1. Talk about the prospects for further development
If the interviewer tells you about the tasks facing the company, and he himself suggests how they can solve them with your help, this is very valuable. Especially if the emphasis is just on the features of your personal professional experience.
2. Interest in your job opportunities
If the interviewer is interested in whether you have already been interviewed in other companies, have already made any suggestions to you, this indicates his desire to find out what are his chances of getting you as an employee. This also includes the question "How soon can you get to work?"
3. The interview lasts longer than expected
Interviews with applicants for the position of an employee of the company adjust to the work schedule between other scheduled meetings. If the interview is quick, this indicates that the candidate is either not the one or completely his own (the second rarely happens). If the interview lasts longer than planned, this clearly plays in your favor.
4. The interviewer is interested in having recommendations.
Usually, it doesn’t come to recommendations until you are specifically interested. Therefore, you can regard this issue as a positive sign.
5. You are provided with a clear time frame.
If the interviewer finishes the interview and says exactly when they should call you back, and in some cases clearly indicates how soon the completed test task will be expected from you, this is a good sign.
6. Acquaintance with other employees
Be sure that everything is going well if the interviewer starts introducing you to people who were not supposed to be present at the interview and who are responsible for making decisions.
If you were not invited to work after a seemingly successful interview, this does not always indicate a lack of competencies. Sometimes the candidates are too good for an open position. And in order to more accurately analyze the success of the interview, Work.ua advises paying attention also to signs of an unsuccessful interview.
Thursday 21 November 2019
Career Tips for Graduates and Their Parents
Learning is the beginning of a career
Not one, even the most prestigious faculty or university, is the guarantor of your success. Knowledge is important in the work, and those that you can immediately put into practice. Better think about what useful skills you have gained during your training and how to apply them in your future work.
The biggest problem of young professionals is the lack of work experience. They do not take to work because there is no experience, and there is no experience because they do not take to work. Vicious circle. To gain experience, it is very useful to start earning money while studying. Thus, you can get the necessary experience and after graduation immediately apply for serious work in the specialty. In addition, employers like it when young people earn extra money while studying. This indicates their activity and hard work.
Learn how to use your dating
Make and use existing useful contacts, both in social networks and in real life. That's why they are dating. Ask all your acquaintances and acquaintances - if they have interesting vacancies. Go to events, do not hesitate to contact those who seem interesting to you. You have to overcome a little your shyness and awkwardness, if it is inherent in you, but it's worth it.
In the first work, only one thing is important - the right vector of development
And not a salary or position title. Look at growth opportunities and “interestingness”. Choose a company and a department in it, where it will not be necessary to sort through pieces of paper for years, and where they will let you do something, they will show you a real profession. And you will understand whether this is your business or not.
When looking for work, pay attention to:
company reputation;
the willingness of the employer to develop employees;
The attitude of your immediate supervisor;
career opportunities;
microclimate in the team;
legality of employment;
the scale of the projects that will have to work.
The rest is from the evil one.
Get ready for different scenarios
A professional career start may be completely different from a movie: two years - and a successful business from scratch. And all young and talented should remember this. Sergey Marchenko, development director of Work.ua, confirms the above:
“Why are the young so narcotic at work? In fact, one of the reasons for their nervousness is stress due to unrealized high expectations. The British conducted a study according to which 43% of university graduates are sure of a salary increase or career growth during the first six months of work. At the same time, in reality, only 17% receive such an increase. ”
And to frequent job changes
If at 40 years old, changing work every six months is not very natural, then at 22 it’s normal to sort out professions and even branches. You can spend the whole summer looking for work and endless interviews for one position, and then suddenly find yourself in a completely different position in a previously unfamiliar company. And in doing so, you will be truly happy. Cast aside fear and forward to a happy future!
Do not continue the dynasty involuntarily
If your family has 4 generations of lawyers, you graduated from the law faculty at the insistence of your parents, but you hate this profession - change the course before it's too late. The story of being horny-falling in love doesn't work in recruiting the past 10 years.
