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SexyThoughts -> RE: Should I stop searching? A question of youth. (10/3/2011 3:50:18 AM)
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Just to add to the job hunting part. Get someone in the hiring demographic to check your CV. A lot of things I thought looked good in my CV when I was young and starting out, are now red flags when I see them in someone else's CV. So get second opinions.
When you are talking to businesses about whether they have a job, don't stop at that question if they say no. Ask them if they know of a friend at another business that might be hiring? If they do, ask them for a contact name? If you're on foot, you have a valid excuse to ask them to call their friend to check "if the jobs available", which saves you walking time and stops you being a stranger when you go there. Before you leave ask them about the hirer. Don't forget to thank everyone who helps you, when they help you. If you get a job, invest some of the paycheck into their good and services, so they get a warm fuzzy feeling and you get a reputation you can reuse next time.
Pay attention to dress codes. If you're near ex military officers, shine your shoes to a mirror, it's their secret handshake. Stuffy corporates prefer suits with white shirts. Non stuffy go for colored shirts. Techies do t-shirts until they sellout. Labor work means sturdy, clean clothes. Depending on their culture, you're be called talent, headcount, bodies, resources, staff, people or workers, it's a little thing, but it's jargon. If you're "like them", you'll use the flavor of jargon they use to fit in seamlessly.
You want to dress to fit into the company, so before you go to an interview, subtly check out the place at lunchtime first to gauge the staff dress code. Binoculars are the wrong approach. I breeze into receptions, explain I have an interview tomorrow with X, and ask how they dress. It's a legit question. If the receptionist is bored enough, I ask about the receptionist, the culture, what they like and don't like. I've learned names, future business direction, competitors.... Don't go overboard, or be sleazy, but push yourself a step more forward than you usually do.
Then you go home, research the hell out of the company, their competitors, the way the market is going.
Then the day of the interview, walk in well groomed, not sweating and dressed like the hirer.
Greet the receptionist by name and resume the previous conversation, to instantly make every other interviewee feel out of place. If you're sweating from walking, go the bathroom and cup your palms under a cold tap for a minute or two until you stop sweating. Then wash your face and dry it, so you have a closed pore, cool, calm demeanor. Greet the interviewer with both your smile and the receptionists smile, interviewers notice these things. You should have a rough idea on the questions that'll be heading your way, and once they've stopped asking you questions, don't just sit there, ask relevant questions back.
You're a Dom so get inside their head. You want them to think about hiring extra staff, so ask about plans for expansions. Ask how they deal with managers fighting over too few staff/resources/talent/headcount. Ask them about their leadership style, so their ego gets inflated. What's their hobbies?
They're looking for red flags in you, so should you be when you're looking at them.
Learning to program computers is "free" as the internet, provides basic compilers, and discussion forums filled with Pro's on how it's being done in the real world, right now. . It just takes time, motivation and money for electricity and internet. Don't suck, but also don't overestimate the competition. Y
Half of ICT is faking and the other half is distracted by something more interesting .... http://thedailywtf.com/
And as for an apartment to call you own.. take care. If you're depressed, being isolated might make you a shut-in. Renting with other people, is cheaper. Plus interacting with other people provides a constant reality check, a wider social circle and a constant irritation that'll motivate yourself to get the money to get a bigger space. Plus if you're all poor, your sex life will improve, since it's cheap entertainment.
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