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Why Intelligent Enthusiasm Always Wins the Job Offer

Why Intelligent Enthusiasm Always Wins the Job Offer

By: Martin Yate, CPC

In a tightly run job race, when the two top candidates have equal qualifications, the job offer will always go to the most intelligently enthusiastic candidate. The problem for most of us is that interviews are stressful events, and under stress our defenses go up and any natural enthusiasm for our work is buried in a wall of stiff professionalism. This can get in the way of winning job offers, because employers see enthusiasm for your work as signal that:

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Can You Handle A Restaurant Interview?

Restaurant Interviews

By: Martin Yate, CPC

Restaurant interviews usually happen once you have demonstrated that you are capable of doing the job. Consequently, an invitation to talk business over food means that you are under strong consideration. Meeting in a restaurant offers the interviewer a chance to see you in a social setting that encourages examination of the more subtle skills that play a role in work once you begin to climb the professional ladder of success.

Facing a hiring manager’s questions is bad enough, simultaneously eating and drinking only increases the stress. As the questions fly, your social graces, communication and inter-personal skills are all being judged, as is the question of whether you can be trusted to represent the company gracefully and in a professional manner. Interviews in restaurants can be recipes for disaster unless you pay attention to some simple rules.

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Ten Ways to Ruin an Interview

How to Ruin an Interview

By: CareerCast.com

You've sent out countless resumes and have finally been called in for an interview. This is the point where you can make it or break it. If you perform well, you may finally get the job you've been looking for.

Then again, if you commit one of these 10 ways to ruin an interview, you'll be walking away with nothing to show for it. These do's and don'ts should prepare you for the interview so you don'tmake any mistakes.

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7 Jobs Where You Might Meet a Mate

7 Jobs Where You Might Get Lucky and Meet a Mate

By: CareerCast.com

Let’s face it: There simply isn’t a better place to meet that bright-eyed love of your life than the place where you spend most of your waking hours: at work. And as a general rule, being at work is a time when you’re showered (hopefully), you’ve already dressed to impress and you’re ready to make a good impression. What other daily event is there where you go the full nine yards to look good other than for work?

The result is that workplace dating, and even finding love at work, can truly be everything you hope. To boost your chances to find love, it also helps if you have a job where you interact with lots of people. That means that some jobs are much better than others for meeting a mate.

Let’s take a look at some great jobs to potentially meet your future spouse:

 

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The Legend of the First Impression

First Impressions are important, but so are last impressions too.

By: Jeff Lipschultz

We’ve all heard “you only get one chance to make a first impression.” Albeit true, if you start off on the wrong foot with an interviewer or recruiter, is there no recovery? Are you doomed to fail? The answer lies in how a job seeker responds to the challenge. And, there is always the last impression.

Recruiters and career coaches have communicated the standards for making a good first impression for years.

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