10 Critical Mistakes to Avoid at the Job Interview
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The10Most CriticalMistakes to Avoid in Your
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Table of Contents
,troductio
Critical Mistake 0/ + ,adeuate Preparatio (or the ,ter#ie%
Critical Mistake 02 + "rri#ig oo arly or oo !ate
Critical Mistake 01 + a#ig the $rog "ttitude
Critical Mistake 03 + 'eig 4prepared (or ,ter#ie% 5uestios
Critical Mistake 06 + Not "skig the Right 5uestios
Critical Mistake 07 + ressig ,appropriately
Critical Mistake 09 + "skig about :alary or 'ee(its
Critical Mistake 08 + Not "rri#ig %ith the Right ocumets
Critical Mistake 0; + 'eig ishoest or ,mpolite
Critical Mistake /0 + Marketig
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Introduction
$he you sit do% to iter#ie% %ith a prospecti#e employer that you are
sicerely iterested i %orkig (or) there are probably more tha a hudred
di((eret thigs ruig through your mid at oe time) %hich ca make you
a=ious ad cause you to %alk ito the iter#ie% uprepared. o%e#er) i( you
ca (ocus yoursel( o the most importat (acets o( the employmet iter#ie%)
the you %ill be able to rela= yoursel( better ad to be more i cotrol o( the
message that you are sedig to the prospecti#e employer.
May people (id it help(ul to ko% e=actly %hat they should ot do i the
iter#ie%) as this helps people de#elop a good idea o( %hat they should do i the
iter#ie%. >ob iter#ie% mistakes ca easily be a#oided) ad may o( the same
mistakes cause a large umber o( the ?ob (orce to (ail i their ?ob iter#ie%s o a
cosistet basis. 'y a#oidig these truly lethal ?ob iter#ie% mistakes) you %ill
be able to sho% prospecti#e employers that you are the right cadidate (or the
?ob that you are applyig (or.
here are te critical mistakes that people make durig their ?ob iter#ie%s. 'y
a#oidig these te critical mistakes) you ca lauch yoursel( (or%ard) pro#ig
that you are the right cadidate (or the ?ob rather tha makig a (atal mistake
that %ill cost you the ?ob o( your dreams.
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The ten most critical mistakes to avoidin your initial job interview are as
follows -@ Critical Mistake 0/ + ,adeuate Preparatio (or the ,ter#ie%
@ Critical Mistake 02 + "rri#ig oo arly or oo !ate
@ Critical Mistake 01 + a#ig the $rog "ttitude
@ Critical Mistake 03 + 'eig 4prepared (or ,ter#ie% 5uestios
@ Critical Mistake 06 + Not "skig the Right 5uestios
@ Critical Mistake 07 + ressig ,appropriately
@ Critical Mistake 09 + "skig about :alary or 'ee(its@ Critical Mistake 08 + Not "rri#ig %ith the Right ocumets
@ Critical Mistake 0; + 'eig ishoest or ,mpolite
@ Critical Mistake /0 + Marketig
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# Critical Job Interview Mistake 01 -Inadeuate !re"aration for the
InterviewAe o( the most critical mistakes that you ca make i a ?ob iter#ie% is to
arri#e uprepared (or the iter#ie%. here are too may ?ob seekers out there
%ho do ot do ay research ito the compay that they are iter#ie%ig (or.
o% ca you pro#e that you are the right cadidate (or a ?ob or a speci(ic
positio i( you do ot ko% aythig about the ?ob (or %hich you are applyigB
'e?ami Frakli is ko% (or a (amous uote) 'y (ailig to prepare you arepreparig to (ail.) ad this uote is e#er more applicable tha %he it comes to
preparig (or a ?ob iter#ie%. ,t is imperati#e that you do all o( the ecessary
home%ork log be(orehad. ,( you come o(( as a ethusiastic ad committed
cadidate (or the ?ob) you %ill ha#e a much better chace o( impressig %hoe#er
is iter#ie%ig you.
