WhatFor what you are applying for
If you have beenare looking for a job for a long time or in different fields, it could be difficultcomplicated to remember about all the CVs you’ve sent off.Curriculum. To manage things everything in the best, make way you should do a list of the all positions where you have applied for together with a short description of the job, so that when a potential employer callswill call you back, you will know what are you are talking about.
“We’ve often phoned up“Many times, it happens to select by phone some applicants whothat have completely forgotten their application for a position,”company”, says Marc DeBoer, president of A Better Interview.
Some information about the company
It is basic advice and probably a lot of you have already heard this suggestion, but many applicants still do not follow it. “We do interviews during all day long and almost every day and we wishwould like to discover that applicants had already searched for some information about the company before the interview or before phoningto telephoneus,”us”, says Leanne King from SeeKing HR.
“It is wrong for that someone who is looking for a job to know nothinghas not information about the Company they are for which he/she is applying for. Showing that you. To demonstrate to know something about the history of the company, the existence of a new product line, the good news aboutwhich concerns the company is a way to makedo a good first impression”.
The interview is not really about you
While the interviewer is asking questions about you, they arehe/she is trying to understand how to solve the company’s own problems. Says Dethra Giles from ExecuPrep says: “I would like to explain to thosewho is applying for a position that the interview is about the job and not specifically about them. Everythinghim/her. All the things that they say, every question to which they answer, should be thought of in relation toconcerning the reason why the company is looking for someone. “Tell me something about yourself”you” means “tellthat you explain to me things about yourself something that concerns you and how these things can provide addedgive more value to the company”.
They are carrying outdoing some checks onabout you
If you have an online web presence, your potential employer will be interested in that information. “Applicants should know that HR managers and employers will do online research,”researches”, says Annette Richmond, executive editor of Carreer-Intelligence.com. These those researches are often extensive, involving not only and investigate social medianetwork but also CVs and profiles available on different web sites, blogs and communities.site, blog or community.
“Be sure that all information provided to the potential employer is are consistent with what is out there is on the web,”web”, says Richard says.
“Applicants should have to think that if they are too critical and they are particularlyexpress on the web negative on the we, thisconsiderations, these could put them out of the running.business. Employers are looking for trusted people with the willingness to be part of their team.”team”
Remember the Basicsbasis
Applicants often ignore tried and testedclassical basic advice when looking for a the job, research, says Dana Manciagli, author of “Cut the Grap, Get a Job!”. Among the most commonpopular mistake, there are for example typing mistakes are typos and spelling errors in CVs, being inside their CV, to be late for interviews, and givingthe interview rather than to give irrelevant information to selectors.
“We want applicants who know that everythingall the things that they do is an example of what they will be as employees,”employees”, says Dana Manciagli. Moreover,Also, “too many applicants aren’t smartly dressed, and in a neglected way, they forget to bring with them a pen and paper to write notes or copies of their CV with them”.
Review all thisthe advice to be sure your job search goesto proceed as well as possible. in your job research.