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Discussion 37: Consider This.

After carefully reading the responses to last week's discussion "Tell Me About Yourself," it is apparent that many of us are still making the common mistake of providing answers with regard to our personal lives and interests. Consider this, an employer hires you for two reasons and two reasons only. One is to solve a problem and the other is to make money? So our answers should always be able to address these two reasons. When an employer starts off the interview with the question "Tell me...

Discussion 36: “Tell Me About Yourself”

Job Club, Job Club Heart of Texas | 40 Comments

With the subject of interviewing still on our minds, we have to consider whether we are answering the appropriate questions appropriately. Consider when an employer asks you to tell them about yourself. What is your reply? If your answer is something along the lines of your personal life and interests, chances are that the employer may not have been looking for quite that answer. If you back track to what the illegal interview questions were, you may find that the illegal ones were asking for...

Discussion 35: Can You Ask Me That?

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Campusjobxpress.com was experiencing a system malfunction this morning. We apologize for the delay of this week's discussion. Enjoy! We all know how important an interview is when seeking a job. This is our key to employment, our time to shine. An interview is our moment to answer all the questions appropriately, whether or not the question is, in fact, appropriate. It is important to know what questions are appropriate and inappropriate for an interviewer to ask you, but...

Discussion 34: What are you looking for?

Job Club Heart of Texas, Job Search | 67 Comments

Most people are looking for work because they are in need of money. Many people look for a job because they want to explore new experiences and find themselves. Some people look for a certain type of job because its fashionable (i.e. interior decorating. photography, etc.) Reality is that an individual needs to look for a job that fits their individual personality, their family's needs and one that suits their skill level. Money should be the last thing on...

Discussion 33: Interviewing Continutation

Job Club Heart of Texas, Job Search | 44 Comments

This is the question we ask you all to answer last week in Discussion 32: Of the following five behaviors that candidates exhibit during a job interview, what do you believe is the one behavior most interviewers find unforgivable? 1. Poor personal appearance/hygiene 2. Overemphasis on money 3. Failure to look at interviewer while interviewing 4. Did not ask questions 5. Late to interview The following is the answer given by the author of the book Interviewing Skills: "If you guessed #4, you...