Career and Jobs Tips

So what should you do to keep the employer from learning of your job search? A secret is no longer a secret if you tell co-workers or think you can get some job hunting in on company time. Never use your company email address or phone number in your undercover job search. Be sure you have a professional message on your answering machine. If you have to make a call back do it on your lunch hour. Further, if you start taking sick leave, or three-hour lunches for your job interviews; where you have to start telling stories about your absences the jig will soon be up. If you have to schedule an interview, tell the interviewer that you are busy at work but can meet after work and perhaps during lunch.
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To be able to succeed in your job search, you need to be able to show your employer the skills that they are looking for. You can do this by preparing for your job interview. However, ordinary preparation for an interview will not be as effective with interviews found in a warehouse job search. Warehouse jobs are unique so they also require a unique way of handling applicants. Therefore, preparation is different then with ordinary preparation for ordinary job interviews.
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You sent a focused and well written thank you letter the day after the job interview. You did everything right. Now comes the bad news. Either you get a letter of rejection or more likely you make a follow-up phone call and are told they hired someone else. Rejections, fall into three main areas; they feel you won’t be able to do the job, you lack a key skill or qualification or you would not fit in with the culture of the department or the company.
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This is both frustrating and heartbreaking. Employees tend to build strong relationships with others who work with them. Some base their self-worth on the importance of their job. When all this goes away, what is left is a shell of the person. Going out to get a new job requires a whole host of new skills. Here’s just a few.
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You have to know how to dress. This can make or break your interview. This is so important because it’s the first impression the employer gets of you. It tells them who you are and what you think of them. How you dress is that important. Regardless of what type of employment you’re seeking, you need to dress up for interview. That means slacks and a shirt and tie for men and a dress or dress slacks and a nice shirt for women. Even if you wouldn’t dress that way for working there, you need to dress up for the interview. It shows that you respect the process.
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You will increase your chances of receiving a job offer when you form the habit of following up an interview in a timely manner with an e-mail, a hand-written thank-you note and a phone call.

Smart job seekers make the extra effort to follow up for the following four reasons:
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Here are some best practices to help you ace in your next job interview.

1. Don’t Wing It

Always attend job interviews with proper preparation. The areas you should spend time to explore are as follows:
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1. The CV is what will get you in the door for a job interview. Make certain this is as well written as possible. Your qualifications, job experience and results are what the employer will be looking at when making the decision of who to interview for this opening.
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You showed up fifteen minutes early. Awesome for you, unfortunately not all employers feel the same way. It can be annoying for an employer to have an interview show up while they are still trying to finish up the interview before you. It’s good to be punctual, and even early in most cases. Five minutes early is acceptable. If you show up earlier than that, just sit in your car for a few minutes. Listen to the radio and meditate on why you are the best candidate for the job. Then five minutes before your scheduled interview, head on in.
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The way you dress, groom your self, your whole body is on show, in less than ten seconds a first impression is set. Before entering the building relax you muscles, have a quick shake down, open your hands and roll your shoulders, this will create a mental state to work on.
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