No reply from them after the phone interview, my gosh what should I do...
Dec 21, 2006
There are fair chances that if your are interviewed by a big-size or small-size company, they haven't responded yet. Most of the big sized companies are so very busy interviewing candidates for the same job that you are pursuing and forget your candidacy status. They are so lazy to track everybody and just track very promising candidates. So it is possible that someone has been hired in that position and has already started working! oh my gosh?? Don't worry, just think they don't deserve you or maybe it was not your destiny, something better is waiting in your way for you. I know it is very depressing but when companies don't respond to prospective employees it only means that they are not interested in pursuing you. Even if you call them up, they would be surprised to even hear your name as if they are hearing it for the first time. "Ma'am I am Mr. XYZ and was interviewed a couple of weeks ago. I haven't heard anything yet..." and you hear them "oh, OK really? oh my gosh I think we just got you slipped through, we are sorry. We would surely have a word for you before end of the day". And you sit with a relaxed mind that you will hear something by this evening. And you keep wondering and keep wondering your whole life, why? because they will never bother to contact you. Isn't that embarrassing?
So, after 3-4 weeks if you don't get any reply from the employer, don't sit there without doing nothing and hoping that someday they will contact you. NO! it will never happen because you contacted them to remind them, thats enough, if they were ever interested in pursuing you further, this reminder call was more than enough for them to take an action. So keep applying for other decent employers out there without the least bit of depression.
Posted byJon at 11:22 AM 0 comments
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One of the questions that I asked my career counselors was that "which are the sites where i can post my resume for FREE and have it exposed to potential employer in no time?". I was naive at that time and some of the advertisements that we see on TV were not very prominent. So finding a good site which was reliable and had good exposure was a tough job. What I mean by reliable is that some of the job site(s) sell your information since it is coming from a genuine job seeker and make money out of it. Although, it is never guaranteed with a website that you subscribe to, it is always a concern among individuals.
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Posted byJon at 10:55 AM 2 comments
what should I have next to me while phone interview?
Dec 20, 2006
It is really important that you have everything that you will probably need while the phone interview because you don't want to get nervous if don't find stuff that is required to do the problem at hand. Additionally, it also leads into wasting your and employer's time. Remember employers are on a tight schedule especially the HR managers since they will be interview bunch of candidates like you. Moreover, it sends out a negative impression seeming to be not organized and nobody likes dis-organized people thats a well known fact.
So, I would recomend to have atleast this materials before receiving the phone call:
- Pen
- Paper
- or Notepad
- Your Current resume
- Any certificates you have gained (in case they ask)
- Project Reports
- Any presentation that you have mentioned in your resume
- calculator, if possible
My recent interviewing person asked me to write down a math problem statement and I was went nervous finding a pen and paper. So I highly recommend Pen and Paper, at the least!
Posted byJon at 10:11 PM 0 comments
Should I do dress in phone interview?
Ok, so now you have gone through the pain staking process of making resume, applying for jobs online and finally been contacted by the employer for an phone-interview. Well, Congratulations very much. But don't get too excited because excitement whilst the phone interview is been known to ruin the whole process. Just focus yourself on the process, everybody has to go through it remember.
Don't think that since the employer is not going to see you, you will be fine since you don't have to shave, dress or makeup yourself. You know the one of the factors that can build your confidence and one the most important one is how you dress while the interview. The research shows that since you dress yourself in the business casuals for the interview and make yourself appropriately, it adds to your confidence drastically.
So, my advice to you is to seriously think as if it were an on-site interview and dress appropriately. You will only see that you are feeling more confident in doing so. Best of luck!
Posted byJon at 9:08 PM 0 comments
What will I get paid?
Dec 14, 2006
Are you worried about what will be my first starting salary? I would say don't because the job-market just keeps on bouncing up and down. There is no real measure of what a starter like you be paid., although you might have considered the prospective of the job market with your major in head. When I was interviewed, I was always anxious as to what will be the salary I will be getting. Before looking at anything else in the job description, my eyes would be searching for that 5-digit figure which said "compensation" or "salary".
