JOB HUNTING TIP: Don’t let opportunity ‘Sleep’ away

JOB HUNTING TIP: Don’t let opportunity ‘Sleep’ away

You might find this hard to believe but your body is not a machine.

Even if it were, machines need rest too…especially before going in for a job interview.

The level of preparation you put in for your job interview will not count if you are mentally absent on D-day.

Avoid this by getting enough rest so you can wake up alert and ready to deal with any questions your interviewer throws at you. Picture the alternative, which is zoning off mid-sentence with your mouth open. Not a pretty picture, is it?

In addition to getting the rest you require, prepare to be honest, especially when asked about your strengths. The temptation to reel out a long list of impressive ‘strengths’ is inviting, but don’t do it!

Why go with the crowd and claim to be a ‘team player’ just because it sounds good to the ear when you like to work alone? Stick to the truth.

Lying has its downfalls. Fish learnt this the hard way when he lied about his age to his interviewer(s) in our previous Diary of a Job Hunter episode. Who needs a calculator to figure out their age? Fish, that’s who! He’s also the only one with a younger – older brother.

On a serious note, prospective employers want to hire honest, efficient and reliable people. Lying, dozing off or lack of preparedness doesn’t mirror those qualities.

Watch Fish’s ‘No Sleep No Slumber’ in this week’s Diary of a job hunter and see why you shouldn’t underestimate rest or exaggerate your strengths.

Need more tips to help you shine at your next job interview? Be sure to follow the Diary of a Job Hunter series every week on www.armpension.com/jobhunter/ and our social media pages @armengage.

See ya!

PS.

If you missed any, you can catch up on previous episodes here.

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Don’t ask me to trust him!

Don’t ask me to trust him!

Cynthia looked at the wall clock for the umpteenth time, willing time to fly. Barely 15 minutes into the one-hour counselling session, she was exasperated already. Much as she loved her job as a marriage/relationship counsellor, there were those days and those couples capable of making her rethink her career choice. The Gregorys were on the top of that list. How they manage to stay married is nothing short of a miracle. Mrs Gregory disbelieves everything her husband says, certain he has coloured the truth, at best. Mr Gregory was tired of being perpetually labelled a liar. If only his wife would trust him!

Before you label Mrs Gregory an unrepentant doubting Thomas, take a sneak peek into her experience with lying men.

The trail commenced with her father who persistently lied to her mother that he had an active textile business in Lome, Togo. He would go for days and return with goodies for the family. They only realised he was a car smuggler after he lost his life in a gun battle with Customs officials. Her uncle also made empty promises to take care of her and her siblings. She ended up hawking on the streets after the Uncle took away everything her father left behind for them. Kunle, the love of her youth could never be caught telling the truth and Ben, the sales boy she employed when her provision store started to thrive would effortlessly triumph at any lying competition.

To cap it up, Mr Gregory had also lied to her. That one time, when he told her he was off to a business meeting whereas he was actually hanging out with the boys. If not for Pat, his loud-mouthed friend who asked how he was coping with the hang over after last night’s fun, she would never have known the truth about her husband’s whereabouts the previous night. He says he only lied that one time, but who can tell? Who knows what else he has been lying about? Heaven forbids that she trusts a lying man.

Cynthia smiled inwardly, the one hour was almost over. Mrs Gregory had managed to draw her husband into a shouting match with her unmasked disregard for his words, using up all the time. Finally managing to get in a word, Cynthia introduced them to the trust creed. She had come up with a trust creed when she observed that majority of the marriages brought before her fundamentally suffered from lack of trust.

Who can blame them really, trust is one of those things everyone gives sparingly.

Every time someone demands your trust, you weigh them to determine their integrity level. Previous actions and the opinion of other people about them often inform the decision to place or withdraw your Trust.  This explains why people are often wary of committing their estate to an organisation. It is the fear that everything you have gathered over the years will be mishandled or carted away. However, is it not more relaxing to commit your affairs to a tested and trusted organisation with a verifiable track record and strict regulation than to leave it to the hands of fate? Think about it!

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