The Last Top-10 List of Job Seeking Advice Tips You'll Ever Need; All in One Post! – Walter Sabo

Top 10 jobtip lists should be banned There are too many of them Enough already Focus on important things like TMZ and the New York PostBecause all the lists are essentially identical this is the last and only top 10 list of jobgetting tips you39ll ever need1 Know the company before you go in for the interview Really know the company For example get the address the day before the interview not when you are almost late and walking back and forth on the block looking at where the building should be located but isn39t2 Don39t dress like you39re a poet in Brooklyn even if you want a job as a poet in Brooklyn Do not accept any offer of food or beverage from the interviewer Say quotI39m fine thanksquot rather than quotDo you have that with almond lactose free milkquot3 Flatter the interviewer with knowledge of their work and the work of the company But get it right Make sure the Joe Smith you study on LinkedIn is the Joe Smith living in America4 Make up a plan for what you are going to want in five years You will be asked This answer has no relationship to what you will actually be doing in five years In five years you will be in a quotcommittedquot relationship and holding a car loan on a Chrysler Town and Country because you39ll need room for the kid Full disclosure I did not receive compensation from Chrysler for this endorsement5 No need to tell rehab stories during the interview Save those for the holiday party which you should only attend for the first 12 minutes6 If you went to Union County Community be proud of it After all it39s right near Five Points the best hot dog stand in New Jersey Discuss in Comment section Visiting your only richkid friend at Harvard is not the same as amp8220attendingquot Harvard7 Have ideas8 Send a followup thank you note the same day on paper On the way out say quotgoodbyequot and quotthank youquot to the receptionist The receptionist actually decides if you get the job Really9 If the interviewer is named Walter do not start calling him Wally without invitation10 There aren39t 10 Writers make up the 10th so they have a top 10 listThe opinions and points of view expressed in this commentary are exclusively the views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaBizBloggerscom management or associated bloggers MediaBizBloggers is an open thought leadership platform and readers may share their comments and opinions in response to all commentariesImage at top courtesy of freedigitalphotosnet

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