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When speaking with clients who are in the process of interviewing for various job opportunities, one of the questions they are asked that has them worried that they may jeopardise their candidacy is: “Why do you want to leave your current job?”
Being asked the reason for wanting to leave your current employer can often be daunting, particularly if you have not considered this question and therefore not prepared a suitable response.
Here are a few tips on how to respond in a professional manner:

Keep your response concise. Quite often we can …

The interview with the hiring organisation is make or break time in the job search process. Organisations tend to only interview a very selected short list of candidates, so you are within a select few who might be offered the job. You do not want to get removed from the list, just because you did not interview very well.
Remember during the interview the organisation is trying to determine what unique skills or traits do you bring, do you meet or even exceed the expectations of the role, and finally do …

A growing trend in some industries is to conduct a phone interview before seeing the candidate. Sometimes this is to save time in the process, other times it might just be because the candidate is remote from the interviewers. The phone interview can be very difficult as you cannot see the body language of the interviewer and as humans we rely very heavily on body language. Many of the same tips apply for a phone interview as with a normal interview, with a few extras.

Make sure you take the phone …

What you wear to an interview is critical as first impressions count. Too formal or too casual and you bit be seen not to fit the culture of the organisation. Always wear conservative business attire, only in very rare cases is business attire not appropriate.
Remember the interview is not the place for the latest trends, shorts, T-Shirts, midriffs, cleavage and very short skirts. Inappropriate dress is one of the biggest failing of younger people trying to enter the workforce.
Typical attire for both sexes:

Solid colour, conservative suit, don’t get one or …

An example answer to a STAR question:

Situation: During my graduate placement last year, I was responsible for managing the annual customer Christmas party.
Task: I noticed that attendance by key customers at the event had dropped over the past 3 years and wanted to do something to improve these numbers.
Action: After approval from my manager I contacted the key customer representatives to collect feedback on our events to understand why they were not attending. Following this I run an internal round table discussion to raise awareness of the issue with our …

A majority of the interview will be you answering questions, as mentioned before these will most likely be behavioural based questions.
Answering behavioural based questions is a fairly simple process once you know what the interviewer is looking for. A typical interview question could be “Tell me about the most challenging change you’ve faced at work. What did you do? What were the results?” This question is trying to assess you adaptability to change, and how you cope with change.
The behavioural interviewing approach tries to uncover how you behave in specific …

During the interview make sure you follow these tips:
Smile and shake hands firmly this shows that you are happy to meet the interviewer and interested in the job.
When talking to people always look them in the eye, remember eye contact is one of the most important aspects of nonverbal communication.
Remember your manners and be polite to everyone you meet. Some organisation use the input from all employees including the receptionist and secretaries in making hiring decisions
Honesty is critical, never try to pretend you did something.
Remember you are trying to sell …

Some of the steps in preparing for the interview are:

Learning about the hiring organisation, having no knowledge of what the organisation does is a critical mistake.
Researching the interviewers, as with knowing about the organisation ensure you know who will be interviewing you.
Deciding what additional information you would like about the role and organisation.
Reviewing the job description to determine potential interview questions.
Preparing potential answer to the questions in a behavioural interview style.

The interview with the hiring organisation is make or break time in the job search process. Organisations tend to only interview a very selected short list of candidates, so you are within a select few who might be offered the job. You do not want to get removed from the list, just because you did not interview very well.
Remember during the interview the organisation is trying to determine what unique skills or traits do you bring, do you meet or even exceed the expectations of the role, and finally do …