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Today...First Job Interview after 11 months unemployed......wish me luck! (Original Post) fNord Mar 2017 OP
That I do..... chillfactor Mar 2017 #1
Thanks.... fNord Mar 2017 #4
Good luck! Chiquitita Mar 2017 #2
Thank you fNord Mar 2017 #5
Good luck and stay calm. sinkingfeeling Mar 2017 #3
Thanks.....I'll try fNord Mar 2017 #6
Knock 'em dead... Lochloosa Mar 2017 #7
Thanks fNord Mar 2017 #9
Good luck! Laffy Kat Mar 2017 #8
Thanks......will do fNord Mar 2017 #10
Go in there and nail it. Good luck. brush Mar 2017 #11
Good luck! pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #12
Good luck Sanity Claws Mar 2017 #13
Good Luck!! onecaliberal Mar 2017 #14
Break a leg... (in case you're an actor) TheDebbieDee Mar 2017 #15
Or a Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2017 #17
Or a bouncer fNord Mar 2017 #25
Good luck discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #16
Good luck! Luciferous Mar 2017 #18
kick some ass! Skittles Mar 2017 #19
Knock their socks off! lunatica Mar 2017 #20
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2017 #21
Sweet! Don't forget to send a Thank You e-mail n/t TexasBushwhacker Mar 2017 #22
It went Great!........ fNord Mar 2017 #23
That is great news! femmocrat Mar 2017 #24
Nice! pinboy3niner Mar 2017 #27
Best of luck shenmue Mar 2017 #26
Wishing you good luck!! skylucy Mar 2017 #28
Good luck! LisaM Mar 2017 #29
Let me give you some good advice TBA Mar 2017 #30
Good advice underpants Mar 2017 #31

Response to fNord (Original post)

fNord

(1,756 posts)
23. It went Great!........
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 07:04 PM
Mar 2017

Just got back, but the interview went stellar.....it was a cold approach, was referred by a friend of a friend, so shaking hands with the interviewer was our first contact. After a brief few minutes of pleasantries, I gave him my resume......his eyes lit up and he even called in someone else to see it....they were both practically jumping and dancing at my experience He all but said "you're just the man we've been looking for!"

A mere 15 minutes later, he was shaking my hand and telling me to expect a call....tomorrow morning!

I don't like counting chickens....but I'm 99&44/100ths % sure I got this! Yes!

Thank all of you for the love this morning, it meant a lot, I was practically shaking wile getting dressed.

P.s., I forgot how sexy I look in a suit!

TBA

(825 posts)
30. Let me give you some good advice
Thu Mar 2, 2017, 07:33 PM
Mar 2017

It used to be part of my job to help others get a job.

Get paper and pencil ( better than computer IMO for the task). Write down in complete sentence form, every good thing you have done related to you work.

Example: I developed a new system for tracking enrollment making the process easier to manage and more accurate.

Brag about yourself. Think of concrete examples. You get the point. Do NOT be brief. Use the jargon of your profession. Carry this wherever you go and write everything that occurs to you.

Then write a few related to your personal life... coaching Girl Scouts etc.

Hopefully you will have pages.

Add to it any explanations you think you might need like possibly why the 11 months of unemployment. Why you left your first job.

Before the interview read over everything several times.

Result: You will present yourself very well, you will be eloquent, you will be much less nervous. Trust me. If you want this job do the prep work.

You won't need luck!

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