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Posted by: alexrudloff 1 year, 5 months ago

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Making a good first impression with a potential employer involves more than just showing up with a smile. During an interview you have numerous opportunities to show your potential new employer how organized, prepared, experienced, and effective you are. It just takes a little bit of preparation. From the basics to the unique, here are a few pointers to help you know exactly what to take to an interview.

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tdrapeau1 year, 5 months ago

As one of the comments on the blog relates, no Sex Panther cologne. :)
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  followme12 months ago
  
  Hmmm...
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NelsonR1 year, 5 months ago

I have come to the belief they all come with a lying agenda.
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blksentra21 year, 4 months ago

And make sure you're wearing pants when you leave the house, I can't tell you how many times that's cost me a job.
lol
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  WCFIELDS1 year, 4 months ago
  
  A nice Raincoat will do if you prefer to go sans pants....
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    blksentra21 year, 4 months ago
    
    Yeah, but eventually, they'll tell you to remove it before the interview begins. :(
    If had know what was going on around this time, I would be way beyond "Looking" for a job.
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JohnChasWebb1 year, 4 months ago

Re: What to Bring to an Interview
If one does not mind redundancy then they can wear a "I will work for food" sign!
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ListenUP1 year, 4 months ago

I usually bring something "borrowed" from my previous employer's desk like an expensive engraved pen or paperweight. It not only proves that you have had a job but gives you plenty of time to answer questions cause the room usually goes strangely quiet when you whip out the item with someone else's name on it and say "Pig vomit sends his regards, ha ha ha!"
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chas1 year, 4 months ago

"What to TAKE to an interview"..
During the interviews I conducted I deducted points for improper usage of bring/take and other such ignorant examples of the lack of command of the English language.
When dealing with the public you want an employee that will impress a customer.
Similar language is often used in the resumes tendered by applicants with college degrees. You can guess which stack those resumes land in.
I do not use the "Queens English" but there are simple basic language skills people should know and use.
So "TAKE" correct language skills with you to an interview.

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  WCFIELDS1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Well, I'm pretty good educated and I alays figgered I'd jist brang along dat stuff whut I needed.
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ListenUP1 year, 4 months ago

Chas.
1st and 4-most, they don't be talking so good in Queens. Bronx neither.
2ndly, you end a sentence with a prepysition. That kind of error up with which I shall not put.
Notwithstanding, you be so right bout this. One be BRINGING stuff to the interview not TAKEING. The only thing you TAKE is what you get away with when they ain't looking.
So TAKE that!
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sue20081 year, 4 months ago

Interviewer once called me for an interview and he asked me to wear something business casual nothing into the night-I didn't get the job- I think he meant to wear something into the night so he can see my assets

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  bigG1 year, 4 months ago
  
  Maybe he wanted to see if you were willing to work "undertime".
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jumpmaster1 year, 4 months ago

These are all very basic things. If a person needs to have these things spelled out, then maybe they should be applying to Walmart or something like that.
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