Corrections or additions?
This article by Kathleen McGinn Spring was prepared for the July 17, 2002 edition of U.S. 1 Newspaper. All rights reserved.
Job Hunters’ Online Journal
In his latest CareerJournal.com article (www.careerjournal.com),
Tim Johnston reveals that he recently was called in for three interviews.
After months of sending resumes out into the ether, job seekers rejoice
at a chance to sell themselves in person. Yet, writes Johnston, job
interviews are stressful in their own way, and more than a little
tricky:
“Certainly, I want to put my best foot forward in an interview,but what does that mean? I don’t get nervous very often in interviews,and, as a former actor, I feel confident that I can carry off anynumber of personals implicit in the suggestions of various interviewexperts. But my core question is this: Should an interview be a greatperformance, a completely candid and spontaneous exhange, or somethinginbetween?”Let’s face it: Many times, the success or failure of a particularinterview is completely out of our hands. At a recent weekly meetingof JobSeekers, a local support group I’ve attended for the unemployedor those soon-to-be, a recruiter told the audience of 60 that he eliminatedanyone who came to an interview dressed in a brown suit or wearingan unusual tie. Why? Even he could not articulate the reason.”Previous StoryCorrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
