Interview Advice and Tips for Success
| Alternative Careers for Scientists | I’m a Scientist, Get Me Out of Here!!!!! Many people, having completed their BSc, MSC or PhD, or perhaps having completed one or more post doctoral assignments, feel that laboratory work is no longer for them. |
| Create a Brag File! | When you enter the job market it is important to realise that you will be competing with many others, and you must prepare to make hiring managers aware of your many virtues. In other words, you must prepare to ‘sell’ yourself! As well as writing a good CV, you should create a folder of documents which identify you as a person of considerable merit. |
Making your job interview successful |
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How to win out at interviews |
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| Telephone Interviews | Preparing for a telephone interview |
Good news! You've been offered a second interview for a job you'd like to do, at a company you would like to join. But don't go choosing your new company car just yet, you still have work to do. |
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| Just Graduated? | You've just graduated and are wondering "what on earth do I do now?" Here's how to get your career going! |
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Discover what your future employer may be reading about you. |
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You're attracted to the idea of a career in sales. Perhaps you have friends or relatives who are enjoying, and being successful in, a sales career. Perhaps you've heard of the fortunes that can be made in a sales job. Or maybe it's just that you're fed up with your own job, and you're considering sales as one of a number of possible career options. Whichever is the case, here are a number of issues to think about, and a few things you can do to prepare for your first interview for a sales position. |
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An amusing look at a day in the life of two very different sales people |
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| NEVER Accept Counter Offers! | If you choose to accept an offer and resign from your current employment, you must be prepared to resist powerful, persuasive tactics which your employer can use to change your mind. |
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Some suggestions on how to write a good CV |
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Here is the mock CV of a purely fictitious Gerald Fitzpatrick. This link will open in Microsoft Word and you can overwrite it with your own information and save it on your PC. To save the document to your PC without opening the document just right click on the title and select 'save target as'. |
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If you are out of work or are in need of a job, do not despair! There are many ways you can help yourself. |
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If you are new to the sales industry, here are some of the more common titles used and a general description of the roles they are likely to represent. |
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What is selling? - The sales cycle! |
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More reasons to consider a sales career! |
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| Final Interview Presentations | Companies are more frequently asking candidates to make a presentation at the final interview in the hiring process. The purpose of this is... |
| Recommended Reading | Sales and personal development books from Amazon |
