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This Way!

This Way! gives you all the tips and tricks you'll need to make the best impression possible at that big interview. Hopefully you'll even get the job!

Evaluate Your Progress

Each time you look for jobs in the newspaper or hear friends discussing them, you will be working out your own suitability for that job. Whenever you write a job application (or attend an interview) you will be making an assessment of yourself and your potential.
Your attempts to convince an employer of your value will appear all the more sincere if self-evaluation has been an integral part of all the job search stages.  read more

JOB APPLICATION

CONTACT EMPLOYERS
When you have all the information about yourself and the labour market, the next step in your job search is to contact employers. This section outlines how to prepare a job application, including an introductory letter, and a statement of your qualifications and experience,which is known as a resume (pronounced rez-you-may) or curriculum vitae(CV).  read more

Example of a Resume

Example of a Resume  read more

Interview Techniques

PURPOSE OF THE INTERVIEW
The interview gives you and the employer the opportunity to discuss your interest in, and ability to, undertake the job.  read more

Preparation For The Interview

As the interviewer will be comparing your attributes with those of other applicants, preparation is essential if you are to present yourself successfully. Prepare yourself in the following ways:  read more

At The Interview

Having made what preparations you can, nothing remains but to make as good an impression as possible on the day.
This is best achieved by the following:  read more

How Do You Rate An Interview?

Have you ever wondered how a personnel officer, who might see 16 to 20 applicants a day can possibly sum people up well enough to know whether he or she wants to follow up certain applicants and not others? Have you ever wondered why one applicant, whose qualifications were less than spectacular, got called back for three further interviews while another's efforts resulted in stony silence?  read more

Contact Sheet

CONTACT SHEET
As your objective is to organise your job search systematically, you should make a contact sheet to record all your activities. Depending on the circumstances, a contact sheet should contain the following information:  read more

Contact Sheet

CONTACT SHEET As your objective is to organise your job search systematically, you should make a contact sheet to record all your activities. Depending on the circumstances, a contact sheet should contain the following information:

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