Follow up the interview

Imagine you just finished your interview and now going home with the relaxed feeling of accomplishment. The interview went good and you absolutely sure that you are the best available person for that job. Unfortunately, they don’t call you back not today not even within a week, moreover, when you try to call them, the person either busy or not available. That happens quite often… There is no pill to prevent it, although we can follow up interview in order to establish relationships that would last.

Following up on interview one of the important stages of the interview process. Since it allows you not only find out feedback about how you performed at interview but also show to the potential employer one more time that you are the best person to be hired.

10 Interview rules

In the current job market, you'd better have your act together, or you won't stand a chance against the competition. Check yourself on these 10 basic points before you go on that all-important interview.

Look Sharp.
Before the interview, select your outfit. Depending on the industry and position, get out your best duds and check them over for spots and wrinkles. Even if the company has a casual environment, you don't want to look like you slept in your clothes. Above all, dress for confidence. If you feel good, others will respond to you accordingly.

Be on Time. Never arrive late to an interview. Allow extra time to arrive early in the vicinity, allowing for factors like getting lost. Enter the building 10 to 15 minutes before the interview.

Do Your Research.
Researching the company before the interview and learning as much as possible about its services, products, customers and competition will give you an edge in understanding and addressing the company's needs. The more you know about the company and what it stands for, the better chance you have of selling yourself. You also should find out about the company's culture to gain insight into your potential happiness on the job.

Be Prepared.
Bring along a folder containing extra copies of your resume, a copy of your references and paper to take notes. You should also have questions prepared to ask at the end of the interview.

Show Enthusiasm.
A firm handshake and plenty of eye contact demonstrate confidence. Speak distinctly in a confident voice, even though you may feel shaky

Listen.
One of the most neglected interviewing skills is listening. Make sure you are not only listening, but also reading between the lines. Sometimes what is not said is just as important as what is said.

Answer the Question Asked.
Candidates often don't think about whether or not they actually are answering the questions asked by their interviewers. Make sure you understand what is being asked, and get further clarification if you are unsure.

Give Specific Examples.
One specific example of your background is worth 50 vague stories. Prepare your stories before the interview. Give examples that highlight your successes and uniqueness. Your past behavior can indicate your future performance.

Ask Questions.
Many interviewees don't ask questions and miss the opportunity to find out valuable information. Your questions indicate your interest in the company or job.

Follow Up.
Whether it's through email or regular mail, the follow-up is one more chance to remind the interviewer of all the valuable traits you bring to the job and company. You don't want to miss this last chance to market yourself.

It is important to appear confident and cool for the interview. One way to do that is to be prepared to the best of your ability. There is no way to predict what an interview holds, but by following these important rules you will feel less anxious and will be ready to positively present yourself. Good luck

Countries to consider

So what are the countries that want you now? Different statistics shows different results. I believe it is highly depends on your qualifications. To make search easy you can type in monster different countries and just count number of recently added jobs on your specialization. You will see where is demand higher, and then you can choose do you want to live in country where is more work, or country with sea, or with winter, etc.

You can start your search from Poland, Czech Republic, Australia (it’s getting harder there), all Asia, and Russia. There are three places basically: Asia, developing countries, countries recently added to EU.

Some people say that America starting to get better in respect to the jobs, and Canada is always welcoming.

Looking for the better life

One of the ways to get a good new job is relocate to the place where the jobs are. For a long time Ireland had almost open boarders due to increased amount of new jobs and small amount of people to work; but now situation change and a lot of big multinationals transfer departments or the whole companies to the places where they can save money. For example Dell went to Poland, Ebbay transfer its customer support units to the its regions (Italian to Italy, and on). If job goes to the other place, why don’t you go to the place where job is?

Pros of going abroad:

1) You can meet a lot of new and interesting people
2) See a lot of new interesting places, travel
3) Get to know different culture, explore the world
4) In most of the developing countries English speaking people will be treated almost like Kings
5) Possibility of fast career development
6) Less money to spend every month due to the less expensive products.
7) Possibility of saving more money

Corns going abroad:

1) Necessity of relocation, moving belongings
2) Being far away from the family, friends
3) Possibility of receiving generally less salary
4) Some of the social infrastructure/benefits are not as developed as in Ireland
5) Driving from the other side of the road

I probably can think about 10 more pros and corns for relocation. It is really up to your desire to make a change in life. Be prepared that it will be a lot of things that you like or don’t like at the beginning. Personally I think that: “why not give it a try”. You never know what is waiting for you across the corner, but you will never know if you don’t go and check.

Part time jobs without employer

I would like to talk about so called product networks like Avon, ROCK team, and other. Those networks allow to work from home and you can regulate your day involvement. To enter most of these networks you have to buy starting minimum package and just try to sell it to as many people as possible.

Requirements are not difficult, but you have to be ready to work, talk to people, and sell. It will require extra effort from you, but look at the benefits you may get. If you are sitting at home doing nothing, that will give you a chance to start bringing money home.

There are also so called home to home sales teams like D7 marketing or other. To become a part of their team you actually have to pass sales training and interview process. This job requires full day involvement and consists of actually selling to people through door to door knocking. Advantage is that you may establish your own agency if you are successful at the early stages of selling. Establishing your own agency would mean constant salary with minimum involvement and being THE BOSS which is worth of hassle. I got impression that these agencies hire almost everybody who knocks to their door :)

What to do next?

It is useful to take your time to think about your future. I suppose around 60% of people are doing their job because it is paid good, not very difficult, loans needs to be paid off, or mother thinks it is good work to do... When I first entered my first job I was still in the university and it didn’t really matter what to do as long it was job and it was paid.

Choosing profession in early adulthood it is very easy to make a mistake. I was about to become engineer of nuclear power station when I first entered university. Although I quickly understood that this is not what I want, so I changed profession and university.

There are two disadvantages when you are doing what you not really like to do:

1) You are competing with people who absolutely adore that job, and of course at the end of the day they will be much better then you are and will be promoted faster.
2) I know it will sounds familiar, but : life is too short to spend it on things you don’t really like.

Fact that you have been made redundant means that you are not that young and have experience working and living. Take your time to think about things you really enjoy doing. If you found something you like to do, don’t rush. Try to make step forward and continue doing it for at least 4 weeks and see if you really like doing it. Mean while there are a lot of part time jobs and social benefits to support your living.