Interviewing Over Lunch: Are You at Risk?
Sometimes a hiring process will include having lunch with the hiring manager. Despite anything said to the contrary (like "It'll just be an informal lunch so we can get to know each other."), this is a formal part of your interview! This can be a very tricky situation. Impressions made in a restaurant are just as important as those in an office or meeting room. If you don't want an "eating mishap" to ruin your chances at a new job (or a promotion if you're dining with the boss), follow these tips: 1. Avoid ordering messy foods. This includes long pasta, of course, but also anything with stringy cheese... you know, the kind that stretches up with your fork from the plate to your mouth. Watch out for soup, anything with a sauce or other "drippable" ingredient. No matter how careful you are, you know an invisible hole can magically appear in your spoon and cause you to drip all over yourself! Even a salad can be hazardous! Have you ever tried to spear a cherry tomato with your fork and squirted yourself, your neighbor, or watched the tomato go flying off your plate? Not impressive. Avoid cherry tomatoes. 2. Mind your manners. First, let me say I am definitely NOT "Miss Manners." These are just common-sense tips, not something you'd learn at charm school. (So don't send me an email with the "proper" etiquette, OK?) This may be considered old-fashioned and unnecessary by some (especially women's libbers, if there's still such a thing), but I think it's still a nice courtesy for a man to pull out a chair for a woman. Either sex can offer to take someone's coat and hang it up. In general, just be nice, thoughtful, and courteous. Thank the servers. If you're in a fancy place with 6 different forks, 3 knives and 2 spoons, don't freak out about which to use for what. In general, they're placed in the order in which the food that you use them with will be served... implement furthest from the plate being used first. So when the salad comes out first, grab the fork furthest from your plate. Or just watch what the big shot does and follow his/her example. If your food comes out first, don't start scarfing it down while the other(s) wait for their food to arrive. If they're courteous, they'll invite you to go ahead before your food gets cold. Likewise, if someone else has been served and is waiting while your food is delayed, invite them to go ahead and eat. Don't reach... ask someone to pass. Don't use your bread to mop up sauce, soup, or anything else. Don't slurp or burp. Ever. Yes, this may be acceptable in some countries as a way to show appreciation for good food, but if you're in the U.S., don't do it. Even if the big shot does. 3. Watch the cost. It doesn't matter if you've been told, "Order anything you'd like, this is on me." Do not order the most expensive thing on the menu! Even if the big shot does. 4. Beer or wine? Have you seen that commercial where several guys are at a restaurant with a big shot and he asks what they want to drink? They go around the table and all order a non-alcoholic drink except for the last guy, who orders a Sam Adams (beer). The big shot is "impressed" and orders the same. Hah! Never fall for anything you see in a beer commercial! Would you have a beer or glass of wine at the office? (You better say "No!") Despite the surroundings, food and drink, if this is a business function (and it certainly is if you're interviewing or discussing business with your boss), do NOT order alcohol! Even if the big shot does. Remember, the bottom line is that it's not about the food or the drink -- it's about making a good impression! Bonnie Lowe is author of the popular Job Interview Success System and free information-packed ezine, "Career-Life Times." Find those and other powerful career-building resources and tips at her website: http://www.Best-Interview-Strategies.com
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End Telemarketing With The No Call List
Most phone owners have been bombarded by unwanted telemarketing calls during an otherwise peaceful evening or weekend. The dinnertime telemarketer phone call has become so common it is a nearly universal concept in modern society. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been receiving complaints in the increasing numbers from consumers throughout the United States about the unwanted and uninvited calls to their homes from the telemarketers since the practice began.
Generating Leads Through Telemarketing
Telemarketing is one of the most common ways that a business can generate leads. It is a versatile approach.
Success: Is Success A Croc and Peddled By Internet Snake Oil Salesman?
My colleague and I were talking earlier today and we are intrigued by the number of people and companies peddling solutions for becoming a success. From people offering solutions through making millions by buying properties or others pushing you to buy a business and make your money that way. Is success really something anyone can achieve or is it really simply the luck of the draw?
Do Not Call Telemarketing List
If you are one of many people fed up with telemarketers spoiling your evening or weekend with calls you will be glad to know that there is a solution in site. The Federal Communications Commission or FCC for short has been receiving numerous complaints from consumers and have decided to address this issue through the establishment of a Do Not Call Registry.
Businessman's Dream: No More Cold-calling
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Sales Therapy 101: Breaking Your Fear of Cold Calling
Almost every day, visitors to my Unlock The Game™ website click on my live instant-messenger chat button, which invites them to "Ask Ari a selling question."And do you know what their most common question is?Yes, you guessed it: "Is there any way I can break through or overcome my fear of cold calling?"Most of us have at least some resistance to cold calling, and some people I talk with have such a paralyzing visceral and emotional fear of cold calling that they can't even consider doing it.
Interviewing Over Lunch: Are You at Risk?
Sometimes a hiring process will include having lunch with the hiring manager. Despite anything said to the contrary (like "It'll just be an informal lunch so we can get to know each other.
Sales' Dirty Little Secret - Cold Calling is the Down-and-Dirty Hardest Part of Selling
Salespeople hate to cold call. Yet their job is to find new customers. What everyone avoids talking about in the sales interview is that the salesperson must cold call to find those customers. It's sales' dirty little secret. If you require your salespeople to cold call and you want to train them to get better at it quickly, check out the new website www.SalesWebinarsOnDemand.com.
Live InterViewing Remote Applicants -- Its Rewards Reach Beyond Hiring
Now, Live InterView remote applicants. With TeleCommuter Live-InterViewer? you challenge applicants with work they'll meet on the job ... so they show you they can do the job ... not just tell you. Find the best TeleCommuters to trust to work at home. Or pre-interview any type of employee anywhere to bring in the best of the best.
Recruiting Firm Shares Not-so-obvious Questions to Avoid While Interviewing a Job Applicant
Employers should not make the mistake of asking applicants potentially illegal questions in a job interview - recruiting firms shares top areas to avoid.
5 Interviewing Tips To Get That Job!
Anyone who is a jobseeker knows that looking for a new job or career is a job in itself. Once you have completed the laborious task of writing your resume and submitting it to various companies, you now have to pass the screen test to get the job.
Sell Without Feeling Like A Used Car Salesman
Many business owners and professionals are appalled at the thought of having to sell their products or services. If you are going to be successful though, regardless of your profession, you are also going to be in the business of selling.
Telemarketing Services, India
With the availability of skilled manpower and quality output, telemarketing services from India are being outsourced globally. Telemarketing is in fact, one of the key services that is being offered to clients across the world by talented call center consultants working round the clock at international standards.
Schedule Telemarketing Time For More Success
Telephone canvassing, or cold calling, is the practice of sitting down with a long list of potential prospects you've never met and telephoning them, one at a time, to learn which of them needs what you sell and then arranging to sell it to them.Believe me, nobody likes telephone cold calling.
Avoid a Three-ring Circus with These New Interviewing Strategies
I referenced the circus because I just finished another interviewing book that recommends asking for the job before leaving the interview. I can envision up to 15 qualified professionals each asking the interviewer for the job.
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