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Monday, April 21, 2008

Eventually it will all happen. . .

It will, it will. Don't worry not the end of the world, I'm referring to the long awaited & well deserved holidays. I've been on vacation for lots of times, but this one is the most wanted one. Things have changed in my life, school, a child, (ever changing) work environment, and others. So don't get me wrong, just enjoy it (with me).

I can go on and on about football, ideal vacation places, marketing, PC gadgets. But instead, I'll tell you from my experience, how to manage an interview (believe me, I've visited a lot of companies recently) when applying for a new job. Just searching for the right one; got to keep your options open, right?

  1. Be yourself. Don't act differently just to impress the audience (possible employer), because they do have experience and can quickly tell if the person before them is suitable for that particular job or not. So don't sell tuxedos to a tailor. You just extend both parties time for nothing. Just express yourself clearly and consistently (sufficiently) enough. This way you won't get additional questions, which may put you in an defensive stage.
  2. Body language. A lot of sites are defining BL (body language) as being very important. Wrong!!! It's indeed important, but not a must. There is no particular position to keep your feet/hands, or a specific guide for sitting on a chair, while your being interviewed. You just have to be natural - as you are and to control your reactions. Don't jump, fart, eat your nails, walk-through your nose, sweat abundantly. Just relax, this way you'll gain more "territory". Show that you're in control of the situation.
  3. This is a thing that I also found to be important. Punctuality. Better arrive earlier, that be late. Large corporation HR depts. (which are well structured) find this thing very important, even if they will wait for a while before coming to you (I happened to wait for almost 40 min) and walk you to one of their interoga..... sorry, interview rooms.
In my perspective these are very important issues, so keep in mind that the rest is in your hands/abilities. One more thing: don't choose the potential job just by judging the benefits it provides. Cause' you'll eventually become a frictional employee (I've seen few) and trust me it will be much harder for you to adapt to a further job-of-your-career life. Loving your work = motivated person = accurate/well done work = appraisal = future development = promotion. Search for something you may like to do, the benefits will follow for sure.

Right or wrong?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Totally right. Thank you for your post. I am fighting with myself for a couple of days. I should do what I like for less money (for the moment) or I should keep my good paid position but not enjoying my work? My final answer was the same as your post's conclusion.

Babba said...

well as you mentioned you are involved in different projects, so the goal excuses the tools of achieving it (adica scopul scuza mijloacele). You know much better what to do, cause you're controlling it.

Anonymous said...

if this would be a perfect world, the last paragraph would be correct... but i've seen it happen' toooooo rarely

Mutz

Babba said...

everybody is sticking to the last paragraph. . . but i know where you're getting at. It's hard to depend on your superiors, for a notice? unfortunately true. not everybody is well prepared to manage people (managing = understand + listen + talk to + supervise people + and many more for sure). Not everybody can do that, I'm still hopping that there is a flare somewhere of justice(I'm not referring to God), equilibrium and competency.

Tina Turner - I don't wanna fight