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Personal qualities you must have at a job interview.

If you know you can handle the job, you are probably the employee the employer wants. All you have...

Personal qualities you must have at a job interview.

If you know you can handle the job, you are probably the employee the employer wants. All you have to do is make them aware of your potential.

The following behavioral qualities can offset job experience and qualification requirements at a job interview:

Confidence – If you are confident in yourself, others will notice it. If you believe in yourself, it is easy for others to believe in you.
Positive Attitude –A positive attitude immediately sets a productive tone in an interview. This in turn gives the employer some insight into your potential within a productive employment environment.
Compatible Personality – As I stated earlier, managers habitually hire people they like. They also avoid applicants with potential personality conflicts. This can be a tough quality to work on. Personalities usually either click or clash, but you can always present yourself as a team player with the willingness for change.
Industry Awareness – General industry awareness pertaining to current trends and events can go a long way in showing your motivation to learn and grow within the field with which you are applying.
Lateral Leadership – Leadership is universally applicable across any field of work. If you’ve been successful in a leadership role, even in a setting lateral to the one you are applying for, it’s worth mentioning in an interview.
Communication Skills – Without them, you lose. Straightforward, intelligent communication makes you look confident, prepared, and trustworthy. Be audible without mumbling your words. It gives you the ability to sell yourself to an employer.
Lifestyle Stability – Possessing a stable track record with past jobs, schooling, and even the law always works in your favor. Employers look at stability as a measure of your loyalty to others.
Appearance and Dress – While appearance isn’t everything, it can make you look older, smarter and more emotionally mature.
Open Minded Flexibility – All an employer really wants is someone who gets the job done. Displaying a flexible and open minded willingness to adapt to new environments and tasks makes you look like someone who could get any job done.
Appear friendly – Showing the interviewer a certain level of friendly sentiment toward a topic that naturally arises during the interview can help you out. It gives the interviewer the perception that you are able to look at things in a positive light. People with a likeable personality stand out from the crowd.
Determination – Make the interviewer know that you are not a quitter and that you always finish the tasks you start.
Courteous Manners – People typically have a positive reaction toward someone who displays respectful gestures and courteous manners. It displays your ability to get along well with others. When placed in front of a client or business partner, an employer wants to know that their employees are courteous and well mannered.

How to face an interview

When job hunting, most of us get excited when we hear our phone ringing and after our “Hello”, we...

How to face an interview

When job hunting, most of us get excited when we hear our phone ringing and after our “Hello”, we hear these words on the other side of the line “Is this Mr. Samson Kilima?”

A thousand and one questions pop into our heads. It’s an interview, it’s an interview! The feeling you get when you are called for an interview is a bitter-sweet feeling. A part of you will be excited at the prospect of getting a job, but another part of you will be anxious and agitated thinking about the upcoming interview process.

What is it that gets people uncomfortable at the thought of an interview? When the time comes for an interview, fresh graduates start reflecting on what was learnt in University. For accountants we would revisit our trial balances, balance sheets, pick up a book on IFRS, etc. A Human resources graduate would look for the ELRA (Employment and Labor Relations Act). Do what we studied in University and how much we remember of it really play a big role in sitting for that interview and snatching the job?

How about doing a background check on the company you are being interviewed for? If your interview is for a Security Company surely you need to find out the origin of the company, the values of the company, the size of the company etc. How many people actually do this?

In addition to preparing yourself with material about the company, your theoretical knowledge of the job role and also a revision of your formal knowledge, you will also require the following tips:

Arrive about 10 minutes early for the interview
Put your phone on Silence mode (It is very irritating in the middle of an interview to hear a phone ring)
Make sure you are wearing comfortable and presentable clothing
Relax
Speak in an audible voice (do not murmur)
Nod your head occasionally to show you understand the question at hand
Listen carefully when the interviewer is talking
When you are asked a question you have no clue about, say it! Do not be afraid of saying you do not know. Answering rubbish is a complete NO
Answer the questions with enthusiasm and highlight your capabilities with examples
Ask more questions about the company

Once you are equipped with the above, you will no doubt walk away smiling from the interview, even if you were not successful for the position. Although these are just tips, they will get you through the whole interview process and help you face the next one with more confidence.

All the best in your next interview.

Is changing Employers the answer to job satisfaction?

An interesting question that is asked during interviews is ‘why would you want to work for our...

Is changing Employers the answer to job satisfaction?

An interesting question that is asked during interviews is ‘why would you want to work for our company?’ That’s a difficult question to answer at times, although we often forge an answer to convince the interviewer. Do we move around from one employer to the next in search of better benefits, higher pay, and more responsibilities? Have we been caught up in the whirl wind of the employment world such that we lose focus of what we dream of doing? There are numerous people who study Accounting, Human Resources, Law just to mention a few and end up working in departments totally unrelated to what they studied. Is it something they love doing or are they caught up in the lie of “I will start with this, then move to another department once I am in".

Does it mean we work because such an opportunity has presented itself or do we actually love what we are doing? Personal satisfaction should play a big part in motivating us to move to other jobs and not just better pay. The same work you do for one employer will be the same work you will do for another employer, maybe even more.

Imagine immersing yourself into what you enjoy doing and what gives you personal satisfaction. Waking up in the morning will seem less stressful, your hours during the day will pass faster, you will be excited to return to work the following day and you will appreciate yourself more.

So the next time you are tired of one employer, think critically on what it is that makes you want to leave and whether a new job will give you the satisfaction you are looking for.

Happy Job Hopping!

I have two job offers, which one should I accept?

Before accepting a job offer you have to know what it is that you are looking for. If you are in...

I have two job offers, which one should I accept?

Before accepting a job offer you have to know what it is that you are looking for. If you are in employment now, you should first ask yourself why you are considering moving. If it is in search of a better salary, then definitely the offer has to be more than what you are currently earning.

If its job security that you are seeking, then you should really do a research on the company to know the rate of staff turnover and whether most employees are terminated or resign on their own accord.

For different people the choice of a new employer varies. A person with years of experience would consider other perks when it comes to accepting an offer. Various allowances provided by the company, employee benefits, the job itself etc.

A person with less than a year of work experience normally would go for a job that offers a high salary. It is normal because we all want to get a good pay when we start working.

So before you decide which offer to accept here are a few things you should think about and compare between the two offers;

Working hours
The pay
Available Bonuses or Incentives
The Type of position you have been offered
Proximity of your office to your residence
Allowances offered

Remember, before accepting any new job think of “why “you want to move from your current employment.

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Personal qualities you must have at a job interview.

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I have two job offers, which one should I accept?

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