02 Oct 11 3 Things You Shouldn’t Ask First at the Interview Desk
Job interviews are crucial points of an individual’s life, where one either succeeds with sheer pride and evolves as a winner or crumbles into pieces of frustration and lack of confidence for whole life. Well here are some tips for the interview desk, explaining there are some typical questions that you shouldn’t ask first in any circumstances. Let the interviewer give you some hint, then only shoot your questions. Here they are.
Do not ask about salary first
This is a major mistake often seen among the youngsters and fresh candidates at the interview desk. Many youngsters join jobs, especially easy to get through kind of jobs just because of salary attraction. What they fail to see is that the company is hiring them for some good reasons of its profit, not to do charity. All that interest them is salary package. Often such candidates turn really impatient and just cannot wait till the interviewer asks him or her about expected salary package. Such candidate looks for an opportunity and whenever the interviewer is found little quiet, soon shoots questions like ‘How much are you planning to pay for this job?’ or ‘What will be my salary package if I am chosen for it?’ Well, such questions may not only irritate the interviewer, you may also lose chance to impress him forever. Ask about salary package only when the interviewer gives you come hint or asks you directly about your expected salary figure. Too much proactive effort from your side will invariably send wrong messages across.
Do not ask about the company’s background first
Do not forget, it is you who is being interviewed; not the person sitting across the table. Maintain interview decorum. Too much of interest and questions may make you appear too bossy, picky and irritating. It is good if you have queries in store for the interviewer, it is always appreciated. But shooting such questions at the wrong time may spoil your entire effort. Shoot all questions you have regarding the company background or places of operation or anything specific about the job profile – only when you are asked. The interviewer may specifically ask you ‘Do you have any questions to ask?’ and that time you can shoot your questions. If you are not asked, towards end of the interview process you may proactively ask some questions. But keep it short. Make sure questions are sensible, smart, logical and not personal.
Do not ask personal questions
Often the interviewer makes the candidate feel relaxed, at ease and comfortable. Interviewer may crack some jokes, share light moments to see how you are exactly behind the shield of formal attire. But such atmosphere doesn’t permit you to forget all interview decorum and get personal. Even if the situation is light hearted do not suddenly get personal and shoot questions like ‘Sir, what does your name mean?’ or ‘Madam how many years you have been working in this company?’ Such abrupt questions may instantly make the interviewer feel uncomfortable
Follow these tips and do not make a mistake being proactive at the interview desk.
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09 Sep 11 Why Should You Go for Voice Chat on Internet?
These days everybody is on Internet, right from a 5 year old kid to a 60 year old man. Internet has spread its awe all over and voice chat is one of its finest virtues of Internet. Voice chat has made communication process way easier, convenient and cost saving. If you are still frowning at its benefits, here are some of its benefits for your knowledge.
Save phone bills
When the heart goes fonder and lovers just can?t stay away from talking to each other for hours, what could be better than voice chat and that too free of cost? All you need is an Internet connection besides headphone and microphone. You need not worry about long hours of telephonic conversations, long distance calls and horrifying bill at the end of the month. You can even leave your T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold cell phone off and ditch the cell phone plan. Voice chat has bridged the gap between distant lands. Not only for lovers, it is extremely good communication device for business work, job interviews, technical help, customer care services, making friends online, communicating with friends and family. If you have a webcam, you can even see the person while talking. That?s like a cherry on the cake.
Work while talking
Voice chats involve you, but not your hands. While you keep doing voice chat, you can still continue doing other works like typing, checking mails, text chatting with others etc. Unlike phone conversation or text chat your hands are absolutely free to work on anything. Voice chats can increase your productivity, efficiency besides strengthening your communication process.
Group talking
People not only indulge into one to one conversation, but also interact in group. Yes, you can invite multiple users to join in a voice chat and all of you can interact together, at the same time. Group chat can be extremely fun while connecting with old college group of friends and when all are settled in distant places. It can be a real fun session. When employees are at distant places it’s easier for the leader to get all on voice chat and clarify work at the same time to avoid ambiguity and confusion. Group voice chat will save your both time and money of calling individuals separately and clarifying work.
Long distance work
Voice chats have opened avenues for freelance writers, designers, website programmers, and other freelance work aspirants since people need not meet face to face to get work or submit the same. It is true globalization. People all across the world can work with each other, without even knowing each other personally. Voice chat has enabled people to work with anyone, anywhere irrespective of face to face contact or personal knowing. It has opened doors of opportunities all across the world for both employer and the employee. They interact, clarify, work and meet expectations. Even interviews are conducted through voice chat.
Voice chat is seeing new innovations with every passing year. Stay updated, start voice chatting.
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16 Oct 10 3 Job Interview Tips for Busy Professionals
Most of the articles I read on the topic of job interviews are targeted towards either an absolute fresher, or to someone who is going through a career crisis. And every time I see any such article, I found myself asking what about the regular folks who want to switch job for better salary and better opportunity? And in one of those moments, I decided to write this article that will help regular employed people to effectively search for a decent job that pays more salary than what they are drawing now.
Do not schedule any important meeting on the interview day
This is to be done to stop you from messing up either of the two, and to keep your mind uncluttered on the very day. An important meeting scheduled on the day of interview will engross a significant part of your thinking brain, which will distract you during the interview as well. You should, therefore, avoid scheduling anything important on the interview day.
Do not use office mail for communication
I know you follow this, but still I felt like telling you that never ever use the e-mail ID given by your company to schedule or fix a meeting. This could spell bad luck for your existing job, which I presume you do not want to lose, unless you get something solid on hand.
Negotiate as much as you can
The best part of searching for a new job when you already have one is the fact that you can bargain with the prospective employer from a position of strength. Unlike a fresher who needs a job then and there, you do not have that urgency as you already have a job. You should, therefore, try to get the job on your terms. This is very much possible.
Being already employed, you already know the tricks of an interview meeting, so I left them out of this article, and instead mentioned those that are relevant for you alone, and not for a fresher. You must put these tips in use.
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