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We
need to meet......
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To understand you, your career plans, your
aspirations, your expectations. |
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To counsel
and guide you, to help
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meet your career targets. |
We
could assist you through the selection, negotiation
and joining process and follow through regularly to ensure
you settle in your new assignment.
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Preparing
for an Interview
Preparation
is the first step towards a successful interview.
Interviewers
are amazed at the number of applicants who just drift into their
office without any preparation and with only the vaguest idea about
the Company or the job. It is therefore important to:-
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Know
the exact place, time and location of the interview. |
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Find
out all specific facts about the Company (offices /
factories / products / turnover / company history etc.).
Most of this Information would definitely be available with
Personnel Network. |
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Find
out specifics about the job – the exact requirements of
the Company in terms of qualifications, experience,
location, job responsibilities, compensation, reporting
relationships etc. Most of this information would
definitely be available with Personnel Network. |
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Brush up your memory on details about your present company
and in even greater detail about your present and previous job
responsibilities. If possible, try to objectively match your
strengths and weaknesses with the job requirement. |
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Prepare
an answer list of some basic questions that are likely to be
asked:
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Tell
us something about yourself. |
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What
have been your major career
achievements so far? |
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What
are your strengths and weaknesses?
How have you
addressed the weaknesses? |
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What
are your reasons for changing your
present job? |
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What
are your career objectives? How can you achieve them
by joining this Company? |
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Why
do you think you are suitable for this job? |
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Are
you locationally mobile? |
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What
are your interests? |
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Since
interviewing is a two way process, prepare some questions
that you might like to ask the interviewer:
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Detailed
job responsibilities. |
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Growth
plans of the company. |
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Short
& long term growth
prospects of the job. |
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Carry
atleast 2 original and well made out resumes – preferably
on ‘A 4’ sized executive bond sheet (no spelling
mistakes; no photocopied resumes with handwritten
corrections etc.). |
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Carry
an extra copy of all your testimonials (education and
experience) – preferably keep them in a nice folder, in
date-wise order. |
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Please
go for the interview formally dressed (believe us – how
you ‘package’ yourself really does make a difference). |
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The
Actual Interview
You
are being interviewed because the Company wants to recruit
somebody – not because the Company wants to put you down or
reject you. During the interview, the interviewer will be looking
for your strong / weak points, evaluating you, your
skills, your attitude, stability, maturity, motivation, depth of
knowledge.
Basically
you must try and think like the interviewer and put yourself into
her / his shoes because eventually
she / he is
going to decide whether or not you are to be selected.
Try
and do what the interviewer expects you to do:
Do’s
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Do
be on time. |
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Do
walk in to the room confidently. |
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Do
greet the interviewer. |
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Do
wait till you are offered a chair before sitting down. |
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Do
sit straight in the chair. |
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Do
maintain eye contact with the interviewer at all times. |
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Do
listen to the questions carefully and answer to the point. |
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Do
answer questions truthfully. |
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Do
switch off your mobile phone / pager. |
Don’ts
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Don’t
stroll into the room. |
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Don’t
slouch in your chair. |
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Don’t
put your folder on the interviewer’s table (keep it on
your lap). |
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Don’t
carry too many things with you into the interviewer’s room
(leave your helmet, umbrella, extra papers, plastic packets
etc at the Reception). |
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Don’t
lie under any circumstances. |
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Don’t
give wrong information, specially regarding your salary. |
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Don’t
exaggerate your strengths. |
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Don’t
exaggerate your hobbies. |
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Don’t
run down your existing Company / products / superiors. |
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Don’t
preempt questions – take an extra second to plan your
answer. |
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Don’t
rush into answering questions. |
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Don’t
interrupt the interviewer. |
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Don’t
give long answers / stories / go off on a tangent. |
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Don’t
be over smart. |
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Don’t
make any commitments you cannot keep. |
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After
the Interview
Try
and get back to Personnel Network and give us a feed back on your
reaction to the interview.
Your
feed back will help us to interact effectively on your behalf with
the client.
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Why
You May Get Rejected
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Overbearing, aggressive, superiority complex,
‘know-it-all’
attitude. |
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Lack
of preparation for the interview. |
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Lack
of confidence / nervousness. |
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Not
answering to the point, being vague, running down past
employers / colleagues. |
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Failure
to ask good and relevant questions about the Company / job. |
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Sounding
overly interested in money / perks, office timings etc. |
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Being
dishonest / untruthful. |
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Poor
personality / appearance. |
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Interest in only what the Company can do for
you and not
what you can do for the Company. |
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Reasons
for Job Change
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For
heaven’s sake – please don’t say – "better
prospects" . |
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Plan
the answer to this question very carefully. The answer must
be straight forward, convincing and honest. |
Some
of the normal / acceptable reasons why people change jobs:
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Enhancement
of career. |
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Growth
in job responsibilities - a bigger / better assignment. |
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Bigger,
larger and better Company. |
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Location
of job / locational restrictions. |
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Better
compensation / terms of employment. |
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Better
designation. |
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Present
Organisation down - sizing / closing / transferring to an unwanted location. |
Normally
these are the main reasons for looking for a job change to
enhance one’s career. It might also be a mix of some of these
reasons.
Try
and keep salary expectations at a reasonable and realistic level.
Do not sound overly interested in compensation to the exclusion of
everything else.
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Sample
Resume
Your
resume is a representation of yourself. The client forms his first
impression about you after looking at your resume and believe us, the
first impression is extremely important.
The
resume must be interesting and specific and not very lengthy - to
hold the client’s attention and interest.
Your
resume must look professional – the paper, margins, formatting,
presentation - all are extremely important.
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Use
nice thick white ‘A 4’ sized paper. |
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Ensure
there are no spelling / grammatical mistakes, over typing, corrections
by hand etc. |
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Structure your
resume into a maximum of 3-4
pages, segmented as follows:
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Personal
information. |
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Educational
history. |
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Experience
details. |
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Any
other relevant information like emoluments, references,
geographical preferences etc. |
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Try
and keep your resume down to a maximum
of 3 pages.
Click
here for an example of a good,
comprehensive resume
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