"s soo as you (id out that you %ill be iter#ie%ig (or a compay) research
them ad the positio that you %ill be iter#ie%ig (or. his %ay) you ca
demostrate that you are absolutely the right cadidate (or the ?ob by as%erig
the uestios that your iter#ie%er poses e((ecti#ely ad itelligetly.
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also %at to #isit your local library to (id out about rele#at periodicals ad
directories.
"other use(ul idea is to #isit the compay be(orehad) pickig up ay rele#ati(ormatio ad brochures that are a#ailable there.
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# Critical Job Interview Mistake 0 -$rrivin% Too &arly or Too 'ate
Ae o( the most commo mistakes that ?ob seekers make goig i to a
iter#ie%) oe that ca easily compromise a etire iter#ie% is arri#ig at the
%rog time. ,t is di((icult to o#ercome this iitial bad impressio created either
by arri#ig too late (or the appoitmet) or by arri#ig (ar too early ad (orcig
the iter#ie%er to chage their schedule i order to accommodate you. !uckily)
there are a couple o( di((eret techiues that you ca employ i order to a#oid
makig this seriously costly mistake.
,t is imperati#e that you arri#e o time to your ?ob iter#ie% appoitmet.
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"rri#ig i a (lustered rush is ot a good %ay to sho% up to your iter#ie%. he
%hole itetio o( a ?ob iter#ie% is to pro#e that you are the right cadidate (or
a ?ob) ad i( you pro#e your ureliability the (irst day that you meet the
iter#ie%er) you %ill ha#e di((iculty pro#ig other%ise.
'eig too early (or your iitial ?ob iter#ie% ca be ?ust as critical a mistake as
arri#ig late. ,( you arri#e a hour early or more) you may be (orcig the
iter#ie%er to chage their schedule i order to accommodate you) ad that is
ot a good %ay to get the iter#ie% started. ,( you %at to impress the
iter#ie%er by beig prompt) aim (or /0 to /6 miutes early rather tha a %hole
hour or more. 'y arri#ig (i(tee miutes early) you ha#e ample time to let the
iter#ie%er be oti(ied o( your arri#al %ithout (orcig them to accommodate you
log be(ore the iter#ie% is set to begi.
$he it comes to arri#ig at your ?ob iter#ie%) the best thig that you ca do is
arri#e either right o time) or %ith te or (i(tee miutes to spare. "rri#ig late is
essetially askig to be dismissed. People %ho ha#e tured up late (or ?ob
iter#ie%s ha#e literally bee tured a%ay) because employers are ot lookig
(or people %ho caot pro#e their o% sel#es to be depedable ad trust%orthy
(rom day oe.
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# Critical Job Interview Mistake 0( -)avin% the *ron% $ttitude
here are a umber o( di((eret beha#iors durig a iter#ie% that ca cause
you to come across as a egati#e perso) or simply a perso %ho does ot ha#e
the right positi#e attitude (or the ?ob i uestio.
Comig across as a egati#e perso ca be the result o( a %ide #ariety o(
di((eret beha#iors that occur durig the iter#ie%ig process. For e=ample) i(
you should happe to make complait regardig pre#ious ?obs) positios)
bosses) co %orkers) colleagues or compaies ca sed a rather egati#e
message to your prospecti#e employer) ad should be a#oided at all costs.
:omethig else that ca create a egati#e impressio is iappropriate body
laguage. he (ollo%ig body laguage actios ca all o((er a egati#e message
to the perso %ho is iter#ie%ig you +
+ uchig do%+ :lumpig i the chair
+ "#oidig eye cotact %ith the iter#ie%er
+ !ookig do% costatly
+ Foldig your arms o#er your chest
+ Fiddlig %ith your hair
+ Fiddlig %ith items o the desk
here are also a umber o( #erbal ad o+#erbal sigals that gi#e o(( a egati#e
attitude to the perso %ho is iter#ie%ig you) icludig but ot limited to +
+ speakig iaudibly
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+ speakig uietly
+ mumblig
the use o( %ords like DlikeD or DumD repeatedly
,t is importat that you practice your as%ers to test iter#ie% uestios) ad
your uestios about the compay i (rot o( a mirror i order to impro#e the
toe o( your #oice ad your positi#e body laguage. 'y practicig be(orehad)
you ca elimiate (la%s i your iter#ie% demeaor %hich ca gi#e you a better
chace o( beig success(ul i your iter#ie%.