My recommendation to you is that don't set a number for your salary expectation but you are free in setting the range. Figure out what is the minimum salary you desire to work for any company before accepting any offers $28,000, for example. And of course, I wouldn't set the max number when thinking of maximum salary. But, STOP! remember top paying salaries like anything more than $65,000 come with a warning sticker "Don't buy me" for entry level candidates. Its just for the simple reason that when company is willing to pay you that high figure, they ofcourse think you would be able to handle those big responsibilities which even you haven't seen. So when offered those higher range salaries, beware that they come with darn genuine responsibility and that you will be a lead in your area where everyone will look at you for small things. So stop for yourself and see how these responsibility you will be able to perform successfully. If not let the company officials know that you are very well willing to contribute whatever you can and also that you are self-starter and open to learn being a quick-learner. They will understand that you are an entry-level candidate and willing to learn, they will surely admire this.
Posted byJon at 11:19 AM 0 comments
Feared about the lack of job experience?
Dec 13, 2006
Now you are out of college and chances are that you don't have the required job experience to take on to the job market. Don't worry nobody has it. How can you expect a freshly college graduate to have 2-3 years of job experience? Are you kidding? Ahh, give me a break! Now every newspaper ad you read asks about 2-3 years of work experience and now that has a reason of its own. Seriously speaking, this is a stratagem that most companies play these days to just retain those who have real hard working appetite. Most companies are looking for the "can-do" attitude and you should say this in the interview and tell them that you are a hard worker and would do your best to accomplish the task offered. If companies sticked to this so called requirements, half the fresh college graduates would never get the interview call!
Although, you might not have the job-relevant experience, you might still have what it takes to get the job done. So go ahead and put some work experience on your resume even if you have worked at a fast-food restaurant. Write about how you multi-tasked yourself to achieve blah blah task. Talk about your leadership skills if you were at any managing position or as a team lead etc. Also write about the projects you took at college and write that you can work in teams etc. Just brainstorm yourself and you can come up with a list of so much qualities that your employer will like and invite you for the initial interview.
Include everything you can on your resume that will qualify you to get your “foot in the door” of the interview room.
Many a times after the initial interview, the companies might send you a well written rejection letter saying that " We liked your skills very much but we are interested in pursuing more experienced candidates right now". Don't get dishearten and leave the rat race. Follow up and let them know that are something the company would miss if they didn't hire you!
Posted byJon at 12:18 PM 0 comments
Are you ready to go over it again?
Many times the decisions made by people, let be even multi billion companies don't end up in success. Meaning, they don't go well with what the time demands and hence are in-effective not that they were wrong in first place but just that they were not made with respect to the time. Some decisions can be well good for one particular time period and some for other time period. Moreover, there is no decision that can survive the time line of lifetime. Same thing holds true for one's decision over selecting a particular major. People when selecting a particular major tend to have priorities while doing so. Some would just jump to a major based on their hobbies and some would base their major selection decision based on factors like, "would i be able to do it or not?", "what are the challenges?", "what is the level of competition?","what is the prospective of this xyz major in the job market right now and future?" etc.
No matter what your decision factors are, irrespective of what you do to get going to a major you should have that gut-twists of "hullabaloo" when you think of job market perspective every time. Applying your knowledge that you have gained through all years of schooling since childhood is often exciting, ain't it?
So, now is the time to go over your decision again and think if what you did is right or not. Because now is the right time to do what is right for you in long run. There is no other time in your life where you realize that you owe it to yourself to make a man out of you than it is now! Right here right now is the time where you can revert back if you find yourself not comfortable with the major you chose and register for classes the next semester in the major of your comfort. But, At anytime don't be shameful or feel shy about your decision making ability because from what i have experienced is that there is nothing wrong with the decision but only that it lacked enough information and timeliness to get it go.
Posted byJon at 11:30 AM 0 comments
