THE MOST INTERVIEW MISTAKES

Top Eight Word Mistakes Candidates Make in Job Interviews

1.Use language that is too informal

It is important to remember that you are interviewing for a job, not trying to make a new best friend. Too much familiarity can hurt your chances by making you look unprofessional.

Poor Phrase:“I’m sure you guys are aware that the job market is in the dumps right now. It’s been one heck of an uphill battle for me for the past year.”

Perfect Phrase: “Unfortunately, as I am sure you are aware, the job market is still tight, and there is a great deal of heavy competition for the same jobs.”

2.The use of words that are vague

Words such as “a lot,”“various/multiple,” and “great deal of” are vague and don’t give the interviewer the needed information.

Poor Phrase: “I have had a lot of experience with various lines of multiple products. I am proud of the results I’ve had in saving the company a great deal of money.”

Perfect Phrase: “With over eight years experience working in the paper industry and primarily selling photo paper, I consider myself an expert on the subject and have saved my clients as much as 20 percent on orders over $5000.”

3.Misuse of pronouns

It can be very confusing and words can be misinterpreted when pronouns are misused. Be especially alert to this when you are using the pronouns “we,”“I,” and “you.”

Poor Phrase: “We were behind on our project, and we decided that we would stay and finish the job rather than miss our deadline. We pulled it together, and we were able to meet our deadline.”

Perfect Phrase: “I worked with a team of designers to bring a project in on time. We each took responsibility for a particular area. We worked closely, but at the same time we were completely disconnected from one another. This seemed to work because my four counterparts and I managed to pull the project together on time.”

4.Using company-specific words

Each company has certain terms that are indigenous only to that company. Outsiders will not know what you are talking about if you use these terms. This is especially true if you have worked for a public organization or the military. You should use as many specific words as possible in your interview so that the hiring manager knows you are familiar with your industry.

Poor Phrase: “While I was working on the 767 project,

I discovered an error in the “Whichamaculit” used to produce our 656 product line.

This was a really costly mistake.”

Perfect Phrase: “At my last company there was a particular marketing project that involved a software conversion.

Because of my strong attention to detail, I was able to catch an error that would have cost the company millions of dollars.”

5. Assuming everyone knows the acronym you are using

Acronyms are used at every company—shortcuts used internally to eliminate a lot of words. Avoid using these in an inter- view because the hiring manager may not be familiar with the acronyms used at your current company.

Poor Phrase: “I was considered an SAR and supported three line reps who were in the SWSC area.”

Perfect Phrase: “My position title was sales associate representative, and I supported the sales representatives who were responsible for the southwest area of South Carolina.”

6. Describing skills by using “weak” words

Beware of small words that can sabotage your credibility—words like “pretty,”“most of the time,” and “kind of.”

Poor Phrase: “I’m pretty good with computers—at least most of the time I am. I kind of taught myself most of the programs.”

Perfect Phrase: “I am very knowledgeable about Unix software. When I was unfamiliar with programs in the past, I taught myself in less than two weeks. I am a very quick learner.”

7.Use too few words to answer the question

One pet peeve many interviewers have is not getting enough information. When a candidate answers a question with one or two words, it’s impossible to make a judgment as to whether this person is the right person for the job.

Poor Phrase:“Yes, I have had experience in that area.”

Perfect Phrase: “I have over 10 years working with biotech testing. If you were to ask any of my coworkers, they would tell you that I hold the record for the least number of mistakes when using testing equipment.”

8.Talking too much—not getting to the point

When you fail to prepare for the interview, you can easily ramble and go off the subject down some other road. A rule of thumb is, “Your answers should be no longer than two to three minutes long.”

