Interview Tips - Questions you can ask during the interview

Questions you can ask during interview

• What will my responsibilities be?

• Why is this position available?

• How will you assess my performance?

• How does this position fit into the rest of the company?

• Who will I report to and who will report into me?

• Does your company encourage further study?

• What are  your company’s further growth plans?

• Where will I be based?

• Will the position entail travel?

• How soon will you decide on the appointment?

• What is the next step? Where do we go from here?

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Interview Tips - Body Language

Body language do’s and donts

Walk slowly and deliberately when entering the room. Shoulders back. Walk tall

Give a firm handshake while maintaining constant eye contact. A firm handshake

shows confidence in yourself and your abilities

Never appear to be staring, look away from time to time. Never look down

Listen

Show enthusiasm, be alert. Your attitude should never be viewed as indifferent

Give non-verbal feedback by smiling and nodding

Control your movements. Do not hurry

 Do not fidget. Be aware of what you are doing with your hands. Avoid expansive

hand gestures

Don’t forget to breathe

Do not be aggressive or act in a superior, conceited or overbearing way

Do speak clearly with good diction and grammar

Do no talk too much

Do not lose concentration or attention

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Interview Tips - Closing The Interview

Closing the interview

Always close the interview on a positive note, even if you did not think that it went

that well. The interviewer may have thought otherwise

Confirm your strengths and the reason why you will be an asset to the company

If you really want the job, ASK FOR IT

If the job is offered to you on the spot and you want it, accept it

If the job is offered to you and you need to think about it, say so, stating a definite

time when you will get back to the employer

Show willingness and availability for a second interview

Ask at the end of the interview when the employer will be making the hiring decision

Thank the interviewer for the interview and end with a firm handshake

Don’t be too hard on yourself. Things don't always work out the way you hope

Laugh - it is the best medicine

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Interview Tips - Don'ts During an Interview

Don’t’s During an interview

Do not bad-mouth previous employers

Do not arrive unprepared for the interview

Do not make excuses for failings

Do not give vague responses to questions

Do not show too much concern about rapid advancement, yet do show a clearly

defined career path

Do not express strong prejudices or any personal intolerance

Do not show any reservation about the company or position. You can always refuse a

second interview after consideration

Do not over-emphasize money. Salary discussion is secondary. Your goal is to sell

Yourself

Do not leave your cell phone on during the interview

Do not chew gum

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Do's During an Interview

Do’s during the interview

Do introduce yourself clearly. Do give a firm handshake

Do be punctual

Do dress professionally

Do listen to the question carefully before answering

Do be prepared to answer basic questions

Do have good posture, body language, and good eye contact

Do have a positive attitude. Show confidence, maintain poise and SMILE

Do be assertive

Do market yourself. Do show your worth. Do show how your experience would benefit the company

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How to determine if a job offer/Advertisement is a scam?

How to determine if a job offer or job advertisement is a scam?

What is a job scam?

A job scam is when a person poses as a recruitment consultant or employer by placing attractive job advertisement in which a job seekers is either required to pay a certain sum of money or required to fax documentation to the said person or fax number.

Once your payment or fax has been made to them the scammer disappears no where to be found. You are then out of your money and still with no job.

How do we determine if a job offer or job advertisement is legitimate or not?

• Firstly the law in South Africa states that no agency or employer must charge a job seeker to apply for a position. Steer clear of any advertisement that states this, this being said that if a "scammer" should be smart enough to call you to a fake address and state that you should bring along a certain amount of money. Alarm bells should start ringing! Stay far far away. Never pay money to anyone for a job application.No legitimate agency or employer will ever ask you to pay to apply for a position. Please note that some agencies do charge for other services as reconstructing your CV ( this is completely legal), however charging a candidate to find a job or to apply for a job is not legal.
• Check out the email address that is placed with the advert, 90% of the time ( Not all the time, Some companies do use gmail accounts) these would be fake advertisements. Most recruiters and employers will have legitimate corporate email addresses.
• Do your research, when spotting a particular post that you may be interested in, research the company advertising the post  - do they have a legitimate website , do they have a contact number, when you phone the contact number  - who answers? what do they say? Compare the email address and telephone number provided on the advert to those on the website. Always check the source and ensure that the company is legally registered company.
• Google is your best friend - Google, google, google - google the company , what information can  you find.
• Work from home jobs ( BIG SCAM WARNING) - a lot of scammers are using this approach at the moment. Should this be in an advert this is most likely a scam. Adverts like this would go something to the effect of  - " fast growing company seeking individuals who would like to earn in the luxury of their own home, make up to R5000 per work working part time". Take note these are not good and will more often than not expect you to part with your money to sign up.
• Fax to email scam -When applying for a position there is only a fax number - Why? Call them to find out why. Which company uses fax to email for applications these days. Call them to find out if you are able to send the application via email rather.  Chances are the number you call does not exist. Check that Fax is not the only form of communication. The fact is here that modern recruiters would prefer you to email your CV in word format. They will accept a fax if this is the job seekers only resort to getting their CV through to the recruiter or employer.
• look out for poorly written adverts  stating no experience required
• Be aware of where the job advertisement is being placed - most recruiters and employers will use Pnet, Careers 24, Career Junction etc however also use Gumtree and a bunch of others in conjunction. 
• facebook posts about very reputable companies offering jobs and higher than market related salaries. Rather research and verify with the company that they have in fact placed the advert.

Despite the large number of scams, there are many legitimate, reputable organisations that genuinely help jobseekers to find work. A legitimate recruitment agency or employer will NEVER ask a job seeker to pay any amount of money to apply for a job.

Try and use sites they are specifically designed for Job advertisements.

Herewith a link to to 5 most common job scam in South Africa via Careers24 . https://goo.gl/qtR7Fb

The bottom line here is that you need to be aware and do your research. Research my be time consuming however at the end of the day you will not be out of pocket and your will not fall prey to identity theft.

Be safe! Be Aware and do your research! And the job search continues...