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# Critical Job Interview Mistake 0+ -,ein% n"re"ared for Interview
.uestions
here are t%o importat elemets to a ?ob iter#ie% + he (irst is the uestios
that the iter#ie%er asks o( you) ad the secod is the uestios that you ask o(
the iter#ie%er i retur. ,( you are uable to properly articulate the right
as%ers to the iter#ie% uestios that are asked o( you) you %ill most certaily
ha#e di((iculty co#eyig the (act that you are the ideal cadidate (or the
positio to the perso %ho is iter#ie%ig you.
he best %ay (or you to a#oid this practice is to thik about your as%ers ad to
prepare them be(orehad. here are may resources (or commo ?ob iter#ie%
uestios) ad most employers %ithi di((eret idustries ask the same
uestios or at least similar sets o( rele#at uestios %hich meas that you ca
be prepared to a certai degree o matter %hat ?ob you are applyig (or.
Prepare your as%ers to the most commo ?ob iter#ie% uestios %ithi your
idustry log be(ore your iter#ie%. $hat uestios are most likely goig to be
asked durig the iter#ie%B $hat is ormally reuired o( a success(ul cadidate
(or the positio that you are applyig (orB here are a umber o( basic or
geeral uestios that ted to crop up i almost all ?ob iter#ie%s) icludig but
ot limited to the (ollo%ig uestios +
+ $hat are your stregths) or %hat is your greatest stregthB
+ $hat are your %eakesses) or %hat is your greatest %eakessB
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$hy do you %at this ?ob positioB
+ $hat are some o( your achie#emets to dateB $hat has bee your greatest
achie#emet i your %orkig historyB
+ $hy are you the ideal cadidate (or this positioB $hy should %e employ you
rather tha aother cadidateB
+ ,( %e %ere to call up your (ormer employer or employers) %hat %ould they say
about youB
Prepare ad practice the as%ers to uestios like these) ad you %ill be able to
a#oid this critical iitial ?ob iter#ie% mistake.
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# Critical Job Interview Mistake 0/ -ot $skin% the i%ht .uestions
here are t%o importat elemets to a ?ob iter#ie% + he (irst is the uestios
that the iter#ie%er asks o( you) ad the secod is the uestios that you ask o(
the iter#ie%er i retur. "t some poit durig the ?ob iter#ie%) the perso
iter#ie%ig you is goig to ask o you ha#e ay uestios (or meB "d this is
a uestio that makes a lot o( people tremble. Failig to ask the right) most
appropriate uestios simply sho%s a lack o( iterest ad (orethought. "s a
result) this is oe o( the most critical mistakes that a ?ob iter#ie% cadidate ca
make.
4se the compay research that you coducted earlier based o Critical >ob
,ter#ie% Mistake umber 0/) ad prepare uestios about the compay that
are isight(ul as the best ad most e((iciet %ay to impress the iter#ie%er you
are %orkig %ith. his %ill also help you gai the i(ormatio that you eed i
order to make the most %ell i(ormed ?ob decisio possible.
urig your ?ob iter#ie%) you should ot sit like a bump o a log. ,stead) you
should make a real e((ort to sho% iterest i the compay) %hich ca easily be
doe by askig the employer e=cellet iter#ie% uestios i retur. his sho%s
the iter#ie%er that you are iterested i the compay ad that you ha#e doe
your research ad arri#ed prepared. ere are some o( the uestios that you
may %at to ask your iter#ie%er. Eeep i mid that %he asked o you ha#e
ay uestios (or meB) mm) ope is NA a good as%er.
