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You can achieve any career you desire if you know how to go about it. Many times I have asked my students.

"How many job applications have you submitted?"
Their reply, "Hundreds"
My reply. "How many?"
"Well, maybe about fifty" they say.
"How many?" I say.
"Well, maybe one or two" Is the reply.

We all suffer from exaggeration to some degree, but you need to be realistic when dealing with actual facts.

If you are presently looking for a job or career then be honest with yourself. How many times have you tried? 100, 200, 1000 or maybe just two. Many people who are now considered in high positions have tried and tried again. It's not unusual for a person to try as many as 500 times before they even get to an interview.

Because you have posted over 500 career and job applications you are now bound to be very nervous at your interview. After all you don't want to lose this career opportunity and start all over again with another 500 job applications.

Find a job interview
After your job application has been accepted and an interview arranged, you should start to prepare yourself.

What sort of self-imageYour self-image, determines your progress in life. Are you afraid to find the job of your dreams do you have?

Depending on the type of career interview you are having will determine how you dress. Look at other people who are already doing that kind of work and dress accordingly. I have even known car mechanics who went to an interview in their work clothes and got the job.

I would not suggest though you went in your overalls for an office job interview in a service station. You need to use a little imagination. Find the right clothes and looking smart will raise your self-image.
Doing a little research on the company you are hoping to join would also help. It will get you into the mental state of feeling you already work there.

Consider this;
The people interviewing you need another member of staff for their team. Career and jobs are created by people for people.
Job applicants have similar qualifications. The way to get round this is first of all realise you are there at the interview because you match the criteria the company is looking for.

You now have to conform with the company you are being interviewd at.

During the interview do not use negative expressions such as, you can only work if the month has an "R" in it. You need 6 weeks holiday starting one month into the job.

Make yourself open to all suggestions at your interview. These questions are designed to see if you are a willing adaptable employee.

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True Life Stories

Jobs that get away
I will start with one of my own experiences.

I researched well about the company I was hoping to join. The position I had applied for was associated with the electrical industry, all of my experience and qualifications were in the mechanical industry. Nevertheless I thought I would give it a go, after all I had nothing to lose, I was unemployed at the time.

The vacancy was to setup and run a new branch of the business, in a location some 400 miles from head office.

Out of 52 applicants I was selected for interview, along with another 5 candidates.
My interview was going fine until I was asked the question

"What salary do you require? What would make you get out of bed? Since you would be on your own initially and you would be walking into an empty cold building, and have to build up your team & equipment from scratch."

The question threw me completely, never thought I could ask for my own salary. I then said to the guy who owned the company. "How much are you offering?" He now became very harsh. "What are you worth, you tell me?" He said.

All of my research could never have prepared me for that question, at that time it was unheard of to ask for your own salary, or maybe I wasn't used to applying for top jobs.
What I was naive about though was - body language. I thought of my own, but did not consider his. What did he say "What would you get out of bed for?" Should have told me he was motivated by money, and he thought others were as well. Little did he know I was motivated more by commitment to him, and not his money. To me the money was a bi-product.

The letter that followed, some two weeks later, said that I had not been offered the position as I was his second choice. The feedback that followed said that I was first choice on commitment and willingness, but second choice on salary. The guy that got the job valued himself more than I valued myself and asked for a salary nearly double the one I asked for.

Moral of the story, listen carefully to the question being asked and do not under value yourself.
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