| With a little work you can improve your chances of | | | | Call the managers secretary and ask if you could ask |
| getting a job. Finding a way to make you stand out | | | | a few questions about the interviewers. Make it clear |
| from the pack is the key. This requires some out of | | | | that you're just trying to get to know him or her to |
| the box thinking and strategies. Be unconventional in | | | | prepare for your interview. Do the same with anyone |
| your approach to getting a job. Back in the seventies | | | | in your network that knows the manager that's |
| Bill Gates and Stephen Jobs shook up the corporate | | | | looking to hire a new employee. Try to get to know |
| world with their radical management strategies at | | | | the person and their hobbies and passions. Work |
| MicroSoft. You know the rest of the story. This is | | | | these hobbies and passions into the interview if you |
| just an example and you probably don't have to go | | | | get the opportunity. Don't try to buddy up but show |
| as far as those guys did. But it shows the sky is the | | | | a sincere interest. Look for things you admire or |
| limit if you're willing to leave the herd mentality behind | | | | things you have in common to talk about. |
| to improve your chances of getting a job. | | | | But most of all, try to discover how the manager |
| Have the Right Attitude | | | | communicates. Then relate to the manager according |
| Read the book "How to win Friends and influence | | | | to his or her communication style. Is he or she a no |
| People" by Dale Carnegie to help improve your | | | | non-sense, all business get to the point kind of |
| chances of getting a job. This book is an easy read | | | | person or is he or she more personable and willing to |
| with the goal of making you a better all around | | | | talk about family and hobbies? |
| person. "How to win Friends and influence People" | | | | Have the Right Stuff? |
| emphasizes the importance of acknowledging the | | | | Take stock of yourself and find the intangible in you |
| "worth" of the people in our relationships. Implement | | | | that few other people have to offer. Ask yourself, |
| the principles in this book with the hope of improving | | | | "What is it that makes me special?" You should |
| your quality of life. | | | | emphasize the ability or quality that you have that's |
| Have the Right Plan | | | | going to help make your prospective employer more |
| Research the company and the people that will | | | | successful. It could be a great management style |
| interview and hire the prospective employee. Try to | | | | that captures the loyalty of the workforce or the |
| get a good understanding of the companies short | | | | ability to anticipate and avoid problems. Whatever this |
| and long-term goals. Try to match your abilities to | | | | characteristic turns out to be, it has to be something |
| the company's goals and prepare to share your ideas | | | | that helps lead to a more profitable business. |
| about how you would help the company reach its | | | | Recognize this ability and sell yourself to prospective |
| goals. | | | | employers as someone that has the right stuff. |
| Have the Right Connections | | | | |