Stop constantly comparing yourself to others
The familiar pain of the era of social networks. Your friends can regularly post photos and notes about how they have a great time, chatting with celebrities, making big bucks, going to parties, and so on. Rejoice for them! And then forget about it and think about what you would like to do to the envy of others. And do it.
The main advice to the generation of twenty that Work.ua seeks to convey is: do not think that a career will fall on your head just because you are young and have graduated from a prestigious university, do not rely on ephemeral dreams and success stories. But work, ingenuity and a strategic approach to professional activity will certainly help to achieve success. What we sincerely wish you.
Not one, even the most prestigious faculty or university, is the guarantor of your success. Knowledge is important in the work, and those that you can immediately put into practice. Better think about what useful skills you have gained during your training and how to apply them in your future work.
The biggest problem of young professionals is the lack of work experience. They do not take to work because there is no experience, and there is no experience because they do not take to work. Vicious circle. To gain experience, it is very useful to start earning money while studying. Thus, you can get the necessary experience and after graduation immediately apply for serious work in the specialty. In addition, employers like it when young people earn extra money while studying. This indicates their activity and hard work.
Learn how to use your dating
Make and use existing useful contacts, both in social networks and in real life. That's why they are dating. Ask all your acquaintances and acquaintances - if they have interesting vacancies. Go to events, do not hesitate to contact those who seem interesting to you. You have to overcome a little your shyness and awkwardness, if it is inherent in you, but it's worth it.
In the first work, only one thing is important - the right vector of development
And not a salary or position title. Look at growth opportunities and “interestingness”. Choose a company and a department in it, where it will not be necessary to sort through pieces of paper for years, and where they will let you do something, they will show you a real profession. And you will understand whether this is your business or not.
When looking for work, pay attention to:
company reputation;
the willingness of the employer to develop employees;
The attitude of your immediate supervisor;
career opportunities;
microclimate in the team;
legality of employment;
the scale of the projects that will have to work.
The rest is from the evil one.
Get ready for different scenarios
A professional career start may be completely different from a movie: two years - and a successful business from scratch. And all young and talented should remember this. Sergey Marchenko, development director of Work.ua, confirms the above:
“Why are the young so narcotic at work? In fact, one of the reasons for their nervousness is stress due to unrealized high expectations. The British conducted a study according to which 43% of university graduates are sure of a salary increase or career growth during the first six months of work. At the same time, in reality, only 17% receive such an increase. ”
And to frequent job changes
If at 40 years old, changing work every six months is not very natural, then at 22 it’s normal to sort out professions and even branches. You can spend the whole summer looking for work and endless interviews for one position, and then suddenly find yourself in a completely different position in a previously unfamiliar company. And in doing so, you will be truly happy. Cast aside fear and forward to a happy future!
Do not continue the dynasty involuntarily
If your family has 4 generations of lawyers, you graduated from the law faculty at the insistence of your parents, but you hate this profession - change the course before it's too late. The story of being horny-falling in love doesn't work in recruiting the past 10 years.
Stop constantly comparing yourself to others
The familiar pain of the era of social networks. Your friends can regularly post photos and notes about how they have a great time, chatting with celebrities, making big bucks, going to parties, and so on. Rejoice for them! And then forget about it and think about what you would like to do to the envy of others. And do it.
The main advice to the generation of twenty that Work.ua seeks to convey is: do not think that a career will fall on your head just because you are young and have graduated from a prestigious university, do not rely on ephemeral dreams and success stories. But work, ingenuity and a strategic approach to professional activity will certainly help to achieve success. What we sincerely wish you.
How recommendations from previous jobs affect a career
How employers get recommendations
Employers mainly use 2 methods:
Candidates are asked to provide letters of recommendation from previous places of work, and then they selectively check their accuracy by contacting the contact person.
Unbeknownst to the applicant, they contact the former authorities or colleagues of a candidate for a vacant position. In many areas of activity, for example, in banking, managers know each other and easily find interesting information about former employees.
Live oral reviews are definitely more valuable than written recommendation letters.
Why do employers recommend
1. Check information from several sources
The approach, as in journalism. Reviews from the previous place of work help to find out several points of view about the personality of the candidate, his competencies and professional knowledge. Therefore, it is important that there are several recommendations.
