Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 4606471" data-attributes="member: 114">Good luck with your search.I'd like to second the advice in "What color is your parachute", I found that very helpful when I was looking for work back in 1999. One of the main principles that he talked about then was that most people get a job via someone they know rather than via job ads, so he gives examples of ways of getting to know people (that might sound hokey, but I've not looked at the book in a decade, and I'm going from memory here!)There has been lots of good advice so far. I know that when I was first looking for a job each interview was an opportunity to improve my interview technique; I'd think about better answers to questions which had stumped me or which I had messed up my answers on. I also found that it helped me to relax if I didn't worry about whether this interview was "the one", which helped me come over much better and more naturally (again, much like dating!).When I've been on the other side of the interview desk, as I was earlier this year, one of the things I look for in the interviewees is whether they have done any homework about my organisation. Too many don't bother, or just have a superficial idea, and that counts against them!I hope these snippets may be of some help, and that 2009 will be your year.Cheers</blockquote>