+ $hat are your biggest challegesB
+ $hat is the a#erage day like (or this particular positioB
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+ $hat speci(ic tasks %ill be e=pected o( me i this positioB
+ $hat is the e=t step (ollo%ig the iter#ie%B
+ ,s this a e%ly created ?ob positio or am , replacig aother employeeB
+ o% %ill my ?ob per(ormace be measuredB
+ $hat are the immediate goals o( the departmet that , %ill be %orkig iB
+ $hat is the biggest challege that the compay is curretly (acigB
+ $hat competiti#e ad#atages does the compay ha#e o#er other similar
compaiesB
+ $hat does the iter#ie%er like best about the compayB
+ $hat could , do %ithi this role that %ould make your ?ob he employerDs ?obG
easierB
+ ,s there aythig else that , ca (urther clari(y (or youB
+ o% do , compare %ith other cadidates that ha#e already bee iter#ie%edB
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# Critical Job Interview Mistake 02 -3ressin% Ina""ro"riately
"other critical mistake that may people make %he it comes to iitial ?ob
iter#ie%s should ot come as a surpriseH ressig iappropriately. $hile most
people seekig ?obs ko% that dressig appropriately is a big part o( arri#ig
prepared to a ?ob iter#ie%) most people do ot actually ha#e a good
uderstadig o( %hat dressig appropriately actually meas. "s a result)
may people arri#e at their iter#ie% dressed iappropriately) either i geeral
or based o the dress code i uestio.
"s it %as metioed be(ore) it is importat to research the compay that you are
iter#ie%ig %ith be(ore had. his comes i hady (or a umber o( di((eret
reasos) oe o( %hich is so that you ca dress accordig to the dress code that
the rest o( the employees are abidig by. 'y #isitig the compay be(ore had
ad doig a little bit o( obser#ig) you ca (igure out %hat style o( dress %ould
be ideal.
Iet to ko% the culture o( the compay. ,( the compayDs employees are all
%earig coser#ati#e clothig) the busiess casual is ot goig to cut it %he
you arri#e at your iter#ie%. ,( you %at to look like you already belog %ith the
compay) %hich should be your aim to begi %ith) the it is importat that you
dress ot oly to impress) but also to (it i at the same time.
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me) or aythig other tha earrigs (or %ome) take the ?e%elry out or co#er
the piercigs %ith a bad aid.
,t is importat that your iter#ie%er (ocuses o your skills) youraccomplishmets ad the real reasos (or %hy you are the best cadidate (or the
?ob) rather tha your appearace. ,( your appearace (its i %ith the dress ad
appearace o( the other employees i the compay) your iter#ie%er %ill be able
to (ocus o your stregths rather tha your loud appearace or the (act that
your dress does ot (it i %ith the compay.
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# Critical Job Interview Mistake 04 -$skin% about 5alary or ,enefits
$hile %e ha#e already touched o askig the right uestios) %e did ot really
(ocus o re(raiig (rom askig the $RANI oes. Ae o( the biggest iitial ?ob
iter#ie% mistakes that you ca make is to ask about salary or bee(its durig
your iter#ie%. he appropriate time (or you to discuss compesatio ad
bee(it i(ormatio is oce a real) (irm o((er has bee placed o the table.
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+ $he %ill , be able to take a #acatioB + ,( you are already askig this uestio
at the iter#ie%) the you are already thikig about takig time o(() ad this
does ot look good to the employer.
+ $ill , be reuired to %ork o#ertimeB + "skig about the hours that you %ill
%ork says that you are the type o( perso %ho likes to %atch the clock) ad this
is ot somethig that a hirig maager is goig to %at to look (or.
+ $hat kids o( employee acti#ities are heldB + his uestio ca be a real
iter#ie% killer. ,t tells the iter#ie%er that you are more iterested i the
compay acti#ities tha i %orkig hard ad mo#ig up %ithi the compay.
$ait util you are hired be(ore you begi to ask uestios like this.
+ $hat ca , use my compay computer (orB #e though may employees use
their computers (or purposes other tha (or compay %ork) you should e#er
brig this up durig a iter#ie%. his sho%s both a lack o( maturity) ad a lack
o( busiess sese as %ell.