2. Pay attention to the features of the candidate
For example, his recommender notes that a person has some difficulties in adapting to new people, the leader will pay special attention to this during the period of adaptation of a beginner to the team.
3. Find a definite answer to the question about achievements
It happens that a candidate is lost during an interview, because it is difficult for him to tell, for example, about his achievements. The recruiter has a question whether the person will cope with the tasks, in this case, feedback from previous employers can significantly help.
Or, conversely, the candidate painfully talks about his merits at the previous place of work, the employer has doubts that he wants to dispel.
Checking the recommendations, employers obviously do not want to find a catch, but if the information announced at the interview is radically different from a few reviews, you will have to explain: why didn’t they bother the former employers or why they told a lie.
How do recommendations affect a job decision?
Differently. But certainly reviews are not taken absolutely literally, because recommendations are most often subjective in nature, as people give them. For example, a candidate can be described as a risk-averse and skeptic - at first glance, the review is not the most attractive. But given the composition of the team, such a person can be indispensable if all the employees there are generators of ideas.
“We are trying to talk with a colleague, find out why he thinks so, and not otherwise. In any case, the decision to hire a person on a recommendation does not go without a standard evaluation procedure, ”says Felix Kugel, vice president and managing director for CIS, ManpowerGroup HR Corporation.
Moreover, recommendations from the series “I could rely on him / her” or “I was comfortable working with him / her” are divided into two. Because such characteristics of the candidate are dependent on the personal qualities of the person who voices them.
“Positive and constructive recommendations have a real impact on the choice of a candidate. It is unlikely that they will be the most important factor in this case, but they will definitely help to make an informed decision, ”admits Elena Evstyukhina, head of the group of consultants for the selection of personnel at Ankor personnel holding.
But candidates should not rely only on excellent reviews, as it comes to recommendations only at the final stage, and interviews and possible test tasks precede it.
Also, the applicant should understand that even after a bad recommendation, the situation as a whole can be corrected. But in order to avoid a priori public indignation of former employers, it is good to know what needs to be done before leaving the company in order to get a good recommendation in time.
Employers mainly use 2 methods:
Candidates are asked to provide letters of recommendation from previous places of work, and then they selectively check their accuracy by contacting the contact person.
Unbeknownst to the applicant, they contact the former authorities or colleagues of a candidate for a vacant position. In many areas of activity, for example, in banking, managers know each other and easily find interesting information about former employees.
Live oral reviews are definitely more valuable than written recommendation letters.
Why do employers recommend
1. Check information from several sources
The approach, as in journalism. Reviews from the previous place of work help to find out several points of view about the personality of the candidate, his competencies and professional knowledge. Therefore, it is important that there are several recommendations.
2. Pay attention to the features of the candidate
For example, his recommender notes that a person has some difficulties in adapting to new people, the leader will pay special attention to this during the period of adaptation of a beginner to the team.
3. Find a definite answer to the question about achievements
It happens that a candidate is lost during an interview, because it is difficult for him to tell, for example, about his achievements. The recruiter has a question whether the person will cope with the tasks, in this case, feedback from previous employers can significantly help.
Or, conversely, the candidate painfully talks about his merits at the previous place of work, the employer has doubts that he wants to dispel.
Checking the recommendations, employers obviously do not want to find a catch, but if the information announced at the interview is radically different from a few reviews, you will have to explain: why didn’t they bother the former employers or why they told a lie.
How do recommendations affect a job decision?
Differently. But certainly reviews are not taken absolutely literally, because recommendations are most often subjective in nature, as people give them. For example, a candidate can be described as a risk-averse and skeptic - at first glance, the review is not the most attractive. But given the composition of the team, such a person can be indispensable if all the employees there are generators of ideas.
“We are trying to talk with a colleague, find out why he thinks so, and not otherwise. In any case, the decision to hire a person on a recommendation does not go without a standard evaluation procedure, ”says Felix Kugel, vice president and managing director for CIS, ManpowerGroup HR Corporation.