Poor Phrase: “My last company has developed software to support government enforcement of firearms violators. This nationwide project will be the first of its kind and will allow users to investigate firearms traffickers and purchasers. The software is able to track violent offenders and unscrupulous federal firearms licensees. This product will allow users to investigate and prosecute violators and felons by tracking their activities from remote locations. The product has been developed in cooperation with the U.S. government and will hopefully be purchased and used by all branches of law enforcement agencies that could use this tracking method. The company has invested over two years in developing and perfecting this product and has invested a great percentage of the company’s revenue in it, betting that this is going to have a big payoff long term. Short term it has put a considerable squeeze on the finances needed to run everyday work projects. If it is successful, it will be a huge coup for those who have hung in there. If it is not successful, it will be a huge loss to the company and will probably result in massive layoffs. So the whole project is going to make or break the company and it’s future.”

Perfect Phrase: “At my last company I served as lead in getting a new tracking product launched nationwide. The product will be used to track firearms violators and bring them to conviction through evidence collected. I worked closely with the U.S. government and followed the regulations necessary to develop such a produ

TIPS ON COMMUNICATION

GETTING READY TO COMMUNICATE

THINGS TO CONSIDER

1. Make a chart.

Deliberately writing succinct facts instead of just vaguely thinking

about something makes you become aware of all the forces in an

upcoming encounter, whether you're the originator of the meeting or the

person summoned.

2. Take the time to discover and state your own goals.

If you dig, you'll find out all you really want to have happen at the

meeting, and you can use that as an agenda to be sure it happens.

3. Analyze your audience's goals.

What outcomes would that person or group logically want from the

meeting? See their position clearly. What does he/she or they want from

you? Know that they can't give you the fulfillment of your goals unless

they get some of theirs, too.

4. Be honest about your emotional needs.

Without judging whether they are worthy and should be there or

not, acknowledge and allow yourself to have emotional needs. Have the

courage to find, recognize, and state them, in writing.

5. Uncover the other s emotional needs.

Through imagination and perception, become aware of what your

opposite number's or audience's feelings probably are in relation to the

upcoming meeting. Reverse roles to find out what you, or anyone, would

need in that situation.

Then, given those needs we would all share, go from the general to

the specific. If it's someone you know, use your perception and

knowledge of this particular person or group to add to your insights about

what this person(s) would need emotionally in this situation.

6. Find out what you expect to have happen.

Derail that knee-jerk reaction. Make yourself recognize and rethink

your conditioned style and response to the upcoming situation. Analyze

whether that's the best way, given what else you now know.

7. Imagine the other s expectations of the meeting.

What do they probably expect? Build on that stereotype of what is

expected, going for the element of surprise. Open new avenues to a

closer meeting of the minds by using another tack than the one most

expected.

8. Disarm

Use that greatest element of surprise and persuasion—the truth! And

don't do the expected: Try a new approach to get attention. And, most of

all, don't forget the power of humor.

ALL ABOUT FEAR

WHAT IS FEAR?

Fear is what we feel when we are unable to predict what is going to

happen, and we think that what is going to happen is likely to be bad

for us. Fear is a very useful emotion, because it helps keep us alive. If

we never felt fear, we wouldn’t be aware of danger, and so we wouldn’t

do what’s necessary to protect ourselves.

However, many of our fears are misplaced, or out of proportion to the

danger we are in.

WHAT ARE WE AFRAID OF?

We fear anything that threatens our survival. We need to survive in two

ways: as a body, that is physically, and as a person, that is psychologically.

Death threatens us in both ways. We try to survive as a body by staying

healthy, avoiding illness and physical danger that could damage or kill

us. We try to survive as a person, and overcome our fear of death, by

believing that when we die some important part of us will continue

on. This could mean our soul or spirit, our children, our work, or the

memory people have of us.

Surviving as a person means being the person that you know yourself

to be, not giving yourself up to be what someone else wants you to be.

It’s about not shrinking under the weight of humiliation or cruelty to

become an object, a nothing. It means not falling apart, or disappearing,

when overwhelmed by unexpected events.

We try to survive as a person by maintaining our sense of self-worth,

personal pride, dignity and respect. All of these are threatened when

other people don’t respect us, when they ignore or humiliate us, or

treat us like an object to be used and abused.

