Posts Tagged ‘interviewers’
We’ve all seen the ads. The skinny young boy, inspired by an iron man, he eats his nutri-grain and grows up to become the next generations elite sportsman, and the motto reminds us “You only get out, what you put in”. This advice, though somewhat generic when applied to a breakfast cereal, is really quite [...]
Ted Mosby is an all round nice guy. He has a good group of friends and he has definite direction in his life. In fact we all know where Ted’s story leads; the two kids on the lounge show us how it ends up. What we don’t know is how he gets there? In fact [...]
So you have finished your degree, maybe travelled a little, are well and truly sick of your part time job and decided you are finally ready to bite the bullet and get into full time work. But what job is that? If you are a recent graduate looking to get into the business sector, it [...]
Excuses, excuses! ProGrad have recently discovered a disturbing statistic- there is a shocking rate of Grandparents coming down with a serious illness on a Thursday morning. Also peaking on a Thursday prior to 9am is the rate of graduate job offers. Who are all these companies that call you before business hours to offer you [...]
How to prepare for the assessment day: ProGrad are Australia’s only dedicated graduate assessment, placement and training company. We receive hundreds of applications each week from graduates looking to join the ProGrad program. Our filtering process begins with a CV Screen and a telephone interview. In order to be selected to attend an assessment centre, [...]
When attending interviews, you are in essence selling yourself. You are the product and you need the interviewer to buy into you. Think about yourself as a product. What is your brand? How do you represent your brand? What does your brand say about you? Are you a premium brand? What are the key objectives [...]
With fewer roles available in the current job market, and more job-hunters out there, it is essential that job seekers act carefully during the job application process. Nothing screams “lazy job seeker” quite like a generic email with a generic resume sent to every employer advertising a role. What job seekers don’t see, is the [...]
This is without a doubt one of the most difficult interview questions to answer. It’s up there with “What is your greatest weakness?” Where most candidates go wrong, is shooting too high when answering this question. In having high expectations, it can scare a potential employer. They may believe in that talent and potential, yet [...]
As a recent graduate, it is likely that your interview experience will be limited and therefore it is hard to know what the general expectation is when you’re visiting a company for an interview. Always treat an interview as though it were a business meeting. Put yourself in the shoes of a professional business person. [...]
I was sitting in a coffee shop this week, moments before starting a large graduate assessment day. In preparation for the 40 or so graduates who were about to be in attendance, I was quickly eating some food and drinking a quick coffee, knowing it would be the last time for the next 6 hours [...]