Moreover, recommendations from the series “I could rely on him / her” or “I was comfortable working with him / her” are divided into two. Because such characteristics of the candidate are dependent on the personal qualities of the person who voices them.
“Positive and constructive recommendations have a real impact on the choice of a candidate. It is unlikely that they will be the most important factor in this case, but they will definitely help to make an informed decision, ”admits Elena Evstyukhina, head of the group of consultants for the selection of personnel at Ankor personnel holding.
But candidates should not rely only on excellent reviews, as it comes to recommendations only at the final stage, and interviews and possible test tasks precede it.
Also, the applicant should understand that even after a bad recommendation, the situation as a whole can be corrected. But in order to avoid a priori public indignation of former employers, it is good to know what needs to be done before leaving the company in order to get a good recommendation in time.
How to answer a recruiter to the question: "Tell us about yourself"
Interview You are asked to tell about yourself. And stupor: what do they want to hear from you? What is actually getting out of the answer? Is it worth talking about a hobby? Story about yourself is an important and difficult part of the interview.
This question is often one of the first. Recruiters ask him to talk to the candidate. To understand character traits with a minimum of leading questions, to learn eloquent cases from life. And almost always they succeed, because for many candidates this question remains unexpected and perplexing. Because Work.ua gives the following advice to applicants.
Get ready for this question.
As with other simple interview questions that may lead you into a dead end. Only at first glance do they seem superficial and light. Therefore, prepare an answer in advance, rehearse so that you stumble less and do not fill in the gaps between the awkward “uh” words.
Speak more about work, less about personal
You do not need to talk a lot about personal life, although we are used to define ourselves through hobbies and friends. Family, personal goals, hobbies - we are ready to talk about everything, but at this stage this information is useless, and sometimes harmful. As well as general phrases, like: "I am diligent, hardworking, motivated."
Tell me how much you work in this industry. If the experience is not impressive, focus on education. If you do not shine with experience and knowledge, find something that compensates for their absence and demonstrates learning ability, the ability to interact with people and create high-quality service. This is supported by examples.
Add numbers and examples to the story
As in the resume, you need to provide the employer with accurate numbers and numbers. Compare the stories of the waiters:
1. “I worked both in the hall and in the kitchen. I mainly have the experience of a waiter, but I also know how to wash dishes, deliver orders, and I also had to work in a cold workshop. ”
2. “I worked in a family restaurant for a year and a half. About a year I was a waiter: I served about two hundred people a day, on weekends - up to five hundred. I also worked in the kitchen - a couple of months in a cold workshop, delivered orders and washed dishes. "
The idea that you definitely can will be much clearer.
Raise the bar higher
Do not go in cycles in demonstration of primary skills. If you were called for an interview, it means that you meet the minimum requirements and have passed the selection of resumes. Therefore, you must show that you have more skills than anyone else who is applying for this position. Proceed in the same way that advertising works: from a description of yourself, go to a description of what you can do in a position of interest.
And for this you need to understand what kind of work and which company it is. And again we return to the issue of preparedness. You will have more advantages if you go beyond “read the job description and the company before the interview” and find the opportunity to talk with current and past employees of the company, analyze competitors in the environment.
Serve the flaws with the sandwich effect
This is a technique for presenting bad or inappropriate information in a positive manner. Start with the positive (experience, education, abilities), then the negative (lack of knowledge of specific techniques and methods), and then gently switch to the positive (than you can compensate for the described shortcoming).
Watch the recruiter react
Pay attention to the reaction of the recruiter: where he nods, where he takes notes, where he looks at you with special interest. Strengthen what has been said precisely on these accents of your story.
Speak short
Your self-presentation should take no more than 1 minute. If you are nervous or have not even tried to prepare for this issue, you will probably start to spread your thoughts on the tree and cover important information with tons of unnecessary details. The overall impression will deteriorate for sure.
Confident one-minute speech can sometimes determine whether you get this job or not. Therefore, Work.ua sure is worth bringing it to perfection. Preparation and preparation again! Successes.
This question is often one of the first. Recruiters ask him to talk to the candidate. To understand character traits with a minimum of leading questions, to learn eloquent cases from life. And almost always they succeed, because for many candidates this question remains unexpected and perplexing. Because Work.ua gives the following advice to applicants.
