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Mistake 1: Not being able to think of a response. If you find yourself facing one of these “brain freezes,” all is not lost. Try this strategy to get your thoughts—and words—rolling again. Ask the interviewer to clarify the question.  This will give you some precious time to regroup. Ask for time to think.  There’s nothing wrong with requesting a few seconds to consider the question and formulate an answer. In fact, a good employer will respect that you’re taking the interview seriously and thinking before you speak. Say  something .  Delivering a partial answer is better than nothing. And if you’re still drawing a blank, be honest and ask if you can come back to the question later. Of course, a bit of extra preparation and practice will go a long way toward reducing your odds of going blank when it really counts. Mistake 2: Not directly answering a question that was asked. This is often a result of Mistake 1.   When your ...

When it comes to your résumé,   it’s important to realize that you only have a small window of time to impress a hiring manager or recruiter. You have to grab your reader’s attention quickly, so you have to be strategic about what you include. Trimming the fat means you are purging all of the information on your résumé that’s no longer relevant. The rule of thumb is that your resume should represent only the last 10 – 15 years (maximum) of your experience. If you are listing positions that are no longer relevant to where you’re trying to go, they should be eliminated. If you feel that earlier positions are necessary to show history and consistency of employment, keep the entries very brief and save the space for your more impressive experience. Keep in mind that it’s no longer a strict requirement to limit your resume to one page.   Don’t get me wrong: a one-page résumé is still the way to go for those in the early years of their careers. However, with the average professional...

1. Research company culture Your outfit should make it easy for the employer to picture you working there. That means that you need to research the office culture and figure out the general work attire. You can do this by: Looking through company social media pages for pictures of current employees. Researching the dress code for the industry the company is in. So for instance, start-ups are casual, whereas law firms are more business formal. If after doing some research, you are still not sure about the dress code, call the company and ask the human resources officer. 2. Show your personality, but stay professional It’s important to wear clothes that make you feel comfortable, while still matching the company’s dress code. For instance, if the company’s dress code is business casual, you can wear your kitenge (African print) pencil skirt. All you need to do is make sure it’s knee length, not too tight and keep the rest of your outfit simple. 3. Look crisp and clean Make sure: Hair is ...

There are some forms of potential employee meetings that the occupation searcher confronts in the pursuit of employment. Here are a part of the interview types that you can confront: phone interviews, collect interviews, and multi-layered conferences. Combination Interviews Ever been to a gathering assembly kind with some other employment hopefuls and a little application of questioners? Those are cream of the product instances in which the most elite must transcend the relaxation. What that means: there are some positions handy yet excessively numerous high-quality fits for the positions accessible, or there one to 2 positions available and the opposition is steep. What everything comes down to is how would you deal with unpleasant instances? At that point there's the meeting kind in which the profession searcher is confronted with a couple of questioner. Congrats, you're the cream of the product and a huge portion of the combat is as of now carried out. This type of assembly ...