The thin line between job and jobless: easy ways to get hired or ruin a big chance
By Felicitas Baruch
When unemployment becomes a part of our lives, tuning up the resume might be the first thing that comes to mind.
But your resume -- and cover letter -- don't usually get you the job; they are meant to get you an interview, said Bob Dorne, president of R.A.D., an employment agency in Boston. Almost always, the interview is the key factor in getting -- or not getting -- a job.
It's where everything is decided.
If you are about to have a job interview, congratulations! You have successfully accomplished the first steps on the long process to get hired. However, you are also closer to either seeing your hopes fade, or of the interview turning into a real job.
Interviews, Dorne said, is where people make the biggest mistakes. The perfect prospect to fill the position can lose points there, while the least likely one might stand out and get hired.The job interview starts the moment you know about it, Dorne said. Start doing research on the company and on the interviewer.
Prepare thoroughly to ask questions about the company during the interview.
Getting hired is always possible, even during recession, Dorne said. It only takes constancy, he said. "When you don't have a job, your job is getting a job."
TIPS TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF FINDING A JOB DURING A RECESSION
1.- You must know that there are no secrets to getting a job
2.- Search for work every day
3.- Let people know you are looking for work
4.- Network
5.- Prefer company's websites to job boards
6.- Be open to changing your career path
7.- Never stop searching until you actually find a job, not even after you think you had a great job interview
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