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1. United States of
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3. Organize Your Job
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4. Starting Over After
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5. Starting Over for
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6. Self Improvement:
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Government jobs:
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to help you:
1. United States of
America's primary source
on career info:
www.onetcenter.org
2. Wage Estimates Bureau
of Labor and Statistics
3. Organize Your Job
Search - Post a Question
etc.: www.cvtips.com
4. Starting Over After
Divorce:
www.womansdivorce.com
5. Starting Over for
Women:
www.makingbreadmagazine
.com
6. Self Improvement:
www.selfgrowth.com.
7. Job Postings, Resume
Advice and Resources:
www.careerbuiler.com
8. Templates for: business
plans, competitive analysis,
start up costs and more:
www.score.org/business_tool
box.html
9. Federal/Sate/Local
Government jobs:
www.USAJOBS.com
Articles
10 Interview Questions for You to Ask That Scream,
"I Get the Big Picture!"
Job interviews are laced with questions that give the interviewer the
opportunity to get to know a) if a candidate will be an asset to the company
and b) if a candidate will fit into the company culture. Use the interview as an
opportunity for YOU ask questions that will not only answer these questions
for yourself, but will show the interview team that you not only share the
same concerns but that you are person who will ease pain and solve
problems for them better than anyone else.
“Why do you want this position?” is a question asked when the company is
looking for loyalty and dedication. This is where the research you did on the
company before the interview will pay off. Make sure you have answered this
question in your own head before you go to the interview or you will look as if
this is just one of a number of positions you would take. They want to know
that this is the ONLY position you want because you feel a stake in the
mission of the company and will be more likely to work as if the goals of the
company were your own.
If asked why you are the best person for the job, think about all of the
“values” you “showed” during the stories you shared of how you solved
problems in past positions and match those with the mission of the
company. “I am committed to working for XYZ Company because it has the
same goals and vision that I do. XYZ Company is not only dedicated to its
shareholders but also to its employees. Your products improve quality of
life. I would be motivated to sell them because I believe they make a
difference to the public. At ABC Company I increased sales 19% within my
first year. I would be as dedicated to this mission of XYZ as I have been to
everything else I have committed to.”
The following questions are ones that YOU should ask at an interview. They
demonstrate that you understand the concept of company culture, the values
of an organization and that you are not afraid to ask the tough questions – all
critical to a company’s success.
1. How long does the average employee stay with your company? (You
hope that employees are staying with a company for at least three to five
years. Depending on the field it can be longer. Healthcare tends to keep its
workers longer. Those working for the government stay the longest. If the
company has a high turnover rate, this may not be the place for you.)
2. Could you describe the type of employee who fits well with the
organization?
3. How important does upper management consider the function of this
department/position?
4. In my research I have learned that your company values are …….. What
is the company’s management style?
5. Have key people left the company? Why? Where did they go?
6. What is the biggest challenge your company has right now? (This will
give you the company’s “pain” that you want to help solve. Offer ways that you
can contribute to easing that pain. “So you need people that can work on
their own without direction.”)
7. What is the organization’s plan for the next five years?
8. What are the company's strengths and weaknesses compared to its
competition?
9. What's the most important thing I can do to help within my first 90 days?
10. Do you have any concerns that I need to clear up in order to be the top
candidate? (This is where they will have the opportunity to state any
concerns they may have about you such as not having been employed in a
while. Never forget to ask this question! It shows you have grit.)
Get Mary Lee’s new FREE e-book “Make Your Wheel of Fortune Spin on
Balance" by clicking here.
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For the FREE Worksheets: “Does Your Resume Look Weathered?” and “Six
Ways to Know if This is the Right Company for Me” go to: www.
startingovernow.com/WorksheetsandArticles.html
Mary Lee Gannon is a career advice expert who went from being a stay-at-
home mother with four children to divorce, poverty and then on to become a
newspaper reporter, trade association executive director, public relations
consultant, and foundation president and CEO. View Mary Lee’s free career
tips, worksheets and Blog on her website at www.startingovernow.com. Sign
up for her free e-newsletter by emailing her at info@startingovernow.com.
"I Get the Big Picture!"
