Job Hunter Newsletter
The Company-Site Interview Process
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IN THIS ISSUE:
- Job Search Tip of the Week - "The Company-Site Interview Process"
- Help Spread The Word!
- Job Search Links
- Free Job Search Book
- Job Search Tip of the Week, by Brian Krueger, author of "College Grad Job Hunter," the #1 book for entry level job search:
"The Company-Site Interview Process"
Usually you will initially meet with your sponsor. Depending on the company, you may have a published agenda for the day. This may include simply names and times of scheduled interviews, or additional information, such as titles and departments for each person, and the purpose of each interview.
This isn't the thirty-minute on-campus interview with one person. You will spend the better part of a day meeting with several people who will determine your fate.
The interviews can range from peer level to potential managers to executives. Many companies will have you meet with several different managers, any one of whom could be your potential manager. At the peer level, you may be given the opportunity to meet with one or two recent graduates who have just begun work with the company in the past year or two. The purpose of this interview is to give you a feel for what the company and the position are really about. But do not let down your guard in this interview or get too chummy. Even peer interviews have input into the final decision. Interviews with managers two or three levels above your entry position are sometimes designed to give the executive the final rubber stamp, but are often included as a final sell for a prize candidate.
You may also be asked during the course of the day to take a test or assessment. These tests and assessments are used to bring a level of objective standardization into the hiring process.
Next newsletter: "Company-Site Exams and Testing Part 1"
- Help Spread The Word!
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Job Search Links:
- Searching job postings
- Setting up a job alert
- Post your resume
- Update your posted resume
- Creating your resume
- Quickstart resume templates
- Creating your cover letter
- Career information/exploration
- Employer research
- Top Entry Level Employers
- Interviewing techniques
- Salary info--how much are you worth?
- Job offer negotiation
- Job Search Book Online
There are at least two other entry level Web sites that offer books on job searching, proclaming that they will tell you everything you need to know about entry level job search.
However, there is a very important point about these books they don't mention up front: they cost money.
At CollegeGrad.com, we give you two things they don't:
- The #1 entry level job search book ("College Grad Job Hunter").
- It's free.
It's that simple. So don't buy the hype. Read the real information you need for FREE:
http://www.CollegeGrad.com/book
Don't ever pay for books or reports or resources of lower quality when you can access the very best quality information for free.
P.S. Yes, you can buy "College Grad Job Hunter" in hardcopy format as well at Amazon.com for $15 (actually, 30% off that price), but the online version is better. Why? Because the version at Amazon.com is being continually updated at CollegeGrad.com. So the most current version of the book is actually the online, free version.
