| Pay attention to your personal public image in your job | | | | work context. Avoid this problem by creating a second |
| interview preparation. These are three critical details | | | | email address that you use during your job search. |
| that are often overlooked in preparing for the job | | | | Refer to this email on your resume, job applications |
| search and job interview process but they can derail | | | | and in any job interview follow up. Keep it simple - your |
| your chances of getting the job you want. | | | | name such as joesmith@...is often the safest bet. |
| Your Voicemail Message | | | | Your Social Networking Profile |
| Check what your voicemail message sounds like. | | | | A recent survey of Human Resource professionals |
| Increase your chances of success while job hunting by | | | | found that 20 percent of employers have used social |
| making sure your voicemail message conveys a | | | | networking sites to conduct checks on job |
| mature and professional personal image. Update it | | | | candidates. |
| before you begin the job search and interview | | | | Whether you consider it a violation of your privacy or |
| process to reflect what you would like a prospective | | | | not the fact is that employers are using social |
| employer to hear. Funny and wacky voicemail | | | | networks to provide background information on job |
| messages prevent employers from taking you | | | | candidates. Your job interview preparation should take |
| seriously. Keep it simple, concise and clear. Start with a | | | | this into consideration and allow for the possibility that |
| greeting, state your first and last name and the phone | | | | anyone is able to read what you post online. |
| number clearly, say that the call is important to you and | | | | The major areas of concern for employers are stories |
| that you will get back to the caller as soon as possible. | | | | about drinking and inappropriate behavior, discriminatory |
| End with a heartfelt thank you. | | | | remarks about race, religion or gender, criticizing former |
| Follow through on the professionalism of the message | | | | employers or colleagues and provocative and |
| by checking your messages regularly and returning | | | | inappropriate photos. Other issues include poor |
| calls promptly. | | | | grammar and spelling indicative of poor communication |
| Your voicemail message on both your landline and | | | | skills. |
| your cellular phone should give the impression that a | | | | Keep in mind that the details you post on your social |
| mature and serious adult is waiting for an important call. | | | | network site can damage your chances of |
| If your voicemail sounds unprofessional the prospective | | | | employability. Ensuring your public online image highlights |
| employer may hang up without leaving a message | | | | your best qualities is a good idea and behave online |
| and you will never get the job interview. | | | | the same as you would behave in any other public |
| Your Email Address | | | | place. |
| Your email address should also present a mature and | | | | These are three easy steps to take in your job |
| professional image. Asking potential employers to | | | | interview preparation to make sure that your public |
| contact you at an email address such as | | | | image employers have access to is both professional |
| partyanimal@... will result in giving a negative message | | | | and positive. |
| about who you are. Although funny and casual email | | | | The complete Pre Interview Checklist to make sure |
| addresses are quite acceptable in a social context | | | | you are fully prepared for your job interview. |
| they can create the wrong perception in a business or | | | | |