THE MICHIGA CITIZEN
You can. get a job!
Part 2
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If you read I week article
then you know all about tting
up your resume correctly and
writing effective cover letter.
That w the bject of the
1 t article. This wee I'm going
to t about something equally
important - the intervi
and follo -up. 0 matter ho
ood your re me i , you can't
get job wi out ood lid
intervi and gre t follow-up.
ain, h ther you're 100 -
in for a man rial, cretarial,
clerical, jan torial or other pro­
fe ional po 'lion - you'll need
to p y clo attention to this
inform tion. Employer tend
to feel that what you do when
tryin to get the job i u ally
a good indic tor of the ind of
employee you 11 b . they
rutinize you pretty clo ly.
Tho of you ho re un re of
the meanin of the word ru ti­
nize ould look it up, becau
it i the ey to the entire job
hunting proce
fter you nd your re me
to the hiring c mpany, you
ould call the company. Thi
o th t you are intere ed
in th job d actively in
an interview. Be. per istent.
If the per n who hire is not
in, call bac. hen you
to the in TV' er y u ould
them if they received your
resume and then a them for
the ne t tep in the hiring pro­
ce .
If they say that it i an inter
vie ,then for an interview.
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If they say that they ill
100 t the resumes and then
determine who they will call
then a when you can expect
to hear from them ain. If
you don't hear from them by
that time, call them ain.
Be per istent - it's called letting
them kno that you want the
job.
You mu , in a very respect­
ful way, put the interviewer
in a position where he or she
mu either interview you or tell
you that you won't be inter­
viewed and tell you why. Thi
way, you don't wa te exce
time vying for a job that you
can't get. And, you find out if
there is me thing wrong with
your re me package, lit 0
change it. t the same time, be
critical. Li ten to the interview­
er and be ble to judge whether
or not their comments ar valid.
So, no you've got the inter­
view. What do you do next?
Well, before the actual inter­
view, you ould get a much
information as you c n on the
job you re pplying for d
the company 'for which you'd
like to ork. This i because
you ould be ible to "eak
clearly and conci ly abou t
your particular qualifications for
the job; which you can't do if
you don't now exactly what
the job i. Furthermore in
th t intervie you should be
able to the interviewer at
Ie thre intelli ent que tions
about the company/job. Ihis
let the interviewer know th t
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y u care and are truly interest­
ed in the company and the job.
,hen the interviewer a
you a que tion, • answer it
Don't answer que ion that the
interviewer did not you.
For example, don't elaborate
on the que ion unless you are
ed to do . Why? Becau ,
you m y y the wrong thing
simply becau you are nervous
and becau you feel le
nervous hen there i noi
instead of silence.
At the intervie you ould
wear conservative clothing.
Don't have a wild hair yle,
braids should b very ne t,
you should not chew gum,
your shoe should be shined,
clothes ould be very ne t
and clean. I do not feel that
women should' ear pants in
certain office environment.
And, since you won't kno
the office environment before
you actually get to th office,
don't take a chance and wear
pants. 0 one should wear
jean or dungarees or" whatever
you wi to call them. And
remember, first impressions
count - 0 m e your If 100
good.
o after the intervie ,here's
what you should do. Fir t, the
day after the intervi , send
the interviewer a note thanking
for their time. Then, approx­
imately five days after the
intervi w, you should call the
intervi wer and check on the
status of your applic tion. This,
of cour ,i if the interviewer
ha 't called you first. If,
after you speak to the inter­
viewer, you are told that the
deci 'on hasn't been made - call
back veral days later. The
key to getting any job i per-
lstence. Let them no that
you want the job. Again, write
to me and I'll send you a Ii
of que tions that you can
at the intervi w and me sure­
fire tactics to help get that
interview and job!
For further information and
materials: send 2 and a self
addressed stamped envelope to
The Edu-Facts Co.; JAF Station,
Box 7889, New York, New
York 10116, Make checks
payable to Edu-Facts: See you
next week for more.
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QUESTIO : I sa a notice .
in the paper recently which id
I might be eligible for retro-
live unemployment benefit
following my retirement back
in 1980. Can you tell me
more about thi ?
Business training
available at CofC
Local Service Corp of Re­
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Twin Cities Area Chamber of
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wee between 9: 00 am. and
noon, according to Chamber
Pre 'dent Andrew Takacs.
SCORE is comprised of re-
tire executives and profes-
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completed their 0 n active
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Takacs said.
Appointments are required
and may be made by calling
the Small Busine Assi ance
Director John Dickey at 925-
0044. All information is treat­
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