When interviewing for a JOB. There are some simple rules to follow:
- Comb your hair.
- Iron your interview clothes
- Make sure your clothing is color matched including your socks!
- Remove the price tags from your clothing.
- Groom yourself, i.e. mow those eyebrows, trim the nose hair and take a shower!
- Sit up and pay attention to the interviewer. Don't 'lounge' or slouch in the chair.
- Highlight the strong points in your life. Do not write a book about it.
- Do not talk negatively about former employers and co-workers. No matter how much they sucked and made your life miserable.
- Use that obscure website Google to learn more about the company you will be interviewing with.
- Practice having a firm handshake.
- Learn how to spell and use correct grammar. (Especially on your resume)
For those of you that are curious. I am in the process of hiring a PC Technician. I haven't had the opportunity to put out an ad for hire in over 3 years. So I guess I have been out of the loop for too long. In my delusional fantasy world, I thought that the unemployment rate was at an all time high and that people would be begging for jobs. I thought that I would be inundated with resumes and phone calls. I thought that I would have the position filled in less than a week. After all there should be a large base of well qualified applicants just waiting for an opportunity. Well folks, I thought wrong.
In reality here is what is happening. I have received a total of 12 resumes in no more that a week of advertising the job on Craigslist and the state of Delaware's job site. Of the resumes I received I tried calling four (4) applicants for an interview. I have currently interviewed 2 people and a third interview scheduled. The fourth person has not gotten back with me. Here is a good example of how I feel.
So here is my take on this situation. I think to say the number of people not working is an "unemployment rate" should be renamed to "Deadbeats that no one wants rate". Looking at the applicants I received it would seem that companies have been shedding the people that are not profitable and dare I say, lazy. Hey wait, we can call it the "Lazy Rate". Perhaps this is the result of the 'Entitlement Generation'. It is the so called 99% that Occupy and basically does not want to work, yet want the 1% to share the wealth. Is this just another symptom of the larger problem. I say yes.
WAKE UP PEOPLE! Nothing is free in life and you have to WORK for everything you want to achieve.
