Good afternoon!
Hopefully your job search went well this week, and you are preparing for an onslaught of interviews!!
If this is you, get out your interview checklist! Here are some ideas to help you prepare for landing your new job!
A) What outfit do you feel most confident in? Is it ready to be worn? Does it still fit the same? Try it on and make sure at least a few days before, just in case you need to go shopping!
B) Do you have accurate directions? Do you have the floor, suite number,
and phone number, just in case you get lost or are running late?
C) Have you allowed enough time for the drive, the interview, and the drive back? Make sure you don't start stressing out during an interview because you need to pick up the kids, or get back to work on time. Plan your time out, with the successful interview being anywhere up to 2 hours! You have enough to worry about, don't add time to your stress factor!
D) Do you have extra copies of your resume in case there is more than one person at your interview? Always bring at least 10 because you never know when they might spring a panel interview on you! It won't ever hurt to have extra, but its embarrassing to have to ask your potential future employer to share a copy because of lack of preparation.
E) Have you thought of answers to possible questions? Think about past interviews that you have had for similar positions. What types of questions have you had to answer? Write them out and practice how you convey your answers so that you will be confident when its show time!
F) What questions do you have? Remember, you are almost always going to be asked that at the end of an interview!
This is a tricky question! You need to have some well thought out questions about the job, but they shouldn't be about company information that you should have researched before your interview.
Example of bad questions:
"How long have you been in business?"
"What does your company sell?"
"What is your company's goals, or mission?" etc...
Your questions should be more specific & about your potential role.
"How does this role currently impact the bottom line?"
"What direction do you see this role heading toward?"
"What are some of the biggest challenges you have seen with this role in the past?"
"What have been some contributing factors to the past successes in this role?" (Just some examples)
This will show that you are really thinking about the long term impact that you can make on their organization!
G) Make sure you have the answer to the following question!
"Why should we hire you?"
Saying you are a hard worker, or a "people person" will NOT get you the job!
Everyone else will tell them the same thing.
You need to make sure that you are showing them why YOU are the perfect fit for this role. If they have stated specifics in the job description of who the perfect candidate is and what skills they
possess, you need to remind them that you are that person, and you have those skills.
Simple as that.
H) Make sure you pick up a business card or get contact information for each person at the interview. This way, you can send a thank you card addressed the correct people, or at the very least, an email thanking them for their time, and letting them know you are looking forward to hearing from them soon.
That's it! I hope this list has helped you in preparing for your interview adventures, and that the end result is that you hear the words,
"We'd like to offer you a position with our company."
Good luck!! Please call me if I can be of any assistance in your job search!
~Jessica Starr-Clark
Manpower On Site Supervisor
602-861-0208 x1019
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