{"id":12534,"date":"2022-06-25T01:19:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T01:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/mistakes-to-avoid-when-job-hunting\/"},"modified":"2022-06-25T01:19:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T01:19:52","slug":"mistakes-to-avoid-when-job-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/mistakes-to-avoid-when-job-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistakes To Avoid When Job Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">One of the most common mistakes job seekers make\u00a0is failing to master effective interviewing.\u00a0 Here are some interviewing guidelines to help you wow employers, whether it being a telephonic or in-person interview.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><u>Telephonic Interviews<\/u><\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">These tend to feel more relaxed and casual and the candidate can easily come across as too casual with a wishy-washy tone that could translate to the employer that they may have a slacker on board.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Try to stand and walk around during telephone interviews as to promote a proactive and confident tone of voice.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Answer \u2018yes\u2019 as honestly as possible rather than getting off the topic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Avoid telling the employer more than they need to know as this may end up reflecting badly on you.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><u>In-person Interviews<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Avoid being overly casual and maintain eye contact upon greeting your interviewer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Always try to make a good first impression by dressing in a formal manner. The general rule of thumb is government employees and executive positions are usually a formal dress code whereby many technology companies adopt a more casual dress code.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Do your research and ask relevant questions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><u>Other Mistakes are<\/u><\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Avoid asking the employer about salary and holiday \/ leave time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Your body language is very important and can give tell tale signs to the employer that you might find the interview boring, questions too difficult or that you may not be a team player.\u00a0 Always adopt an open outlook and meet your interviewer\u2019s eyes when answering their questions.\u00a0 Avoid looking at your watch, folding your arms, eye-rolling or frowning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Never answer your mobile phone or text during an interview, rather turn your mobile off completely during your interview.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><u>Inflating Your CV<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As tempting as it may seem to \u2018beef up\u2019 your CV in today\u2019s competitive market, this will be a sure way to guarantee that it will be immediately binned if the employer suspects that you have not been honest about your skills and experiences.\u00a0 Always highlight relevant experiences but remember it is not worth lying to land the position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><u>Errors on Cover Letters and CV No-No\u2019s<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Employers always look for spelling and grammar errors on both the curriculum vitae and accompanying cover letter.\u00a0 It is essential that you use proper grammar, punctuation and your spelling is accurate.\u00a0 Run- on sentences should be avoided as well as misplaced apostrophes and the improper use of capitalization, which will make you appear to be unqualified and uneducated.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most common mistakes job seekers make\u00a0is failing to master effective interviewing.\u00a0 Here are some interviewing guidelines to help you wow employers, whether it being a telephonic or in-person interview&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}