Interview 2018: Present Yourself Like a Pro

By Terry Lynne Hale

DID YOU KNOW THAT APPROXIMATELY 70% OF AVAILABLE POSITIONS AREN’T EVEN LISTED ON JOB BOARDS?
Do you wonder why, despite sending numerous resumes and/or completing on-line applications, you aren’t hearing from anyone?
If you learned about a sure-fire way to maximize the number of prospective employers who want to speak with you, would you be interested in learning about it?

Are you curious about the steps you can take to maximize your earnings when applying for your next position?
Interview 2018 addresses these subjects and more:

PROVIDES LIVE LINKS TO CONNECT YOU TO THE LATEST INFORMATION ON INTERVIEWING TODAY: Get the most up-to-date perspectives and advice from a multitude of experts to increase the likelihood of your success and teaches you about the many styles of interviews being conducted today.

DIRECTS YOU ON WHAT STEPS TO TAKE TO STAND OUT FROM THE ENORMOUS COMPETITION: Interview 2018 explains it isn’t enough anymore to send a resume, however polished it may be.

LEARN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HEADHUNTERS, EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES, AND STAFFING AGENCIES: Employment Agencies and related service industries can be tremendous help for certain professions. Interview 2018 teaches which is which to gain the most from the experience.

PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO HOW TO DRESS FOR SUCCESS FOR YOUR FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW: You’ve done all the hard work to gain the attention of the interviewer and now you have it! You’ll discover that the first impression you make is the one that sticks. Make it memorable for the right reasons.

THERE ARE MANY BOOKS AND RESOURCES ON THE QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT BE ASKED IN AN INTERVIEW: Interview 2018 links you to some of the hottest trends in interviewing styles and provides many examples of the types of questions you should ask the interviewer to demonstrate that you’ve done your research & want to fully understand their objectives.

INTERVIEW 2018 DISCUSSES MINDSET; HOW THIS IS KEY TO YOUR JOB SEARCH AND LIFE, IN GENERAL: Winners have a distinctly different approach to going after their dreams. They don’t wait for things to happen, they make things happen. It’s never too late to become a winner.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Terry Lynne Hale
• Release date: Feb 3, 2018
• ISBN: 9781310273391

Terry Lynne Hale

Terry Lynne Hale is a Kansas City freelance writer and author whose first book, Ageless Internet, won the 2012 Indie Excellence Award. Her business experience provided ample opportunity for writing and marketing. Terry is a Diamond Ezine Articles expert author. Her freelancing work includes corporate and training manuals, blog posts, press releases, and web content. She lives with her husband and their rescued cat, Stinker, whose name reflects her willful personality. Hale released her 2nd book, The Straightforward Internet in early 2017. It garnered a 4-star rating from Indie Reader. Her latest book (edited by Victoria Hale) is called Interview 2018 – Present Yourself Like a Pro. She is now turning her attention to a passion that’s been building since 2001: health, nutrition, determining the root cause of illness, and health advocacy that is crucial for every person’s well-being. You can follow her efforts at HaleHealthAdvocates.com.

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Interview 2018

Present Yourself Like a Pro

Terry Lynne Hale

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Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Mindset

Chapter 2: Dress for Success Isn’t Just a Phrase

Chapter 3: Where to Start the Job Search

Chapter 4: How to Research a Company Effectively

Chapter 5: Resumes, Cover Letters, and Thank You Letters

Chapter 6: How to Handle the Subject of Unemployment

Chapter 7: Job Seeking for the 40 - 50 - 60 Years +

Chapter 8: Employment Agencies (aka Headhunters)

Chapter 9: About the Phone Interview

Chapter 10: Interview Preparation- Part One: Questions to Answer

Chapter 11: Interview Preparation- Part Two: Questions to Ask

Chapter 12: The Face to Face Interview

About the Author

Preface

In today’s technologically advanced world, individuals seeking employment must take stock regarding their brand.

My brand, you may ask? Yes. Whether you’re aware of it or not, every picture, every email, every Tweet, every Pin, every chat, your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Snapchat, Linked In, Google+, and Instagram profiles are kept locked in time in the fluid digital landscape that is the Internet. If it was put out into cyberspace, it can be found- one way or another. All of this, compiled together create your brand.

Savvy employers are reviewing this data; they mine social media sites to see what applicants or candidates do in their spare time.

If you were wasted at the last Zac Brown, Brad Paisley, Katy Perry, Linkin Park, Rolling Stones, Metallica, Jesse Cook, Green Day, Blake Shelton, or Beyonce concert and well-meaning friends wanted to memorialize the fun you were having, chances are good you were tagged and now appear looking far less professional than you’d like to in front of a prospective employer.

One of the memes written in conjunction with my 2nd book, The Straightforward Internet is: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Internet: Anyone Can Say Anything. Take that further to say, budding photographers everywhere think nothing of preserving your privacy. Never mind TMZ, there are enough amateur voyeurs to share your personal life with the world.

While it’s true that once it’s in cyberspace it remains there, you can take a few steps to make it more difficult for your next boss to see you at your worst. Clean up these social media sites so they reflect you in the most positive light. I’m not saying they won’t uncover what you’d rather hide but you can help yourself, so it will take more work on their part to find out you can be a party animal.

This book also covers interviewing for those over 40, 50, 60 and beyond. These folks may or may not participate on a variety of social platforms; they are less likely to be pictured wasted or three sheets to the wind. Their friends (at this point in life) fully understand the implications of documenting their personal activities and are unlikely to do so arbitrarily. So, if you’re one of these folks, don’t worry, this book will have value for you too.

You may be wondering, who am I to write this book? First off, I’m a Baby Boomer so, I’ve been around a while. (For millennials who might think I’m ancient - like their parents or grandparents, know this: as we age, a part of us remains forever 17 or 21 or whatever earlier age was a turning point in our lives.) I still remember the broken heart at 17, the rock concerts I attended, poetry I wrote about love and heartache, misdeeds in high school, rebellious actions for which I was grounded, protesting the Vietnam War, witnessing the tragedy of drug overdoses and feeling the overwhelming helplessness of friends’ suicides. Our life experiences-and the way we respond to them