So you’ve spent hours on your CV and covering letter, and submitted it to lots of agencies and direct to companies. After much effort you’ve finally got yourself a job interview (HOORAH!) Now you need to get yourself prepared for your job interview so that you can do your very best to get the job… Continue reading How to Prepare for a Job Interview [INFOGRAPHIC]
Category: Interview Tips
Top 5 Tips to Prevent Interview Failure
The current job market has clearly been affected by the crash in the economy, resulting in many redundancies. With so many unemployed saturating the job market it is easy for recruiters to simply cross your name off the interviewee list. The top 5 tips listed below will be a good reminder about the most important… Continue reading Top 5 Tips to Prevent Interview Failure
How to Answer the Most Asked Interview Questions [INFOGRAPHIC]
Job interviews make many people nervous, especially when they are not prepared. It is not a secret, applicants already have an idea of the sorts of questions that they will be asked during their interviews. Just giving an answer, however, won’t secure the job as recruiters are after the right answers!
What to Wear for a Job Interview
Your CV or LinkedIn page may have caught the eye of an HR professional, but nothing makes a first impression like your appearance at an interview. The way you dress for an interview doesn’t just showcase your sense of style; it demonstrates your professionalism, self-care, confidence and your ability to ‘fit’ into an organization.
How to Overcome Nervousness in a Job Interview
Let’s face it – for most of us, job interviews are a nerve-wracking experience. Even the most confident and competent of candidates can be reduced to a puddle of nerves in the interview hot seat. A survey conducted by Hays Recruitment revealed that of 400 candidates surveyed, half of them said that job interviews made… Continue reading How to Overcome Nervousness in a Job Interview
Job Interview Preparation Guide and Important Checklist
Getting past the first stage of the recruitment process, i.e. getting an interview, is continuing to be more difficult. Interview preparation is therefore essential so that you can give your best performance when you do get the chance, and are more likely to receive a job offer. Here’s a list of items you should think… Continue reading Job Interview Preparation Guide and Important Checklist
How to Nail a Digital Interview
In an age where several aspects of finding and recruiting talent is conducted online, it perhaps only makes sense that having the ability to carry out interviews over the web should follow suit as well.
Reasons for Leaving a Job
Many of us dread the question “Why did you leave your last job?” To help you answer the common interview question of why you left your last position- here are some of the main reasons that people give for leaving their job.
Questions to Ask at a Job Interview
Many people forget than an INTERVIEW is just that, an EXCHANGE of views. It is important that during an interview you make sure that the interviewer knows that you are interested in the job too, and not just interested in saying all the right things to their questions. Asking questions of your own shows that… Continue reading Questions to Ask at a Job Interview
Clerical Officer Interview
Clerical Officer Interview questions and tips. A clerical officer has a wide variety of tasks to undertake on a daily basis. They may supervise junior clerical staff in their work, and may actually teach them to do some aspects of their job.