| Topic Name: |
Interview advice |
| Message Name: |
request for an interview |
| Date Posted: |
04/18/2002 |
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Hopefully, you changed jobs more early in your career and less often now. As an HR Manager, my concern with looking at a resume with constant job changes would be: How long did they spend at each job. If you had 2 jobs in your first 1.5 years, than 4 in 13.5 - it isn't as bad. Did you ever leave a job without having another one? Once is ok, but is there a pattern of you doing this? If it looks like you leave a lot of jobs quickly, and your response is that it wasn't a good fit, your judgement will be questioned. In any of these jobs did you change professions? If not, were all of these jobs a step up? Were you fired?
If i were interviewing you, these would be my questions. I personally am not intimidated by a potential candidate who spends an average of 3 years per job, but the president of my company would probably not interview them.
Your saving grace in these interviews would be 1) If the frequency of leaving jobs has decreased as you have become more expereinced. 2) If you had a specific career goal, and were able to articulate what it is, and how your decisions have helped you/will help you to get there. 3) if you can tell me how this company meets your goal (in other words, research the heck out of this organization)
Good Luck with your job search |
| Message: |
My name is Dylan McClain and I am writing an article for The New York Times about "human capital." Would you be willing to speak with me? I can be reached at (212) 556-7027 or via e-mail at mcclain@nytimes.com Thank you
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