I interviewed candidates to fill a
management position with my company last week and... wow, was I underwhelmed at
some of the performances. Really? You're telling me that this was the best
"sales pitch" you could offer? If you won’t prepare ahead of time for
an important meeting to benefit you, what makes me think you’d prepare
for a meeting to benefit my company?
As a manager, it’s my job to hold
the line and hire only theright candidate every time (not the "least
worst"). It’s not my problem if most candidates are unprepared for the
interview (in fact, it saves me time because those interviews are very short).
At the end of the day, I am only hiring the one who is prepared and delivers a
great performance.
On a personal level, however, I
would like to see more candidates delivering better interviews. To help them
prepare to do this, I have been giving presentations in colleges and at job
fairs across my area on interviewing skills. I have also been contributing
lately to the “Job-Hunt Help” group in LinkedIn. As a result of that, I have
been contacted by people from across the country asking questions about this
subject.
To broaden the reach of this
information, I am offering my slideshow for download freely at the link below.
If you ever envision yourself interviewing for another job anytime during your
life (and that should include just about all of us), you will benefit from
reviewing this PowerPoint Slideshow.
Just follow the link below to
download the slideshow. It’s about 17MB in size so give it a minute to
download. There are notes in the notes section of every slide for you to follow
so it is sort of like reading a book with pictures (…okay, reading a book with
pictures that can help you land a job making a whole lot of money). Good luck
and good hunting!
https://www.sugarsync.com/pf/D7090779_708_640656393