Job interviews are laced with questions that give the interviewer the
opportunity to get to know a) if a candidate will be an asset to the company
and b) if a candidate will fit into the company culture. Use the interview as an
opportunity for YOU ask questions that will not only answer these questions
for yourself, but will show the interview team that you not only share the
same concerns but that you are person who will ease pain and solve
problems for them better than anyone else.
“Why do you want this position?” is a question asked when the company is
looking for loyalty and dedication. This is where the research you did on the
company before the interview will pay off. Make sure you have answered this
question in your own head before you go to the interview or you will look as if
this is just one of a number of positions you would take. They want to know
that this is the ONLY position you want because you feel a stake in the
mission of the company and will be more likely to work as if the goals of the
company were your own.
If asked why you are the best person for the job, think about all of the
“values” you “showed” during the stories you shared of how you solved
problems in past positions and match those with the mission of the
company. “I am committed to working for XYZ Company because it has the
same goals and vision that I do. XYZ Company is not only dedicated to its
shareholders but also to its employees. Your products improve quality of
life. I would be motivated to sell them because I believe they make a
difference to the public. At ABC Company I increased sales 19% within my
first year. I would be as dedicated to this mission of XYZ as I have been to
everything else I have committed to.”
The following questions are ones that YOU should ask at an interview. They
demonstrate that you understand the concept of company culture, the values
of an organization and that you are not afraid to ask the tough questions – all
critical to a company’s success.
1. How long does the average employee stay with your company? (You
hope that employees are staying with a company for at least three to five
years. Depending on the field it can be longer. Healthcare tends to keep its
workers longer. Those working for the government stay the longest. If the
company has a high turnover rate, this may not be the place for you.)
2. Could you describe the type of employee who fits well with the
organization?
3. How important does upper management consider the function of this
department/position?
4. In my research I have learned that your company values are …….. What
is the company’s management style?
5. Have key people left the company? Why? Where did they go?
6. What is the biggest challenge your company has right now? (This will
give you the company’s “pain” that you want to help solve. Offer ways that you
can contribute to easing that pain. “So you need people that can work on
their own without direction.”)
7. What is the organization’s plan for the next five years?
8. What are the company's strengths and weaknesses compared to its
competition?
9. What's the most important thing I can do to help within my first 90 days?
10. Do you have any concerns that I need to clear up in order to be the top
candidate? (This is where they will have the opportunity to state any
concerns they may have about you such as not having been employed in a
while. Never forget to ask this question! It shows you have grit.)
Get Mary Lee’s new FREE e-book “Make Your Wheel of Fortune Spin on
Balance" by clicking here.
Follow Mary Lee's career tips on Twitter.com at StartingOverNow.
For the FREE Worksheets: “Does Your Resume Look Weathered?” and “Six
Ways to Know if This is the Right Company for Me” go to: www.
startingovernow.com/WorksheetsandArticles.html
Mary Lee Gannon is a career advice expert who went from being a stay-at-
home mother with four children to divorce, poverty and then on to become a
newspaper reporter, trade association executive director, public relations
consultant, and foundation president and CEO. View Mary Lee’s free career
tips, worksheets and Blog on her website at www.startingovernow.com. Sign
up for her free e-newsletter by emailing her at info@startingovernow.com.
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hospital foundation
president and CEO are
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"Starting Over."
Get Mary Lee's FREE
e-book "Make Your
Wheel of Fortune
Spin on Balance" by
clicking here. Mary Lee
Gannon's work as a
newspaper reporter,
trade association
executive director,
public relations
consultant,
entrepreneur, and
hospital foundation
president and CEO are
the basis for her free
e-newsletter with tips on
"Starting Over."
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Make It Fun = Get More Done!
Whether your company is in need of better productivity from your workforce, or
you want to build a better network, are starting over, are an empty nester
re-entering the workforce, have been laid-off, or are going through a divorce
there is information here to help you! Learn to take your interests and channel
them into productive goals on a fast track. Reach out of your comfort zone to
achieve proven and practical strategies for success. We invite you to share your
insight, take advantage of the resources here, challenge yourself, and continue
to develop and grow.
For the FREE StartingOverNow E-newsletter, or to contact Mary Lee simply send
an email to: info@startingovernow.com. Share your story.