Jewish Information Technology: [itroundtable] Fw: Red Inc. Job Postings Sometimes it's not you--it's them--bad inter viewers

---------- Forwarded Message ----------
From: Melanie Szlucha <melanie@interviewcoaches.com>
To: jackmck@juno.com
Subject: Red Inc. Job Postings Sometimes it's not you--it's them--bad interviewers
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:56:08 -0400 (EDT)

Job Search Tips You Can Use

March 18, 2010

Stuck in your job search, need to get out of a rut?

I do resume brush-ups (more affordable than a complete re-do) and re-writes, cover letters, job interview coaching and job search coaching. We target the resume to the jobs you're applying for and create compelling cover letters. Find out more about me here: http://www.reallygreatresume.com

Linked In / Twitter for your job search? If you don't know how to use these tools to their maximum potential you need to get up to speed quickly. Jennifer Scott from Hire Effect and Donna Sweidan from Career Folk do outstanding teleseminars on this topic. Check out their sites and availability of their next teleseminar.

Wish you really understood how to maximize your relationship with recruiters? How to tell when they're jerking you around vs. just doing their job? Judi Perkins--with her 20 years of experience as a recruiter--gives you the inside scoop. Find out more about her teleseminars and coaching.

Hallie Crawford specializes in helping recent college grads and young professionals identify their ideal career paths and make it happen. Do you know you need a career change, but you aren't sure what path to take? Hallie Crawford can help. To schedule a complimentary consultation and find out more, visit http://www.halliecrawford.com or contact her at 404-228-6434.

We collaborate, all have our specialties and can work with people from around the world. If I recommend these coaches, then you know you can trust their work.

Notice these vendors?

The services I recommend below are trusted colleagues, not paid advertisers.

Reach out to them (from anywhere in the country) if you need their services.

Transitioning back to the workforce but your MS Office skills aren't up to par? Contact Ronny Kaplan at Computer Training Solutions for affordable one-on-one training to get you back in the game.

Ask about our special
Hi-Tech Job Prep Package Offer.

Looking for a trusted advisor to get your financial house back in order? Contact Atty. George Weber for compassionate and expert legal assistance. A trusted advisor.

Job Postings

Check out these NATIONWIDE job postings from Accolo.

Absolutely Abby Job Postings -- These are Nationwide

Postings from HireEffect--US and International

Job Postings from the Schegg Group

Openings at Hire One in New Haven, CT

Jobs posted on my NEW Blog format <--Click HERE for details on the jobs below.

You can search by key words and categories on the blog to find positions you're interested in. I'm summarizing some of the more frequent ones below:

Sr. Audit Mgr
Sales, Sales Engineering
Venture Capital-Related Positions
Accounting (several)
Banking Operations
VP Supply Chain
Material Manager
Financial Analyst
Wealth Mgmt Project Analyst
Financial Software Firm--Many positions
Systems Engineer
Sr. Financial Analyst
Lex Products--20 positions to fill
Org Change Strategy Consultant
Financial Broker
Compliance Officer
Benefits Assistant
Budget reporting/Analyst positions
HR Positions

Click HERE to see the above jobs on my Blog

Good Interviewees....
sadly can run into bad interviewers

So what do you do when you've done all the prep work for the interview, psyched yourself up, but then the interviewer seemed to be a moron in a business suit? You silently seethe as they ask you inane and irrelevant questions. There's even those true nightmares where you're being sexually harassed in the interview. What do you do?

In cases where you're not in physical or emotional harm, but where you simply know that you would never willingly work for this company, my advice is to keep going through the interview rather than attempting to terminate it, simply because it's great practice. Take note of the questions they ask you and your answers. How do you feel while you're answering? I'm guessing that you're much calmer once you make up your mind that you don't want this job, and you actually find yourself giving better answers than you did in the past, because the pressure's off. Maybe you've always wondered if it's possible to take effective notes in an interview--give it a shot. Were you too nervous to laugh in other interviews, or did your small talk feel a little stilted? Relax and make a lighthearted joke about the weather being so changeable you have your wool suit and gloves in your car in case it turned snowy on the way to the interview. See how they react. Take an interest in the company and ask questions that might have made you a little hesitant in the past-like "Can you tell me the biggest challenge this company is facing in the future?" to try it on for size and gage their reaction. Uncomfortable bringing up the salary question? Now's your chance to broach the subject with something bold like "I would expect that this position at my level of experience would have a salary in the X to Y range." You've got nothing to lose. Just by making that statement doesn't imply to them that you're going to take the job if offered either-you're just trying to see where they stand.

So take the opportunity to use the interview as a good practice interview. The only condition is that you take notes immediately after as to what worked, what didn't and what you'd like to try in future interviews. It will probably be a very interesting experience.

On the other hand, if you're being harassed or as you're walking around a job site-feel like you're in any physical danger, you are completely within your rights to excuse yourself to the restroom and get an emergency call that will force you to leave. The psychological damage it could do to your ego is not worth using it as practice. It should be considered a terrible anomaly and you should just move on.

My last point is this. If you have one of these terrible interviews-get over it. Everyone does this, but do NOT count it in the mental list all of us make of "Things I Screwed Up." This should be in the "I Didn't Want That Job" list-completely exonerating you of the guilt of feeling like you screwed up an interview. Too many times job seekers I talk to will be completely beaten down because they feel like they've been on a lot of interviews but are not getting any jobs. Once I start to talk to them and we break it down to specific instances, I point out to them that they probably didn't really want that job anyway, so in the long run, it worked out for the best. Often I will actually have to WORK to convince people of this. I think it stems from everyone's desire to want to be wanted by everyone, regardless of the circumstances. Nice thought, but we need to collectively get over it. Worry about being wanted by the people you want to work for, and let everyone else fade from your memory.

Now--let's go get some jobs!!!

Want To Reprint This Article?
Thanks! Please include the following paragraph in any reprints:
Melanie Szlucha's company Red Inc. Helps candidates stand out from the crowd--in a good way. Follow her on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/Red_Inc) or check out her website: http://www.reallygreatresume.com

Contact Info
Red Inc.
Melanie Szlucha
203/866-1606
Melanie@interviewcoaches.com

Forward email