Excellence in Business Communication, 13th Edition
Chapter 16. Applying and Interviewing for Employment
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Chances are you'll have at least one video interview using Skype or another Internet-based phone service.
Justin Gmoser (photo, left) presents a short video on the "7 clichés you should never use in an interview.
"Almost everyone is terrible at multitasking.
"Most job candidates know it's important to make a good impression in the interview.
Richard A.
"Culled from Architizer's second annual A+ Awards, which are chosen by 300 experts and a popular vote, these are a handful of the most amazing office spaces in the world," writes Drake Baer in a piece at BusinessInsider.
"Laszlo Bock (photo, left) knows a little something about how to ace an interview.
"There is nothing more exciting or nerve-wracking than hearing you’ve been invited for an interview.
"In her new book "The Essentials Of Business Etiquette," Barbara Pachter (photo, left) writes about the specific skills professionals need to understand when presenting themselves in a business setting," writes Vivian Giang.
"There are many things you have to remember to do and say in an all-important job interview, but don't miss the elephant in the room: the things that you should never do," says Justin Gmoser in his introduction to his video on the topic.
"In a world rich with social platforms to express oneself, good listeners are a rare species," writes Shreya Roy in a piece for EconomicTimes.
"It's estimated that 2% of the world's population suffers from face blindness, or prosopagnosia, a neurological condition preventing people from recognizing faces.
"In a recent LinkedIn post, Bernard Marr (photo,left), a global enterprise performance expert and a best-selling business author, says he’s always astonished to hear that candidates have been asked such inappropriate questions," writes Jacquelyn Smith in a post at BusinessInsider.
"A compilation of 25 basic styles of blogging from award winning blogger and author of Personality Not Included, Rohit Bhargava (photo, left).
Here is a Dave Paradi SlideShare presentation "based on ideas in his Present It So They Get It.
"Beyond being late and looking like a slob, there are a few things that you should NEVER say during a job interview.
"Many job seekers have described to me that submitting a resume in today's job market is mostly a banging-their-head-against-a-wall, extremely frustrating waste of time," writes Susan P.
David Reese (photo, left) offers a post on the topic at the Harvard Business Review blog.
"Unfortunately, candidates aren’t judged on how well they do their jobs; they’re judged on how well they describe how they do their jobs.
"Before you answer the question the employer asks, you should pause to think, 'What fear about the future caused them to ask this question about my past?
"Pronunciation is the ugly sister of language teaching, coming way behind vocabulary and grammar.
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