Get ready for this question.
As with other simple interview questions that may lead you into a dead end. Only at first glance do they seem superficial and light. Therefore, prepare an answer in advance, rehearse so that you stumble less and do not fill in the gaps between the awkward “uh” words.
Speak more about work, less about personal
You do not need to talk a lot about personal life, although we are used to define ourselves through hobbies and friends. Family, personal goals, hobbies - we are ready to talk about everything, but at this stage this information is useless, and sometimes harmful. As well as general phrases, like: "I am diligent, hardworking, motivated."
Tell me how much you work in this industry. If the experience is not impressive, focus on education. If you do not shine with experience and knowledge, find something that compensates for their absence and demonstrates learning ability, the ability to interact with people and create high-quality service. This is supported by examples.
Add numbers and examples to the story
As in the resume, you need to provide the employer with accurate numbers and numbers. Compare the stories of the waiters:
1. “I worked both in the hall and in the kitchen. I mainly have the experience of a waiter, but I also know how to wash dishes, deliver orders, and I also had to work in a cold workshop. ”
2. “I worked in a family restaurant for a year and a half. About a year I was a waiter: I served about two hundred people a day, on weekends - up to five hundred. I also worked in the kitchen - a couple of months in a cold workshop, delivered orders and washed dishes. "
The idea that you definitely can will be much clearer.
Raise the bar higher
Do not go in cycles in demonstration of primary skills. If you were called for an interview, it means that you meet the minimum requirements and have passed the selection of resumes. Therefore, you must show that you have more skills than anyone else who is applying for this position. Proceed in the same way that advertising works: from a description of yourself, go to a description of what you can do in a position of interest.
And for this you need to understand what kind of work and which company it is. And again we return to the issue of preparedness. You will have more advantages if you go beyond “read the job description and the company before the interview” and find the opportunity to talk with current and past employees of the company, analyze competitors in the environment.
Serve the flaws with the sandwich effect
This is a technique for presenting bad or inappropriate information in a positive manner. Start with the positive (experience, education, abilities), then the negative (lack of knowledge of specific techniques and methods), and then gently switch to the positive (than you can compensate for the described shortcoming).
Watch the recruiter react
Pay attention to the reaction of the recruiter: where he nods, where he takes notes, where he looks at you with special interest. Strengthen what has been said precisely on these accents of your story.
Speak short
Your self-presentation should take no more than 1 minute. If you are nervous or have not even tried to prepare for this issue, you will probably start to spread your thoughts on the tree and cover important information with tons of unnecessary details. The overall impression will deteriorate for sure.
Confident one-minute speech can sometimes determine whether you get this job or not. Therefore, Work.ua sure is worth bringing it to perfection. Preparation and preparation again! Successes.
7 commandments of a freelancer
1. Demanding for yourself and customers
Draw up and approve the rules of work, which can and must be confirmed by the contract. The contract is the freelancer’s only hope for justice. If the customer offers to work without a contract - refuse, no matter how good he may seem.
Write in the contract:
deadlines for your work;
terms for obtaining the necessary information from the customer;
work scenario and conditions for its change;
what do you take for the work done;
terms and conditions of payment;
number of edits.
The most important thing is to draw up a contract so as not to drive yourself into a corner. And not only to demand its implementation from the customer, but also to fulfill it.
2. Work only with prepayment
If the client refuses to give an advance, then it is better not to work with him. Most likely it is not clean. The advance payment is issued before the start of work and serves as a kind of insurance and guarantee of compliance with the clauses of the contract. If the client promises to give an advance during the workflow, refuse. Stay with a broken trough.
3. The hunt for customers
The most important task of a freelancer is to find a job, or rather, customers. Despite the huge number of exchanges for freelancers, you can face fierce competition. What you can do for $ 50, a Chinese or Indian freelancer can do for $ 10. You will have to put up with this and either work for a penny or raise your level.
4. Continuous improvement
In order for a job to find you on its own in a highly competitive environment, you need to constantly grow professionally. Follow new services, follow the news of your industry, communicate with experts, attend professional conferences, participate in webinars and seminars. Do not miss the opportunity.
