[oclug] [OT] Jobsearch 102

[Robert Echlin]

At 11:04 AM 8/9/02 -0400, you wrote:

>100 Interviews, on the other hand works like this:

Hi, Rod

I'm not looking at the moment,
but I have to ask these questions:

How do you ask for practise interviews?
I get the impression that most people think you are an idiot, or someone 
who just left school, if you ask for a practise interview.

Next question:
"Parachute" talks about doing "informational interviews",
where you ask people what it's like to work in this industry in this type 
of job.
Is that what you meant?
I tried to do these at my last job search (1998), and actually got one.
The manager interviewing me assumed it was a sneaky way to get a real 
interview,
and treated it as a "real" interview, which threw me a bit, as he started 
talking about salary. (No, I am not working there)

Robert

>100 Interviews, on the other hand works like this:
>You set yourself a goal of having 100 “practice” interviews, 
>and using the tactics above go about setting up the interviews.  Try to 
>get only 2 or 3 in a day though, otherwise you may find yourself having to 
>cancel interviews – which is fatal to a job search.  This way, every 
>job interview you go to becomes a successful goal achievement, and will 
>make you feel better.   There’s one little trick to the game though 
>– In my case, right after Interview #20, interview #5 called back 
>and ruined my game by offering me a job.  In fact, the combination of the 
>tactic above, and the game has given me the confidence in my own job 
>searches that I have never had more than 5 interviews without a job offer 
>since I learned it – and that’s through 4 recessions.  I can 
>also almost always expect to get an interview in about 30% of the places I 
>contact.  That means I’ve never reached the “100 resume” 
>mark, and have lost the game – which means I win.

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