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7 Things Not to Say During a Job Interview - FoxBusiness.com When interviewing for a job, we all want to put our best foot forward, but sometimes we end up putting it in our mouths instead. Even though you may feel comfortable chatting and making small talk with your interviewer, it’s best to leave some things unsaid. We checked in with experts to find seven things you should never say during an interview. 1.) Don't Compliment the Interviewer's Appearance in Any Way Darmasiswa DARMASISWA is a scholarship program offered to all foreign students from countries which have diplomatic relationship with Indonesia to study Bahasa Indonesia, arts, music and crafts. Participants can choose one of 45 different universities located in different cities in Indonesia. This program is organized by the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA). The DARMASISWA program was started in 1974 as part of ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) initiative, admitting only students from ASEAN.
Experience and Pay – An Inverse Relationship? I recently was asked by an executive level candidate if I had noticed a shift recently in employers’ preference for “less experienced” candidates. I had to answer yes – since 2001, I have seen a noticeable shift in some industries, except for maybe engineering and highly technical positions. Not only is there a bias towards hiring employees who have less experience on the misguided assumption that they will stay longer if the economy bounces back, the jobs available are at a much lower level than I have experienced in the last 15 years. Case in point: Corporate Recruiting Departments that used to have 10 seasoned recruiters now have 3-4 recruiters and are hiring a Recruiting Coordinator to offload some of the work. I felt really pretty bad as this executive went on, “No one wants to hire experts anymore.
How to Research a Hiring Manager Before an Interview Career experts always tell job seekers to address their cover letter to the hiring manager—but all too often, that name is pretty difficult to come by. If you can’t even find out who’s behind the job posting, how will you research them before your interview? And what do you do once you know their name? Let’s start with figuring out who the hiring manager is for the specific position you’re applying for: Why the First Five Minutes of Your Job Interview Matter So Much No matter what you know or how great your job skills are, getting yourself to an actual job offer relies heavily on the total impression you make from first contact throughout the entire interview/hiring process. And one of the most important moments – if not THE most important moment – happens when they finally get to see you live and in person. Companies in hiring mode are on full alert for anything that might provide clues to what kind of an employee you would be – and those first few minutes can make or break your chances since impressions form quickly. So don’t think your interview hasn’t started even if you haven’t been asked any questions yet! On that point, I am reminded of a reader who was frustrated that a company she really wanted to work for – and for which she felt she was such a good match – wouldn’t give her a chance at a second interview.
7 Words That Make Your Resume Irresistible inShare709 Make no mistake about it, writing an effective resume has to be a highly individualized matter, since no two people are alike. Nevertheless, it is such a constricted and standardized format, that we resume writers find ourselves adopting certain phrases or words that each of us tends to prefer and that in fact help our clients get jobs. Every resume writer has his or her own list. 10 Signs of a Healthy Job Search If you’re out there looking for a job right now, you may be wondering, am I doing this right? How would I know? And if I am, why haven’t I found a job yet? Here’s the truth: In a struggling economy, you can do everything right and still not find the right job—or any job, for that matter. Because in addition to doing it right, you also need other pieces to fall into place, like the passing of leads from your network, the unearthing of new connections at target companies, and your ability to deliver in front of a recruiter or hiring manager.
30 Startups Ask Summer Interns to Apply via Social Media About 30 of the startups in Dave McClure's 500 Startups portfolio will require their summer internship applicants to submit a social media component this year. "Startups have a greater emphasis on cultural fit within their companies because they’re so small and also they’re moving very quickly — they need people who think creatively and are willing to break the mold," says Nathan Parcells, the co-founder of InternMatch. "That’s not really identified in a traditional cover letter." Parcells knows the importance of quality interns. His company guarantees clients that they will find a good intern using its website, and it employs seven interns to help find those internship applicants on prestigious college campuses. InternMatch is organizing the competition, dubbed 500 Interns.