Monday, February 2, 2009

Make Your Interviews Real Conversations

From DICE, January 29, 2009...

Back in December, I asked Martin J. Belscher, vice president and CIO for Massachusetts-based Emerson Hospital about some of the mistakes job candidates make when he interviews them. His response was something I’d never heard before:

"The biggest interviewing mistake is made by talking too much instead of asking questions. It’s better to have a conversation rather than a broadcast."

Could this be a sign the notion of personal branding has gone a bit overboard? Perhaps. Recently, The Wall Street Journal showed recruiters concluding the bad economy is prompting job candidates to overdo it on self-promotion.

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