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Halimah Madeline Bellows
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Champion Your Career
Self-Help
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Jump Into Your Job Search
If you have done your homework in assessing your own values, skills and strengths and researching the current job market, you will find that these next steps in your job search will help you build the confidence you will need as you begin approaching potential employers.
Book Excerpt
Champion Your Career
The InterviewThe interview is a mutual exchange of information between an employer and a candidate for a position. The primary objectives are to:• Supply information about yourself that is not contained in your résumé.• Show that you understand yourself and have a sense of direction in your career.• Enable the employer to evaluate your personality and attitudes in terms of the demands of the organization and the position.• Allow you to gain information about the organization and the job that is not available through other sources.• Give you and the employer an opportunity to discuss the desirability of further contact or an offer of employment.To impress an employer, you must be well prepared and understand the value of what you have to offer. To relate your assets to the position and the organization, you must know yourself. Rather than only trying to determine at what level you are currently functioning, some interviewers want to see how you have grown over time in areas related to their position(s) (e.g., interpersonal and work skills, motivation). Some interviewers will want you to talk about your mistakes to find out what you have learned to do differently.You must be familiar with the position and the organization so that you can demonstrate how and why you will be an effective worker. Refer to the notes you made as you networked with people and reviewed print and online materials (see Section 4: Networks & Contacts).Obtain information, if you can, on the person you will be meeting with and the schedule for the interview period. If you can find out about your interviewer(s) (e.g., name, title, background) in advance, you will be able to use this information during the interviews.
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