Interviewing is a stressful and difficult situation. Your
professional life is on the line. You must walk into each interview
with an agenda of what you want to communicate to demonstrate your
qualifications, and you must quietly control the interview to be
sure that you paint a picture of knowledge and success as you
position yourself as the right candidate for the position The goal
of a successful interview...
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The Importance of Standing Out From Workforce Competitors
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Inter-office Intimidation
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You Get One Shot With Each Company, Whether Promoting or
Interviewing
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Why Do You Think Recruiters Get Frustrated?
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They Are Sick and Tired of the Lies! Recruiters agree most
applicants do not directly lie about previous positions, but will
conceal jobs that have been failures or where they have been fired.
So, although they have told the truth, they haven't told the whole
story. Lying about skills and experience in job interviews is
standard practice for many applicants - industry analysts say the
figure is 35 percent and rising. Dishonest applicants figure if the
lies work they might get the job; if they don't, they lose nothing.
To Catch a Predator - ask a series of relatively straightforward
questions, which the applicant might answer calmly. Then watch the
reaction to a tougher question.
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Todays goal...
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Perform your research
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Gather job descriptions
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Instead of, Ive done this and this and this. Create
Accomplishments! : 1. What you did 2. How you did it 3. Why it
needed to be done 4. Overall benefit to the department or company
Differentiation between daily task work and actual
accomplishments
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Each sentence of each accomplishment must be no longer than 12
words Why? 1. You have six seconds to catch an interviewers
attention 2. Then, up to 20 seconds 3. To keep their attention a
maximum of 45 seconds Listening statistics...
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I restructured our Accounts Payable monthly reporting process.
What you did...
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I restructured our Accounts Payable monthly reporting process.
I built macros in an Excel spreadsheet that performed month- end
calculations automatically. How you did it...
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I restructured our Accounts Payable monthly reporting process.
I built macros in an Excel spreadsheet that performed month- end
calculations automatically. Previously, our entire close process
was done manually. Why it needed to be done...
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I restructured our Accounts Payable monthly reporting process.
I built macros in an Excel spreadsheet that performed month- end
calculations automatically. Previously, our entire close process
was done manually. My effort reduced our entire departments
month-end close from five days to one. Overall benefit...
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its your turn...
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If I were to accomplish three things my first month of
employment and you were to consider me successful, what would those
three things be? What would be priority for someone who accepts
this position? What have prior, successful employees in this role
accomplished? Intelligent Questions...
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Its interesting you need someone who can _______________, at
ABC Company I... I read that in the job description. At ABC Company
I... I thought that would be essential for success in this role. At
ABC Company I... Then Segue in to Your Accomplishment...
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The importance of keeping an interview conversational...
