Interviews are the time when you can shine and where you can position yourself strategically to win the job. This article will teach you an easy way to prepare so that you can feel confident and really shine in interviews. With an understanding of these three interviewing secrets and the preparation that goes along with …
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Many job seekers have been taught that interview success depends solely on their ability to answer the questions put to them in an impressively professional and knowledgeable manner. However, while the answers you offer up will play a big part in determining how you come across in an interview, they’re really only one piece of …
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To prepare for your big interview, you’ve done everything that conscientious job seekers are supposed to. You’ve updated your resume, researched the company to which you’re applying, pick up your lucky interview suit from the dry cleaners, and spent hours poring over how-to guides and interview tips. Then, minutes after striding into the meeting room, …
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Express your commitment to relocating. When speaking to potential employers, allow yourself to be taken seriously by letting them know of your commitment to move to their area. Avoid the phrase, “I’m looking into the possibility of moving to [city].” Instead, a better phrase would be to say, “I plan to relocate to [city]” and …
Every job seeker dreads being told that they’re not a good fit for a particular position. In fact, according to Orville Pierson, career coach and author of The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search, many men and women in the market for a new job strictly limit the positions they apply for in …
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Your objective is the first thing prospective hospitality employers see on your resume, so it must grab them from the start and encourage them to read on. An objective is a brief, no more than 20-word statement of your personal work mandate. It must walk a fine line between being too general and too specific. …
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Thousands of employers in the hospitality industry are forgoing the traditional interview format and are instead opting to use behavioral interviewing, which has grown in usage over the past decade. We live in an economy that demands that potential employees have skills specific to a posted job, as well as transferable skills and the ability …
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