Comments on: A Successful Job Search Attitude

By: whitecat

whitecat — Wed, 12 May 2010 23:10:41 +0000

It wasn’t Scarlett who relied on the kindness of strangers. It was Blanche Dubois, in A Streetcar Named Desire.

I had a recruiter tell me that I come across as too confident, and people are afraid to hire me because I might show them up.

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By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:23:24 +0000

Thanks for this – I graduated from college last year and spent most of the last 6 months searching for a job. I’ve been selling myself short.

By: CK

CK — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:34:33 +0000

Hiring is NOT about giving you a job – period! It’s all about making/saving money or saving time or costs for the owner/company.

You have to think and present yourself in those terms when interviewing. Also it may help to understand that you are selling a product – the BEST product on the market – YOU!

Don’t just tell them what you can do SHOW them want you can do!