Don't waste your time with an incompetent Interviewer.
Every interview should expand your career education and
choice for future employment decisions.
Your goal is to learn everything you can from the
interviewer as well as from your research on the Internet.
Don't be bashful, ask whatever you want to know.
Sure, timing is important but you should have all the
details about every career position before you leave the
interview.
Never ask about compensation within the first 5 minutes of
your interview. You probably don't want to appear only
interested in CASH rewards, but the answer needs to come
somewhere in the process.
No need to spend time when there is no possibility of
meeting your bottom line money requirements with a
particular Interviewer.
Sure, there are many avenues of interest to discover. The
first questions that need to be answered are.... can you do
the job? Do you have the skills? Talent? Education?
Knowledge? Do you have experience already in this field?
Obviously, you have more questions.... assuming you
answered YES to our initial questions. Once you have met
with the interviewer and he believes you have "what it
takes" to do the job, then we can begin to sneak in the
important questions... about compensation, benefits, work
hours, job assignment, supervision, the title you'll have
as an employee, etc.
There's usually an understanding that if you don't ask for
"it" upfront [before your new job begins] you may as well
forget about "seeing" it in your future.
For example, 2 weeks vacation may be the "norm" but maybe
you can negotiate a better agreement with 3,4 or 5 weeks;
start other benefits immediately rather than in 90 days....
worth thinking about during the initial interviews with the
executive staff or owners.
Leave NO lingering questions ~ ask if you don't know or if
you don't understand. Your interviewer will certainly
respect you for having the tenacity to ASK when questions
remain unanswered.
If you get rejected or made to feel foolish, then I would
think long and hard before hanging my hat with this company.
The real truth about a firm is often hidden, covered-up, or
a bad situation not revealed. It's important that you dig
deep for any underlying skeletons, bad publicity or press,
dishonesty within the ranks, especially at the executive
level of the firm or the owners behind the scenes.
Don't be afraid of diversity, doing something new, even if
it's usually another "gender" position, at least in the
past decade or two. Women are doing jobs formerly filled by
men most of the time and now men are doing jobs "normally"
filled by women in the past, i.e. ... secretaries, nurses,
wait staff, etc. are non-gender focused today.
Life focus is changing everyday in the career choice arena,
so don't turn away from an opportunity that has the
potential to turn into your very own dream job or career
choice for the future.
Be open to change, new exposures in the business
marketplace are happening and offer career choices in every
field of enterprise.
Keep your notebook handy, especially when you're
interviewing with the competition in your niche industry.
Write down all the questions you are asked, think about
your answers, right or wrong, it becomes added ammunition
in your own arsenal of Q and A, to have on the very tip of
your tongue for an easy response next time around.
Ask for the firms EMPLOYEE MANUAL and any additional
"propaganda" advertising or financial reports that may be
available in the public eye.
Don't be shy, "ask and ye shall receive" or keep moving to
your next interview until you find the right firm willing
to give you the facts and history of their past and future
goals.
I'd take the EM and reports home with me and spend a little
time reading all the fine print. You may turn up a few
surprises that the interviewer overlooked telling you about.
I'd want to know if the company promotes from within or
always goes on the outside to look for a new employee.
Think about it! You've got to get promoted to reach your 5
year goals, at least that's my assumption as you find a
beginning place to start your climb up the corporate ladder.
In conclusion, let me suggest visiting several local
organizations, especially the Chamber of Commerce and
others to discover if the firm is a good citizen, do they
support local groups, i.e. the United way, the BBB [Better
Business Bureau] and there may be other places this firm is
well connected to in the community as a good citizen.
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Don Monteith spent 32 years as co-owner of several
franchises and a personnel/staffing business. Every year,
his firm placed hundreds of job candidates in their dream
job. Today, Don shares his business and career expertise
through his newest websites on the Internet. Lots of FREE
ideas - suggestions - ready for your perusal and study.
http://www.Career-Coaching-Central.com
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