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The Difficulties Of The Job Interview

I have been out of work close to six months, fast approaching the termination of my unemployment checks. My mother just turned my bedroom in her condo into an office for her new husband. I am single with no appreciable significant other. My bank account is dwindling. I have been on over 60 interviews in the past five months. I have dutifully sent out resumes, and wait to get a phone call. I leave the house to get my mail, and alas, upon my return, there is a message on my machine. "We have received your resume, and would like to schedule an interview with you, " the woman's voice chirps. It's always a woman who calls to schedule the interview - a human resources bimbo whose bubbly voice raises the glass ceiling (or so she thinks). She carries the corporate banner proudly and follows the employee handbook to the letter. She seduces potential employees into believing that the company is as wonderful as she is.

I should be flattered. After all, employers receive over 100 resumes per job posted. However, I am disgusted. It means having to get dressed up in my suit that I once enjoyed wearing on special occasions but since has become a loathsome outfit that I would like to retire from my wardrobe. It means answering the same questions such as "Tell me a little bit about yourself."

That question infuriates me. What do they want to know? Do they want a brief personal bio? Or do they want a personality profile? It is such a vague question-a cop out on the part of the interviewer who did not adequately prepare for the interview. Surely, he or she could ask more specific and/or intelligent questions.

Another question that infuriates me is "tell me your strengths and weaknesses." Now, why would I admit to having any weaknesses? Books and articles on interviewing all stress that the interviewee should never say anything negative about oneself. This question flies in the face of reason. It just provides fodder for the employer not to hire you because usually your weakness is that asset they are seeking in a candidate.

Then, there is the issue of appearance. When I go on an interview, I feel like I have been sized up at the doorway before I have even opened my mouth. Why not include a picture of oneself with the resume to eliminate the need for coming into the office for a formal interview? A telephone interview provides an unbiased, casual way of getting to know the interviewee. In addition, who dresses for the job in the same way they dressed for the interview? I had an employer tell me that he wanted me to dress for work the same way I dressed for the interview. I looked at him (an attorney) like he was crazy.

The interview winds down, and the employee bids you farewell. Here, the interviewee attempts to get a read on whether he or she got the job. The interviewer is usually cold and business-like (synonyms), and utters, "We'll get back to you, " which means you'll never hear from him or her again. Or better yet, he or she gives you his or her business card and tells you to call if you haven't heard by such and such a date. You patiently wait, and give the person a call and get his or her voicemail and never get a call back.

All in all, for the foregoing reasons, job interviewing is a painstaking process that could use some reform. What can you tell about a person in 15 minutes? There's got to be a better way to match an employer to an employee.

By Janet Trakin - I have ghostwritten books, published web content, appeared in community newspapers and magazines, and have won an award for my creative writing from the Atlantic Monthly magazine. I received my B.A. from Col...

I have had a taped interview under caution from the job centre fraud squad today?? UK?
Today i went to the interview to find out what this is all about, they had copies of my last years bank statements to confront me with, transactions in question were from paypal totalling nearly 8 grand through last year extra to my JSA claim payments. SOUNDS BAD but i can explain!! I have been forced into a situation to sell off my belongings in order to raise money to pay my bills to prevent myself going bankrupt, i have over 14k in debt on credit cards alone, i am simply trying to do something about my debt by selling things off. I took a couple of my credit card bills with me as i guessed what it would be about, ALL paypal amounts on my main bank statement correlate to a big bill payment, ether credit card/MOT/ ect ect. Now they have asked me to provide proof that the items i sell were my possessions and i am not buying things to then resell afterwards, problem is i have had many of these items for a very long time, majority of the things i have sold was from a inherited coin collection i got over 20 years ago!! they have said and i quote the one guy as saying "you had better start digging and finding evidence to back up your claims" they have requested that i provide statements from my paypal account so they can see exactly what i have sold and also the value, is this within there rights to ask this? What business is it of theres to look at what possessions i have sold and for what value? they can see all paypal amounts received on my main bank statement, therefor why do they need a detailed breakdown? Many things i have sold are not even through ebay, they have been through private forums ect and only have the name of the buyer and the amount they paid without a description of the item sold. I think maybe i should contact CAB because i need to see where i stand legally If these people can obtain actual bank account statements then what else do they have the power to acquire? i have done nothing wrong, since when is it illegal to sell my own belongs in order to support myself?? Thanks for all answers so far, Dumdedum :- all they had was my bank statements and question marks over my "paypal income" they had no idea what it was from, i had to explain it all to them and now they want me to provide the Evidence to corroborate my explanation the best i can with whatever i have. He asked me my ebay user ID which i gave him, there isnt much sales traffic on it though as i only set that up 2 months ago as 95% was through private forum sales and gumtree ect ect

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applied for Job seekers allowance hoping to start business.?
ive applied for job seekers allowance however planning to open a business in the near future - say next 6 months.. If i tell the job centre people re the plan of opening a business will i be denied JSA ?! PLEASE HELP!

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can i ask my mp about work?
im trying to find work so i have bin looking in the citizen paper and there is a lot of warehouse jobs going in Milton Keynes where i live and most of the warehouse companies wont someone with a forklift license so i rang one of the warehouse house that was in the paper and spoke to them and they said that if u rang your Job Center they will help u with the funds so i did just that i rang and rang and spoke to lots of them and they told me that they will get an adviser to ring me back so i waited and yes waited so i rang them back and on five times that i rang they have told me that they will get someone to ring me all i would like is some help with with getting my forklift license so i can get a job and support my wife and kids.can i speak to my mp about this my mp i think is (Mr Stewart) thanks for taking your time reading this rob my benefits that im on are employment and support allowance, and DLA

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