving |
| at your interview 1-2 hours before the scheduled time | | | | personality issues, arrogance, and a lack of effort on |
| without getting permission from the hiring manager. | | | | their part to set up interviews for themselves. |
| When you arrive at an interview 1-2 hours early, you | | | | The non-professionals tend to make interview |
| are getting off to a bad start! | | | | mistakes centered around their appearance, ability to |
| Here's Why: You are forcing the hiring manager to | | | | sell themselves, poor follow up, and yes... not setting up |
| change his schedule to accommodate you. Think | | | | interviews for themselves. |
| about this, no one wants to have someone sitting in | | | | 4. BONUS Interview Tip: One of the most effective |
| their lobby for hours waiting to be interviewed. | | | | strategies to getting a job fast is arranging your own |
| Also, arriving this early could be misunderstood as | | | | job interviews. It is so important for job seekers to be |
| having poor time management skills. The last thing you | | | | aware that they have to take the initiative and learn |
| will want the hiring manager to think is that you do not | | | | how to set up interviews for themselves. At all times, |
| have good time management skills. Pay careful | | | | always be open to getting help during your job hunting |
| attention to this if you are applying for a management | | | | process and seek counsel from experienced |
| position. | | | | professionals who care about your success. |
| 2. During Your Interview: For the most part, people | | | | Be wise when deciding which recruitment firm to use, |
| tend to hire who they like. If you are able to get the | | | | and which career counselors to take advice from. It's |
| interviewer to really like you, and enjoy talking with you, | | | | time to learn from others' mistakes and get hired or |
| you will greatly increase your chances of getting hired. | | | | promoted in record time! |
| Avoid talking too much, being arrogant or boring. | | | | |