5. Psychologist, financier, manager, diplomat - it's all about you, freelancers
If you choose freelance, then you have become the owner of your own business. So, you need to manage your time, finances, marketing and customer interactions yourself. You can become a successful freelancer only if you cope with all these many tasks at the same time: be able to earn more than spend, find a common language with clients, recognize unscrupulous people, manage your time, balance between personal life and work.
6. Mobility, “always in touch”
The clients are all different, and it’s convenient for everyone to communicate in different ways. Therefore, have accounts in most of the possible communication programs and be always in touch: Skype, email, WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram, social networks. For a freelancer, this is one way to provide a decent service to the client - quickly answer the question, save time, reduce the likelihood of misunderstanding.
Moreover, “Always be in touch” does not mean to go beyond common sense. All additional work must be paid (do not release this item in the contract).
7. Collection of reviews
It is useful for all freelancers to collect positive feedback about their work and recommendations from large and important customers, so that later they can show them to others. Do not be afraid to ask customers about it - this is a common thing. Now such online reviews have become an important criterion for choosing: many customers read information about the artist before placing an order. Feel free to talk about your achievements on social networks or on your profile on professional resources.
If you are an experienced freelancer, you yourself have come to these rules and you can expand the list. If you are just starting your way, be vigilant, create your own rules of work, do not break them and constantly develop. Good luck in work!
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Draw up and approve the rules of work, which can and must be confirmed by the contract. The contract is the freelancer’s only hope for justice. If the customer offers to work without a contract - refuse, no matter how good he may seem.
Write in the contract:
deadlines for your work;
terms for obtaining the necessary information from the customer;
work scenario and conditions for its change;
what do you take for the work done;
terms and conditions of payment;
number of edits.
The most important thing is to draw up a contract so as not to drive yourself into a corner. And not only to demand its implementation from the customer, but also to fulfill it.
2. Work only with prepayment
If the client refuses to give an advance, then it is better not to work with him. Most likely it is not clean. The advance payment is issued before the start of work and serves as a kind of insurance and guarantee of compliance with the clauses of the contract. If the client promises to give an advance during the workflow, refuse. Stay with a broken trough.
3. The hunt for customers
The most important task of a freelancer is to find a job, or rather, customers. Despite the huge number of exchanges for freelancers, you can face fierce competition. What you can do for $ 50, a Chinese or Indian freelancer can do for $ 10. You will have to put up with this and either work for a penny or raise your level.
4. Continuous improvement
In order for a job to find you on its own in a highly competitive environment, you need to constantly grow professionally. Follow new services, follow the news of your industry, communicate with experts, attend professional conferences, participate in webinars and seminars. Do not miss the opportunity.
5. Psychologist, financier, manager, diplomat - it's all about you, freelancers
If you choose freelance, then you have become the owner of your own business. So, you need to manage your time, finances, marketing and customer interactions yourself. You can become a successful freelancer only if you cope with all these many tasks at the same time: be able to earn more than spend, find a common language with clients, recognize unscrupulous people, manage your time, balance between personal life and work.
6. Mobility, “always in touch”
The clients are all different, and it’s convenient for everyone to communicate in different ways. Therefore, have accounts in most of the possible communication programs and be always in touch: Skype, email, WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram, social networks. For a freelancer, this is one way to provide a decent service to the client - quickly answer the question, save time, reduce the likelihood of misunderstanding.
Moreover, “Always be in touch” does not mean to go beyond common sense. All additional work must be paid (do not release this item in the contract).
7. Collection of reviews
It is useful for all freelancers to collect positive feedback about their work and recommendations from large and important customers, so that later they can show them to others. Do not be afraid to ask customers about it - this is a common thing. Now such online reviews have become an important criterion for choosing: many customers read information about the artist before placing an order. Feel free to talk about your achievements on social networks or on your profile on professional resources.
If you are an experienced freelancer, you yourself have come to these rules and you can expand the list. If you are just starting your way, be vigilant, create your own rules of work, do not break them and constantly develop. Good luck in work!
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