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Application Letter
1.) What your sending
2.) Why youre sending
3.) How they benefit form reading
Solicited
Unsolicieted
Solicited
Job posting is open
Unsolicited
Sending a letter with no job posting
Attention
Clearly stating your reason for writing
give them reason to keep reading by showing potential
Interest + Desire
Strongest selling points
Be specific
Discuss each requirement for solificted
Action
Ask for specific action
Faciliate a reply, offer to go to their office or telephone interview
include your contact info
What if you hear nothing?
Make a followup email or letter
demonstrates interest
Sequence of Interviews
Screening
Selection
Final
Screening
Weed out unqualified applicants
Structured - usually same questions
Selection
Narrow the pool more
Will talk to several people
Show interest in the job - relate yourself to skills and experience
ask questions
Final stage
May recieve an offer on the spot or later
May be invited back for final evaluation by boss
They want to sell to you instead
Interview types
structured
panel
behavioral
working
open ended
group
situational
stress
Structured
Sequence of questions
compares answers
Open ended
Adapts line of questioning based on answers
keep focused and professional answers
Panel
Meet with several interviewers at once
try to relate to each one
Group
Multiple candidates at once
how candidates interact
Behavioral
How you handle situations from the past
asses technical skills and ability to wokr under pressure
Situational
Hypotheticals on the job
the more you know, the better you will be
Working
You do a mini preview of the job
Stress
Long periods of silence, criticisms, interuptions
Recognize if you are in one
Interview media
Telephone
video
TWO main questions
Can you handle this jobs responsibilities
Education
Experience
Skills
Are you a good fit?
General - personality and approach
Specific - fitting with the company
Employment tests
Integrity
Personality
Job skills
Substance
background
Integrity
Help see who steals or who reports
Personality
MBJt34 type of tests
Job skills
Help assess competency
Substance
Drug and alcohol
yearly or random
Background
Credit history
criminal history
address them before they found out
Learning about the organization
Interviewers
names
professional affiilation
personal interests
Organization
operations
markets
challenges
Interview Process
Warmup stage
Question and Answer
Close of the interview
Warm up
initial meeting with the interviewer, remained poised and polite, seem confident and be ready to answer questions about why do you want to work here, what you know about the company, and a brief overview of who you are as a person
Question and Answer
Be sure to listen to what the interviewer is asking, do not interrupt, and let them lead the conversation, make sure to elaborate on any claims made about yourself, also ask questions to show interest in the position.
Closing
Emphasize your value to the company, and correct misconceptions, thank them and try to pin down the next step, avoid talking about salary until it is brought up.
Thank you message
Thank them within two days of interview
Helps show good etiquette
Inquiry
If not advised of their decision by promised date ask
Or gotten an offer and want to wait
Time extension
Open with strong interest
ask for more time to consider
provide reasons
Acceptance letter
reply within 5 days
Accept it and e xpress thanks
identify your role
Declining
BNL
State reasons for refusing
decline explicitly
close on pleasant note
Resigning
Two weeks
be nice about it
