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Preparing for your final job interview

Preparing for your final job interview

What differentiates the earlier interviews with the final job interview? You need to understand this firstto know how different the preparation should be for what could be the last hurdle.

There are three things that make the final interview different and why you need to prepare differently for it.

During the final interview, the interviewer is usually a top executive, the president, one of the owners, or a panel interview with a combination of the top executives in the company. The position of the interviewer is in itself a potential reason for the applicant to be intimidated. But don’t be. Remember that you have gone this far. You have passed the previous stages, implying you are likely a leading candidate for the position you are applying for. Think of it also as an opportunity for you to see if you would like to work with this person as your boss in this company.

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Getting to know your target market

Getting to know your target market

“Get out of your ivory tower.”

This was one of the statements I heard over and over when I was being trained to be a strategic planner. It makes a lot of sense. How are you going to get to know your target market intimately if you’re seated behind a computer the whole day? While there are a lot of wa...

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5 tips on preparing for the Great Job Hunt (Part 2)

5 tips on preparing for the Great Job Hunt (Part 2)

Continued from part 1 .

Tip # 4: Be clear on what is negotiable and non-negotiable to you. Don’t throw your values, principles and faith out of the window just to have a job or a career. It’s not worth it! It’s more joyful to be jobless for a month or a number of months than to be stuck in a job that to...

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5 tips on preparing for the great job hunt (Part 1)

5 tips on preparing for the great job hunt (Part 1)

A new batch of graduates has just stepped out of the halls of their respective universities and is eager to start the great job hunt. Whether you are part of this group or of previous batches of graduates, you will find these five tips useful. But more than being useful, I hope that these bits of ad...

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Social media in the workplace

Social media in the workplace

Elise had a horrible day at work. When she arrived home, she updated her Facebook status. “Had meeting with client from hell.” She got the sympathy of her contacts, except for one. Elise was called into the CEO’s office the next day and was reprimanded for her online behaviour. Apparently Elise had ...

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