10 Complaints about Job Applicants from HR Your job interview’s going well. You sit back, take a deep breath and relax. Then, on the road to that job offer, you hit a speed bump and suddenly you’re shown the door. With the tight job market, you want to put your best foot forward, not your foot in your mouth. Here are 10 common complaints about job candidates from human resource managers: •Interviewee shows up unprepared, without doing homework on the company or the position. •Stretching the truth or exaggerating answers. •Making negative comments about former employers. •Focusing on compensation and benefits too early in the interview. •Trying to arrange interview time to suit a personal schedule. •Failing to check with references in advance to confirm willingness. •Using poor language choices that reflect badly on communication skills. For example, overusing words such as “ah,” “like” and “um.” •Failing to know what your cover letter or resume and other materials say. •Being too formal and nervous, or too relaxed and casual. •Paying too little attention to body language, including posture and gum chewing, and offering little eye contact. How to answer the most obvious question “One question that always turns up — tell me about yourself,” said Terri Hoehne, director of human resources at Aurora University. “Keep your answer related to what you can do for the employer. Unless the position calls for knitting skills, don’t tell me you were the knitting champ at the fair.” Hoehne said interviewers know the process isn’t easy. They want to learn more about you, but need your help. Answering questions in clear language and staying on topic are key, she added. Best advice: prepare To guard against making mistakes, Christine Y. Nayduch, assistant director of human resources at Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania gives this advice, “Preparation, preparation, preparation. Then practice, practice and practice why you are the best person to meet the job description.” The interviewee should be doing 80 percent of the talking, with the interviewer interspersing questions and directing the flow. If you’re talking less, speak up, Nayduch added. “Most people don’t have much experience interviewing,” points out Cynthia Larson-Daugherty, assistant professor at National University in San Diego. “People look for jobs about six to 12 times in their lives,” she said. “It’s easy for people to flub a few questions.” That’s even more reason to practice and prepare when an interview does come your way By Judith Stock | Jun 12, 2013 | Posted In Job Hunting Tags: allied health, executive/professional, laboratory, Nursing, pharmacy, physician, support staff
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