$ill , be able to %ork (rom homeB + $hile this may appear to be a good
uestio) e% employees eed to come to uderstad the dyamics ad the
politics o( the o((ice be(ore they should e#e begi to thik about %orkig at
home. Ne% employees caot lear aythig about the tempo) the (aces) the
politics ad the dyamics o( the compay i( they are %orkig at home. he
hirig maager is goig to be lookig (or someoe %ho %ill be right there all
the time) both %orkig ad soakig up the dyamics o( the o((ice i order to
become more success(ul ad to make the compay more success(ul as %ell.
$hile may o( these uestios may seem aJ#e) ad %he you see them i
prit you may %oder %hy ayoe %ould e#er thik to ask them) all o( these
uestios ha#e bee asked through umerous ?ob iter#ie%s i the past. :o
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there are people out there %ho are aJ#e eough to ask these uestios i
?ob iter#ie%s + "d may o( them do ot uderstad %hy they did ot lad
the ?ob a(ter the (act.
Not oly is it importat to ko% %hat uestios ot to ask) it is also importat to
ha#e a small list o( uestios that you :A4! ask) so that you ca be prepared
%he the perso iter#ie%ig you asks ,s there aythig that you %at to ask
meB he oly thig %orse tha askig a iter#ie% killer o( a uestio) is simply
sayig No.
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# Critical Job Interview Mistake 06 -ot $rrivin% with the i%ht 3ocuments
>ust because you %ere called i (or a iter#ie%) it simply does ot mea that
your prospecti#e employer has a copy o( your resume or curriculum #itae o
had. May employers coduct group iter#ie%s) so they may ot ecessarily be
prepared to %ork %ith you by keepig your documets hady. ,t %ould be a
large ad critical mistake (or you to arri#e to your ?ob iter#ie% %ithout the
documets that you eed.
Make sure that you brig se#eral copies o( your resume so that e#eryoe %ho
atteds the iter#ie% ca ha#e a copy ad so that copies ca be passed aroud
as eeded. Not oly %ill this help you prepare yoursel( ad your iter#ie%ers (or
the iter#ie%) but it %ill also sho% the perso or people iter#ie%ig you that
you had the cosideratio ad (oresight to come ito the iter#ie% room
prepared.
Make sure that you ha#e a port(olio put together i( your ?ob iter#ie% reuires it.
Make sure that you ha#e copies o( ay ad all ecessary documetatio)icludig your resume) your curriculum #itae) recommedatios) re(ereces)
%ork samples) ad aythig else that is reuired i order to pro#e your %ork as
a cadidate (or the ?ob that you are applyig (or.
'e(ore your iter#ie%) it is importat that you ha#e the right documets
prepared. his should iclude directios to the iter#ie% site) ad you should
make sure you ha#e eough time ot oly to get there) but also to (id a parkig
space depedig o the dri#ig directios. Make sure that you are lea#ig early
so that you ca arri#e bet%ee te ad (i(tee miutes. Make sure that you ha#e
e=tra copies o( your resume) alog %ith a list o( re(ereces both persoal ad
pro(essioal) a otepad so that you ca take otes) a daily plaer) ad a pe
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ad a pecil so that you ca take otes ad make other importat otatios
durig your iter#ie%.
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# Critical Job Interview Mistake 07 -,ein% 3ishonest or Im"olite
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ed o( your iter#ie%) the perso %ho you sat do% ad spoke %ith may still be
a e=cellet cotact perso %ith you.
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# Critical Job Interview Mistake 10 -Marketin% 8ourself Incorrectly
his is aother #ital ad critical mistake that eeds to be a#oided i your iitial
?ob iter#ie%. ,t is imperati#e that you market yoursel( correctly i your ?ob
iter#ie% i order to be success(ul %he pro#ig yoursel( as the ideal cadidate
(or a speci(ic compay or positio.
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# Conclusion
$he you (ially do sit do% to iter#ie% %ith a prospecti#e employer ad you
are really) sicerely iterested i %orkig (or them) the it is importat (or you
to be prepared to hadle e#ery (acet o( the ?ob iter#ie%. ,( you ca (ocus
yoursel( o the most importat (acets o( the iitial employmet iter#ie% %ith a
compay that you are serious about %orkig (or) the you should be able to
rela= yoursel() as %ell as to be more i cotrol o( the message that you are
tryig to sed to the prospecti#e employer.
