Apr 7, 2009 6:34pm
Job Interview: What NOT to Do
EmailIf you’re one of the 13 million Americans out of work and looking for a job, with so much competition, you need to be at the top of your game to land a position. World News webcast producer Claudia Acosta recently spoke to Yahoo! Hotjobs Networking Expert Liz Ryan about how to keep from tripping up in a job interview. We found it hard to believe some of mistakes the career expert has seen over the years, like applicants making jokes about handicap parking spaces and spitting water in a potted plant.
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Any company who wouldn’t hire you because you made a joke is not a company you would want to work for anyway.
Posted by: Eric | April 7, 2009, 6:56 pm 6:56 pm
I am out of work. I have had several jobs in the last 10 years. I am disabled and have a hard time staying at one job a long time.
Who can I turn to, to help me stay at a job that I like doing? I love working in the Healthcare field. I am a Certified Nursing Assistant.
Hope you can help me.
Posted by: Mark McKenna | April 7, 2009, 6:57 pm 6:57 pm
Dear Mark,
I’m sorry to hear about the difficulty you’ve been having. Depending on the nature of your physical limitations, a desk job as a Case Manager or Patient Care Coordinator with an insurance company might be good choices for you. You’ll find jobs like this on the jobs site Indeed.com – you just need to type in your zip code and the search terms Case Manager (or Patient Care Coordinator) to see jobs like this in your area. Best of luck! yours — Liz Ryan
Posted by: Liz Ryan | April 8, 2009, 2:58 pm 2:58 pm
As always, great advice, Liz!
I laughed and cringed to think anyone would behave so rudely!
Posted by: Karen Runchel | April 8, 2009, 4:25 pm 4:25 pm
Hmm Liz. how about the most important part – telling the company what they can do for the company instead of asking what benefits they’ll get etc. All these career coaches and stuff focus way too much on the individual’s needs & not enough on working productively, working smart, and helping the company succeed. It’s too much about how to negotiate packages, and dealing with smelly co-workers. how about showing up on time, not complaining, and not surfing facebook all day? Getting kind of tired of entitled employees. Americans are way too soft & their work ethic has declined in the past two decades; and they forget that if the company goes under, there are NO jobs then. Get off the social networking sites, stop yapping on the phone, stop planning your 5 year career goals on company time — and make your company the best company it can be.
Posted by: big mike | April 10, 2009, 9:45 pm 9:45 pm
The biggest mistake is that candidates do not prepare properly before the interview. The number of job candidates who arrive at an interview without having done any background research on the employer is staggering. It is a matter of doing your homework beforehand to demonstrate both commitment and effort.
Posted by: J Penny | April 14, 2009, 2:54 am 2:54 am
Knowing what NOT to do is just as important as knowing the right things to say. I’ve been interviewing some top job recruiters about the how to give the best interview, and it is really interesting. Would love to hear your questions to ask them as well.
Posted by: Job Interview Results | April 16, 2009, 11:01 am 11:01 am
looking for a job to help better assist me in the future.
Posted by: charyse lewis | May 16, 2009, 6:01 am 6:01 am