Giving the right first impression at an interview can be a make or break situation. With the competition rife in the graduate job market this year, it's important to get ahead and understand what employers will be looking for in you.
The latest post from our corporate team at Right Management discusses some simple do's and don'ts...
Your non-verbal communication can make all the difference between securing a new job – or not. Knowing how to manage body language for your first face-to-face interview is as crucial as perfecting your CV(written, visual, or video).
Employers look for certain cues relating to
1) status: authority, confidence, and competence
2) warmth: empathy, approachability, and likeability.
If you learn how to balance and unconsciously display these traits, you will have mastered the ability to have a positive influence on others’ business decisions.
As important, don’t forget about managing your image in the virtual world of social media. Best advice: do not post hostile or politically incorrect comments on Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media sites. Smart phones are privacy-invasion culprits as well. Apparently, iPhones and iPads 3Gs continuously collect information about their users’ whereabouts. Do you want your boss – or mom – to know that last evening you visited an after-hours gentlemen’s club?
These days, when it comes to privacy, all bets are off.
For more information on how best to present yourself at an interview, contact us for a FREE copy of the GradGuide2010. Additionally we are now collating information to make our 2011 guide bigger and better, have you some experiences you would care to share? Get in touch with Beth who'd love to talk more to you.
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Showing posts with label online job search. Show all posts
Online job search for success
Back in January we wrote a post dedicated to the new year and how professional networking could help you land a job (when used in the right way)!
Three months into the month, we thought a quarterly review would be useful! At Right Management we are big fans of sites like LinkedIn and Twitter. And we are not the only ones... There is an increasing number of individuals who we work with who now find new jobs on social networking sites (approx 5%). This is a big jump from less than 2% in just a couple of years, and it is still growing.
Sites like these are useful sources of information, great for job sourcing and making new connections.
Increasing numbers of employers are advertising jobs only in this way too, feels rather exclusive doesn't it? Well, this way companies can talk often talk direct with candidates informally and get a grasp of their experience and qualifications too. So, for them to find you - are you online?!
Follow @RightUK on Twitter this week as we unveil details of a new role available with Career Transition Partnership (CTP)...
For more information on networking, CV building and interview preparation, contact us for a FREE copy of the GradGuide2010.
Three months into the month, we thought a quarterly review would be useful! At Right Management we are big fans of sites like LinkedIn and Twitter. And we are not the only ones... There is an increasing number of individuals who we work with who now find new jobs on social networking sites (approx 5%). This is a big jump from less than 2% in just a couple of years, and it is still growing.
Sites like these are useful sources of information, great for job sourcing and making new connections.
Increasing numbers of employers are advertising jobs only in this way too, feels rather exclusive doesn't it? Well, this way companies can talk often talk direct with candidates informally and get a grasp of their experience and qualifications too. So, for them to find you - are you online?!
Follow @RightUK on Twitter this week as we unveil details of a new role available with Career Transition Partnership (CTP)...
For more information on networking, CV building and interview preparation, contact us for a FREE copy of the GradGuide2010.
"The Graduate"
For you film buffs out there, no we are not in fact refering to the 1967 film with Dustin Hoffman.... Today we'll tell you about a little radio programme we stumbled upon aired on BBC Radio 4 (which of course you all wake up to in the morning!) This two part programme tracks a year in the life of four students, from Leeds Universities, post graduation.
In this first programme we hear about the trials, tribulations and successes of their first 6 months. They discuss the approaches they are taking, and review the effectiveness.
Hopefully you can take some ideas away from this and maybe try some of the approaches for yourself.
Quick recap, we see three key ideas for applications and speculative aproaches:
In this first programme we hear about the trials, tribulations and successes of their first 6 months. They discuss the approaches they are taking, and review the effectiveness.
Hopefully you can take some ideas away from this and maybe try some of the approaches for yourself.
Quick recap, we see three key ideas for applications and speculative aproaches:
- Twitter - one grad finds success in landing unique positions posted only online for a dream role
- Face-to-face - an aspirational theatre technician shares her approach
- Contacts - 'it's not what you know but who you know' for one budding sales executive
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