Top 10 Super Job Interview Tips

Written by Kathi MacNaughton


Use these interview tips for job hunting success!

It’s a tough job market out there today. And gettingrepparttar job you want requires more than just a killer resume. In other words, you can’t just sell yourself on paper. You’ve also got to be able to do it in person-—in a face-to-face job interview.

Here are a few interview tips to help you make a great impression onrepparttar 104238 person who interviews you.

1. Market your skills and related experience inrepparttar 104239 field that you are applying for. Be sure to do it in a way that is positive, but not cocky or aggressive.

2. Researchrepparttar 104240 company before your interview. It’s a great way to know where you would fit intorepparttar 104241 organization. It also letsrepparttar 104242 employer know that you really want to be a part ofrepparttar 104243 company.

3. Prepare answers to common interview questions ahead of time, and practice saying them, so you aren’t stumped duringrepparttar 104244 interview.

4. Dress for success, inrepparttar 104245 manner you would dress forrepparttar 104246 position you’re applying for.

How to Identify a Problem Solver

Written by Harry Joiner


How to Identify a Problem Solver

As an executive recruiter, I interview a lot of people. And while most candidates find a way to look good on paper, their resumes don't always reveal how good of a problem solver they are. Yet all of my clients want to hire problem solvers - people who can walk into their operation and make their problems go away.

This is understandable. Business, of course, is all about problems. In fact, whether your business is in growth mode or decline, you will always have problems. And it's management's job to either come up withrepparttar answers, or hire people who will. This article is aboutrepparttar 104237 latter.

How We Learned about Solving Problems

Through conventional classroom education, most of us have come to believe that there is usually a right or a wrong answer to a problem. As such, we tend to study our most pressing business problems to find a single "right" answer - as if we are solving for X in a math problem. Yet inrepparttar 104238 business world, many problems don't become clearerrepparttar 104239 more we study them. Instead, they may become larger and more confusing. Problems involving a mix of personalities and dynamic markets can be especially vexing.

Naturally, hiring managers who fail to understandrepparttar 104240 nature of their business problems will find it difficult to hire someone who can solve them.

Seven Steps to Successful Problem Solving

When solving problems - whether in real life or in a job interview - it's important to follow a logical process. Most business problems are not solved because people don't definerepparttar 104241 "real problem" clearly. Therefore,repparttar 104242 strength of a job applicant's problem solving ability can be seen by walking them throughrepparttar 104243 following seven step framework while getting them to describe how they solved a real life problem in their last job. When discussing a problem that they solved in a previous job,repparttar 104244 applicant should demonstrate an ability to:

1. Definerepparttar 104245 problem: Haverepparttar 104246 candidate identify what went wrong by including both a cause and an effect inrepparttar 104247 definition inrepparttar 104248 problem they solved.

2. Definerepparttar 104249 objectives: Haverepparttar 104250 candidate explainrepparttar 104251 outcome he wanted to achieve as a result of solvingrepparttar 104252 problem.

3. Generate alternatives: How many alternatives didrepparttar 104253 candidate generate? Didrepparttar 104254 quality ofrepparttar 104255 alternatives vary greatly? Was there a significant difference inrepparttar 104256 hard (and soft) costs associated with each idea? And so on. This isrepparttar 104257 area in whichrepparttar 104258 candidate can demonstrate their creativity and resourcefulness as a problem solver.

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