Job 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.

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: