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Tips for Temporary's Success, Interviews, Resumes & The Online Job Hunt
Tips for Temporary's Success:
- Arrive on early.
- Never let them see your cell phone.
- Participate in good grooming habits.
- Observe all company rules (of both Claus Temporaries and the Customer).
- Contact Claus Temporaries immediately if you are going to be late or absent from work. If it is before or after our office hours, please listen to the outgoing phone message for directions on how to reach us after hours regarding calling off a job.
- Complete all assignments.
- Do not discuss wages, borrow money or equipement.
- Do not engage in profanity/abusive language, practical jokes or horseplay.
- Do not leave a job site without calling Claus.
- Show initiative, if you finish your work always ask for more to do.
- Ask questions if you are unsure about the instructions given.
- Share the obligation of safety awareness.
Resume Tips:
- Write a cover letter which details your specific strengths and how they relate to this specific position.
- Keep the resume to one page; short and simple, not too detailed.
- List out places of employment; specific dates, company name, job title, job duties
- List any computer software abilities & specific program names gained from school or on the job.
- Include any volunteer work, any involvement in organizations, sorority/fraternity, etc.
- Include references.
- www.rockportinstitute.com/resumes.html is an EXCELLENT resource for making a QUALITY resume and cover letters.
Interview Tips:
50 Worst of the Worst (and Most Common) Job Interview Mistakes
Karen Burns, On Wednesday March 10, 2010, 11:56 am EST
You may have heard the horror stories--job hunters who take phone calls or text during an interview, or bring out a sandwich and start chomping, or brush their hair, or worse. You wouldn't do any of those things, would you? Of course not. But there are tons of other job interview no-no's you may not have thought of. Or that you've forgotten. The job hunting trail is long and arduous, and a little refresher course can't hurt. So for your edification and enjoyment, here are 50 (yes, 50!) of the worst and most common job interview mistakes:
1. Arriving late.
2. Arriving too early.
3. Lighting up a cigarette, or smelling like a cigarette.
4. Bad-mouthing your last boss.
5. Lying about your skills/experience/knowledge.
6. Wearing the wrong (for this workplace!) clothes.
7. Forgetting the name of the person you're interviewing with.
8. Wearing a ton of perfume or aftershave.
9. Wearing sunglasses.
10. Wearing a Bluetooth earpiece.
11. Failing to research the employer in advance.
12. Failing to demonstrate enthusiasm.
13. Inquiring about benefits too soon.
14. Talking about salary requirements too soon.
15. Being unable to explain how your strengths and abilities apply to the job in question.
16. Failing to make a strong case for why you are the best person for this job.
17. Forgetting to bring a copy of your resume and/or portfolio.
18. Failing to remember what you wrote on your own resume.
19. Asking too many questions.
20. Asking no questions at all.
21. Being unprepared to answer the standard questions.
22. Failing to listen carefully to what the interviewer is saying.
23. Talking more than half the time.
24. Interrupting your interviewer.
25. Neglecting to match the communication style of your interviewer.
26. Yawning.
27. Slouching.
28. Bringing along a friend, or your mother, or your children.
29. Chewing gum, tobacco, your pen, your hair.
30. Laughing, giggling, whistling, humming, lip-smacking.
31. Saying "you know," "like," "I guess," and "um."
32. Name-dropping or bragging or sounding like a know-it-all.
33. Asking to use the bathroom.
34. Being falsely or exaggeratedly modest.
35. Shaking hands too weakly, or too firmly.
36. Failing to make eye contact (or making continuous eye contact).
37. Taking a seat before your interviewer does.
38. Becoming angry or defensive.
39. Complaining that you were kept waiting.
40. Complaining about anything!
41. Speaking rudely to the receptionist.
42. Letting your nervousness show.
43. Overexplaining why you lost your last job.
44. Being too familiar and jokey.
45. Sounding desperate.
46. Checking the time.
47. Oversharing.
48. Sounding rehearsed.
49. Leaving your cell phone on.
50. Failing to ask for the job.
Karen Burns is the author of the illustrated career advice book The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl: Real-Life Career Advice You Can Actually Use, recently released by Running Press. She blogs at www.karenburnsworkinggirl.com.
Tips to Avoid Common Online Job Scams:
Here is a link to a great article from Monster.com with many helpful tips and what to look out for as you start your online job search: http://media.monster.com/cm_images/xmonnamktx/adhoc/security/091119_US_SecurityAlert_hosted2.
Tips to Avoid Spam During Your Career Search:
There are a ton of scammers out there and your inbox will soon be filled with Spam just as soon as you respond with your email address to your first job posting, or the day you post your resume on sites such as Monster, HotJobs, and CareerBuilder.
Reassured there are many legitimate companies who prefer to communicate through an email address and it is essential that you have one for your job search. We suggest that as you start your job search, create a brand new email account at any of the free online email providers (msn.com, yahoo.com, gmail, etc.)
Plan carefully when you are choosing your new email address as many companies will disqualify you immediately if you have a silly or inappropriate email address, i.e. snugglybear@yahoo.com, ihate2work@msn.com, etc. Using some form of your name is a completely appropriate and professional choice for a new email address, like JDoe@msn.com. |
