Job Search

Should you volunteer information in an interview that will hurt your chances of getting hired?
When interviewing, it is important to be honest. Lies and fabrications will doom your chances when they are discovered. At the same time, there is information job seekers volunteer that is not essential. Often this information hurts the candidate’s chances. One example of this I have run into relates to spouses of individuals who relocate frequently. The spouse volunteers that they are likely to move again in a few years.

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One of the most common mistakes job seekers make is over complicating their background. Unless you are seeking the same job from a similar company, it unlikely the hiring manager will understand all the details of the job. This problem is magnified if the hiring manager is an individual outside your functional area.

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How to land a job you are completely unqualified to perform (do no try this at home… unless you want go to jail). This system is proven effective (especially step and was used by a woman in Connecticut.

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A job search is a sales activity. You are selling yourself and trying to persuade a company to spend tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars for your time and effort. You need to present an advertising, marketing and sales material to get land an interview and need to make a better sales presentation than your competition. If you don’t, someone else will land the sale and get hired.

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Markell Steele of Futures In Motion is offering the Fast Track Your Career Teleclass on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 3pm PST.

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Next week, I am presenting three webinars, Resume Writing Basics, Job Interview Basics, and Job Search Basics. I taught these three classes online for the first time a couple weeks ago and the response was great.

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In the early 90’s, I worked for an engineering firm who built steel mills. This company had a new technology that was in great demand. At the same time, the industry was down and most engineering firms in the steel industry were laying off people. The department I worked in designed the piping systems for the steel mill. It was led by an engineering manager, had a team of engineers, a drafting supervisor and team of draftsmen.

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“Job Search Basics” will provide specific advice for how to manager a job search. I’m going to review some of the websites and tools that are extremely helpful. I’ll also share tips for how to use these tools to get results.

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Failure is a part of learning and growth. It is important to fail and learn from the experience. Despite this, few people are comfortable talking about their failures – especially in a job interview.

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You applied for a job, landed an interview and got invited back for a final interview. At every step, you felt great about the job, company and people. The interviewers were extremely complimentary of you throughout the process. Everything looked great. Then, you get the call that the company selected another candidate. The only feedback they provide is that the other candidate is “a better fit.”

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