Next-day job interview : prepare tonight and get the job tomorrow /
Provides quick tips for speedy interview preparation.
| Основен автор: | Farr, J. Michael. |
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| Автор-организации: | JIST Works, Inc. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Indianapolis, IN :
JIST Works,
℗♭2005.
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| Серия: |
JIST's help in a hurry series.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=125733 |
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Next-day job interview. |
Съдържание:
- ch. 1. Quick and essential tips for tomorrow's interview
- Six common types of interviews
- Eight important actions for interview success
- 1. Make a positive impression
- 2. Communicate your skills
- 3. Use control statements to your advantage
- 4. Answer problem questions well
- 5. Ask good questions
- 6. Help employers know why they should hire you
- 7. Close the interview properly
- 8. Follow up after the interview
- The three-step process for answering most interview questions
- Step 1 : understand what is really being asked
- Step 2 : answer the question briefly in a non-damaging way
- Step 3 : answer the real question by presenting your related skills
- The prove-it technique
- Key points : chapter 1.
- ch. 2. Knowing yourself and what you can do
- Learn the three types of skills
- Adaptive skills/personality traits
- Transferable skills
- Job-related skills
- Identify your skills
- Identify your adaptive skills and personality traits
- Identify your transferable skills
- Identify your job-related skills
- Key points : chapter 2.
- ch. 3. Researching the industry, company, job, and interviewer
- Find good information about the industry
- Career guide to industries
- Hoover's Online
- Other sources of industry information
- Get more information on the careers that interest you most
- The guide for occupational exploration
- The Occupational Outlook Handbook
- The Occupational Information Network (O*NET)
- CareerOINK
- Know about the specific company, job, and interviewer
- Researching the company
- Researching the job
- Researching the interviewer
- Key points : chapter 3.
- ch. 4. Answering key interview questions
- The 10 most frequently asked interview questions, and how to answer them
- Question #1 : "why don't you tell me about yourself?"
- Question #2 : "why should I hire you?"
- Question #3 : "what are your major strengths?"
- Question #4 : "what are your major weaknesses?"
- Question #5 : "what sort of pay do you expect to receive?"
- Question #6 : "how does your previous experience relate to the jobs we have here?"
- Question #7 : "what are your plans for the future?"
- Question #8 : "what will your former employers (or teachers, references, warden ...) say about you?"
- Question #9 : "why are you looking for this sort of position and why here?"
- Question #10 : "why don't you tell me about your personal situation?"
- 94 other frequently asked interview questions
- Key points : chapter 4.
- ch. 5. Handling tough interview questions and unusual situations
- Dealing with illegal questions
- Know the laws that protect you from discrimination
- Turn your negative into a positive
- Answer open-ended questions effectively
- Help with specific problem interview situations
- Gaps in your work history
- Being fired
- Changing careers or job history unrelated to your current job objective
- Recently moved
- Military experience
- Negative references
- Criminal record
- Sensitive questions about your personal situation or status
- "Too old"
- Overqualified/too much experience
- "Too young"
- New graduate/not enough experience
- Issues related to women
- Issues related to men
- Sexual preference
- Racial or ethnic minorities
- Disability-related issues
- Some other tricky questions
- Interview techniques employers use to psych you out
- Key points : chapter 5.
- ch. 6. Getting more interviews
- The four stages of a job opening
- What the four stages mean to you
- The most important job search rule of all
- The most effective job search method : warm contacts
- Making warm contacts
- Identifying hundreds of warm contacts with three steps
- The JIST card : a mini-resume and a powerful job search tool
- Writing your JIST card
- Using JIST cards
- Formatting JIST cards
- Using e-mail and the phone to contact employers
- Contacting employers by e-mail
- Using the telephone to get interviews
- Creating an effective phone script
- Calling employers directly, making cold contacts, to find job openings
- Calling people you know, making warm contacts, for job leads
- Asking for the interview
- Ending the phone call in other ways
- Key points : chapter 6.
- ch. 7. Following up after the interview
- What to do as soon as you get home
- The importance of thank-you notes
- Three times when you should definitely send thank-you notes, and why
- Seven quick tips for writing thank-you notes
- More sample thank-you notes
- Follow-up letters
- Follow-up phone calls
- Key points : chapter 7.
- ch. 8. Negotiating your salary
- Farr's four rules of salary negotiation
- Early pay discussions can screen you out
- Know the probable salary range in advance
- Bracket the salary range
- Don't say no too soon
- How to delay discussion of pay until it matters
- What is your current compensation?
- What are your salary requirements?
- How much do you need to live on?
- What to say when an offer is made
- The offer is not what you want
- The offer is reasonable
- They offer, you want it, now it's time to negotiate!
- Knowing your price
- Playing the negotiation game
- Ending the negotiation
- Sources of information on pay for major jobs
- The top excuse for avoiding research
- Sources of Information on salary and wages
- Key points : chapter 8
- Appendix. Online interviewing and job search resources
- Interviewing tips
- Informational interviews
- Job and industry information
- Company information
- Researching and negotiating salaries
- Finding and applying for job openings.