Job interview tips that deliver
This website is much more than job interview tips. The interview process is often cold, stressful, and painfully slow.
Why don't companies call you back with timely feedback?
What's taking them so long to make a hiring decision?
Should you call them again or just wait? Should you send an email?
If you've been unemployed for awhile....How can you come across in the interview with enthusiasm and confidence when you're depressed about your job search and wrestling with half-a-dozen other personal issues?
There are lots of websites and books about preparing for a job interview. Unfortunately, most of them read like an encyclopedia and focus too much on answering interview questions to please the company.
What about your career goals and dreams?
How do you protect yourself from accepting another dead-end job?
How can you ask sticky questions without shooting yourself in the foot?
There are 3 reasons why I am uniquely qualified to help you stand out throughout the interview process.
First, I counseled 100's of job seekers over my 14 year career as an Executive Recruiter.
My greatest success was not all the placements I made, but knowing my advice gave my candidates a leg up on landing a great job.
This site will teach you the best way to navigate through the job interview process with several real life examples of what works and what doesn't work.
Second, one of the greatest trials of my life came when I lost my job and was out of work for 7 long months.
I experienced a roller coaster ride of emotions from overconfidence to downright despair. I faced many of the same things you are now facing:
- financial hardship
- cold, insensitive interviewers
- rejection
- no call backs
- silly interview questions
- fair-weather friends
- ......and sleepless nights quietly praying to be rescued
Third, as an Executive Recruiter, I work closely with hiring authorities to present candidates and broker offers.
After every interview I ask managers what they like about my candidates and what they don't like.
Hiring Managers are always very direct and open with me, unlike they will be with you if you asked them the same questions.
They tell me why they are attracted to certain candidates and why they are turned off by others.
Over the years, a consistent pattern emerged as to how hiring authorities judge candidates. If you know this pattern, you will enjoy a big advantage in the interviewing process.
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About Me Personal and professional bio of Michael Petras, author of Job-Interview-Wisdom.com.
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