The Job Awful Truth’s: 5 Interview Tips To Keep Your Phone Ringing (Volume 1)
When you are actively pursuing new opportunities, the process will most likely start with some type of phone interview. Sometimes this will be a simple phone screen with a Human Resources representative, but sometimes it will be with the actual hiring manager. Regardless of who you speak with, the five tips in this series will give you the best chance of reaching your next goal in the process, getting to the face-to-face interview.
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1. BE PREPARED…
THE AWFUL TRUTH is, this will be the only time for you to make the first impression and you are at a disadvantage already. Over 50% of human communication is done through body language and with that piece missing in a phone interview, it is imperative that you be well prepared. Start with a printed copy of your resume so that you and the person you are talking with are looking at the same document. Have a list of your top accomplishments written out and placed in front of you. Remember to focus these accomplishments around ways that you have either saved a company money, made a company money or improved a process or procedure. In addition, you will want to have the research you have conducted on this company for reference. As you share your accomplishments, you can relate the information you have gathered to the company and the position you seek. Have a pen and paper for taking thorough notes. Lastly, you will want to have your calendar readily available should the opportunity arise to schedule the face-to-face interview. THE AWFUL TRUTH is, winners don’t wing it, they come prepared, do these things and you should move right on to the next step in the hiring process.
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