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Andrew Leer
When was the last time you got a job with a resume?
I'm trying to figure out if all this stuff about networking being the only way to find a job is hype or not.
Jessica Bahr:
Your network allows you to find more potential jobs, but if your resume doesn't get across how valuable you will be then you are screwed.
70 weeks ago
70 weeks ago
Julie O'Malley:
What's dead is the generic resume that just chronicles past job duties and expects employers to figure out if you're a match.Every resume you send ...MoreWhat's dead is the generic resume that just chronicles past job duties and expects employers to figure out if you're a match.Every resume you send should be a unique marketing document that addresses the employer's needs and illustrates the benefits you can contribute to their business.
70 weeks ago
70 weeks ago
Amanda Edgington
I have been invited to the final step in the interviewing process for a position as a plant operator, and was told it would be an interactive day. We would be split into groups with other candidates and given a project to work on for the day to see how we work in groups and fit in with the company structure. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this type of interviewing style and could give some insight on what to expect or any suggestions on preparing.
75 weeks ago from Engineers
Stanley Lee:
I think just be yourself. If you try to fake it, people will notice and it will look bad on your honesty. Even if you get through, you would then ...MoreI think just be yourself. If you try to fake it, people will notice and it will look bad on your honesty. Even if you get through, you would then have to fake it every day (which opens up a can of worms). Good luck!
75 weeks ago
75 weeks ago
Adam Fendom:
I've never been hired by a new plant startup, but again it sounds to me like you've already got the job. So congrats.
Best advice i can give ...MoreI've never been hired by a new plant startup, but again it sounds to me like you've already got the job. So congrats.
Best advice i can give would be to be charming and outgoing, there is a big chance that the people who've already been appointed to senior positions (teams are hired from the top down) will be wandering about scouting for people to ear mark for their team. Again shake those hands and say your name! Get remembered (positively) and you'll have a job.
The other option will be that they'll sit you down with a group of people/team for the team/group activities, and maybe two or three of that group/team will be people that have already been hired, and the group table you sit at might be where they plan on putting you in the plant or members of your future prospective department. In that case, be sure not to:
**Humiliate anyone in your group
**Be too bossy
**dominate
(hey it can happen, you won't automatically love everyone, and they won't automatically love you).
If it is all groups around tables stuff, Be sure during the "coffee-breaks" to shake hands and mingle, that's the part where people will get noticed for jobs in other departments outside of where HR thinks you should work. Getting snatched by another departments boss is a good thing, that's gonna mean that there are two people outside HR who want you to work in the organisation, and at least one person who going forward now has a vested interest in your success.
I'm not saying don't be yourself, just be your most charming and engaging self! which is tough.
A more cynical me, might suggest that you have some business cards (maybe even just cards with your name and university on it? if you don't have any business cards) to hand out. I'm not sure about that, and the idea springs from my problem that being charming, outgoing and engaging is something that i have trouble turning on... and i can be forgettable in a room full of people. I'd bet money on someone in the group doing it though.
I've never hired grads (or mass hired) but my memory for names is shocking, so if i was given a card... might help. Keep that for the mingling though, not any table or group activities.
Seriously, the the number one thing i've noticed that makes the difference about whether i get the job or not is my attitude. If i'm enthusiastic (literally asking "when can i start?") about the job/position, seals the deal. Also, show zero negativity, about anything!
Again, of course i could be way off base! but please let us know how it turns out, and good luck!
-A
74 weeks ago
Best advice i can give ...MoreI've never been hired by a new plant startup, but again it sounds to me like you've already got the job. So congrats.
Best advice i can give would be to be charming and outgoing, there is a big chance that the people who've already been appointed to senior positions (teams are hired from the top down) will be wandering about scouting for people to ear mark for their team. Again shake those hands and say your name! Get remembered (positively) and you'll have a job.
The other option will be that they'll sit you down with a group of people/team for the team/group activities, and maybe two or three of that group/team will be people that have already been hired, and the group table you sit at might be where they plan on putting you in the plant or members of your future prospective department. In that case, be sure not to:
**Humiliate anyone in your group
**Be too bossy
**dominate
(hey it can happen, you won't automatically love everyone, and they won't automatically love you).
If it is all groups around tables stuff, Be sure during the "coffee-breaks" to shake hands and mingle, that's the part where people will get noticed for jobs in other departments outside of where HR thinks you should work. Getting snatched by another departments boss is a good thing, that's gonna mean that there are two people outside HR who want you to work in the organisation, and at least one person who going forward now has a vested interest in your success.
I'm not saying don't be yourself, just be your most charming and engaging self! which is tough.
A more cynical me, might suggest that you have some business cards (maybe even just cards with your name and university on it? if you don't have any business cards) to hand out. I'm not sure about that, and the idea springs from my problem that being charming, outgoing and engaging is something that i have trouble turning on... and i can be forgettable in a room full of people. I'd bet money on someone in the group doing it though.
I've never hired grads (or mass hired) but my memory for names is shocking, so if i was given a card... might help. Keep that for the mingling though, not any table or group activities.
Seriously, the the number one thing i've noticed that makes the difference about whether i get the job or not is my attitude. If i'm enthusiastic (literally asking "when can i start?") about the job/position, seals the deal. Also, show zero negativity, about anything!
Again, of course i could be way off base! but please let us know how it turns out, and good luck!
-A
74 weeks ago
Kelly Seiler
Casting call for this new TV show! Its called Nerd Girls... a reality show about stylish women engineering students who get to do awesome projects. Watch the video; it looks awesome!
http://www.nerdgirls.com/casting
78 weeks ago from Engineers
Kelly Seiler:
Did you watch the video? It looks like they're going to focus on engineers helping the world and touch on some of the perception challenges women ...MoreDid you watch the video? It looks like they're going to focus on engineers helping the world and touch on some of the perception challenges women face. Of course since it's TV it's somewhat fashion focused... you can only ask for so much ;)
78 weeks ago
78 weeks ago
Chris Gammell:
I watched it and I didn't like it...granted, it was only for the casting call. To be honest, they're targeting the wrong type of woman/girl. You ...MoreI watched it and I didn't like it...granted, it was only for the casting call. To be honest, they're targeting the wrong type of woman/girl. You can't sell engineering as sexy, it just won't ever be. You can sell it as making a difference (which like you said, they're doing), but it looks like they're adding the "style" aspect to appeal to a wider audience. That's the problem. You have to find the young women that are intrigued by designing things and taking things apart (like the MAKE magazine kind of projects for kids). If you don't have that, you've lost the battle because regardless of how much "style" there is, it still requires an underlying curiosity and willingness to dig into problems.
78 weeks ago
78 weeks ago
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