50 Worst of the Worst Job Interview Mistakes
Today I read an blog post by Karen Burns, author of The Amazing Adventures of Working Girl: Real-Life Carer Advice You Can Actually Use, about the 50 Worst of the Worst (and most common) Job Interview Mistakes.
Some of the mistakes are pretty obvious, some are shocking (would anyone actually think about lighting up a cigarette in an interview???) Other mistakes were more modern, like forgetting to remove your Bluetooth earpiece.
My motivation of re-posting this insightful article is to ask you to read through this list of the worst of the worst job interview mistakes with an eye towards networking and relationship building. Some of these same mistakes occur when we network with other people.
These unconscious behaviors and negative actions can put a real damper on the conversation and can ruin any first impression that you hope to make. The results: it is unlikely that you will develop a long-term, mutually-beneficial relationship with the person you are networking with. More likely you will create the “yuck” response. That is the opposite of the law of attraction; it is the law of repulsion. Click here to read about more…