'y o% you should ha#e a pretty basic idea o( the biggest ad most critical
mistakes that eed to be a#oided i your iitial ?ob iter#ie% i( you %at to be
success(ul i pro#ig to the iter#ie%er that you are the best cadidate (or the
?ob. here is a art to ?ob iter#ie%s) ad by takig the tips ad i(ormatio i
this report seriously) you ha#e already take positi#e steps to masterig this
e=cellet art. Ace you lear ho% to master ?ob iter#ie%s) you %ill ot ha#e
trouble securig ay ?ob or positio that you %at.
'y a#oidig these te critical mistakes) you ca lauch yoursel( (or%ard) pro#ig
that you are the right cadidate (or the ?ob rather tha makig a (atal mistake
that %ill cost you the ?ob o( your dreams.
,t may be surprisig ho% easily a had(ul o( small mistakes could a((ect your ?ob
iter#ie% success i some pretty serious %ays. ,( you are serious about the ?ob
that you are applyig (or) ad you really %at to stad out as a positi#e ad
memorable cadidate) the it is absolutely #ital that you a#oid these te critical
mistakes.
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ow that you know how to avoid makin% these critical mistakes in your
initial job interview - !et us go o#er a recap o( %hat %e ha#e talked about i
this report. here are te critical mistakes that eed to be a#oided i( you %at to
be success(ul i the ?ob iter#ie% process.
@ Critical Mistake 0/ + ,adeuate Preparatio (or the ,ter#ie% + :ho% up to
your iter#ie% %ith the right preparatio. Research the compay ad the ?ob
that you are applyig (or log be(ore you lea#e (or your iter#ie%.
@ Critical Mistake 02 + "rri#ig oo arly or oo !ate + he best %ay to arri#e to
your iter#ie% is to sho% up te to (i(tee miutes early. "rri#ig too early or
too late ca seriously hurt your chaces o( ?ob iter#ie% success.
@ Critical Mistake 01 + a#ig the $rog "ttitude +
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@ Critical Mistake 07 + ressig ,appropriately + $hile most people thik they
ha#e a good idea o( %hat iter#ie% dress is like) may are %rog. ,t %ould be
ad#isable (or you to scope out the %ork place be(orehad so that you ca dress
appropriately be(ore you arri#e.
@ Critical Mistake 09 + "skig about :alary or 'ee(its + here are a umber o(
uestios that you should absolutely re(use to brig up durig the iter#ie%
process) oe o( %hich relates to salary ad bee(its %hich should ot be brought
up util a ?ob o((er is o the table.
@ Critical Mistake 08 + Not "rri#ig %ith the Right ocumets + Preparig
yoursel( %ith the right documets) icludig %ork samples) re(ereces) re(errals)
recommedatios ad copies o( your curriculum #itae or resume is #ital to beig
ready (or a iter#ie% ad sho%ig your iter#ie%er that you are serious about
the ?ob.
@ Critical Mistake 0; + 'eig ishoest or ,mpolite + "ttitude is e#erythig. 'e
hoest) be polite) ad gi#e your prospecti#e employer a good impressio o( %ho
you are. "(ter all) your iter#ie%er may #ery %ell be your (uture bossK
@ Critical Mistake /0 + Marketig ob iter#ie%s are all
about marketig yoursel( right. :ell your skills) talets ad hobbies ad make
yoursel( memorable ad you %ill go (ar. he more memorable you are) the more
you %ill stad out (rom other cadidates %ho are tryig to get the same ?ob that
you are iterested i. :tad out (rom the cro%d i your iter#ie%) ad you truly
%ill go (ar.
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egati#e habits or egati#e attitudes) ad to create a appearace that is
#isually appealig to your prospecti#e employer %hile gi#ig them the
impressio that you are a e=cellet cadidate (or %hate#er ?ob you are applyig
(or.
'y a#oidig these te critical mistakes i your iitial ?ob iter#ie%) you %ill ha#e
much greater success i your iter#ie%s) itDs that simple. Iood luckK
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