When we are faced with a crisis that reveals a serious difference between what we thought our life was and what it actually is, we try to survive as a person by interpreting what has happened. We can choose to do so in one of two ways. We may tell ourselves that the crisis is a challenge, which we will master, and thus we become courageous. Or we may tell ourselves that the crisis is our punishment for our wickedness, or that we are weak and helpless and there’s nothing we can do to protect ourselves. In this case, we increase our fear.

SO HOW DO WE CONQUER FEAR?

• Know yourself. Know what your priorities are and what these

priorities lead you to fear.

• Value and accept yourself. Don’t set yourself impossible standards

and judge yourself harshly. Don’t believe that you have to deserve

all the good things that happen to you. Don’t believe that you

deserve the bad things that happen to you.

• Look after yourself. Eat food that’s good for you, exercise regularly,

get plenty of sleep and relaxation, and be moderate in your vices.

Don’t carry any health measure to extremes. If you do, it’s because

you haven’t recognized the presence of your greatest fear.

• Assess dangers realistically. Understand probabilities, for example

that you are more likely to be killed by smoking than by being

struck by a meteorite. Understand and accept that we live in a

world where things happen by chance.

• Remember that things are resolved, one way or another, and that

everything passes. Don’t try to control everything or to force people and

things to be what they can’t be. Let people and things be themselves.

• Know that our greatest fear is fear of something that can’t happen.

No matter what happens to us, we can’t be annihilated as a person.

When people treat us badly, when they humiliate, betray or ignore

us, and when we discover that the world and life is not what we

thought, we can feel that we are fragmenting and diminishing to

the point of disappearing. But this will not and can’t happen. You’re

still there, observing this process. It's not you who are fragmenting

and disappearing, but some of your ideas. These are the ideas that

no longer give an accurate picture of what is happening. You go on

existing, but you have to change some of your ideas. This can be

painful and confusing, but time will pass and you’ll survive.

If you do all these things, then fear will present you, not with a

disaster, but with a challenge that you can master.

A WISE OLD MAN

A WISE OLD MAN

A man of 92 years, short, very well - presented, who takes great care in his appearance, is moving into an old people’s home today.
After waiting several hours in the retirement home lobby, he gently smiles as he is told that his room is ready.
His wife of 70 has recently died, and he is obliged to leave his home.

As he slowly walks to the elevator, using his cane, I describe his small room to him, including the sheet hung at the window which serves as a curtain.
- " I like it very much", he says, with the enthusiasm of an 8 year old boy who has just been given a new puppy.
- "Sir, you haven ’t even seen the room yet, hang on a moment, we are almost there. "

" That has nothing to do with it ", he replies.
" It is already decided in my mind that I like my room. It is a decision I take every morning when I wake up. "
" Happiness is something I choose in advance. Whether or not I like the room does not depend on the furniture, or the decor – rather it depends on how I decide to see it. "

" I can choose. I can spend my day in bed enumerating all the difficulties that I have with the parts of my body that no longer work very well, or I can get up and give thanks to heaven for those parts that are still in working order. "

" Every day is a gift, and as long as I can open my eyes, I will focus on the new day, and all the happy memories that I have built up during my life. "
" Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw in later life what you have deposited along the way. "

So, my advice to you is to deposit all the happiness you can in your bank account of memories.
Thank you for your part in filling my account with happy memories, which I am still continuing to fill…

1. Free your heart from hate.  
2. Free your mind from worry. Remember these simple guidelines for happiness.
3. Live simple. 
4. Give more. 
5. Expect less.

If you have been blessed by this message, send it to your loved ones and your friends….it is the way we touch each other with simple truths that spread goodness in the world. Who knows, a miracle may happen as a result….

INTERESTING CONVERSATION

INTERESTING CONVERSATION:

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.

He asks one of his new students to stand and.....

Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.

Prof: Is God good? 
Student: Sure.

Prof: Is God all - powerful?

Student: Yes.

Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him.

Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?
Student: (Student is silent.)

Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good? 

Student: Yes.

Prof: Is Satan good? 
Student: No.

Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From...God...

Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student: Yes.

Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?

Student: Yes.

Prof: So who created evil? Student: (Student does not answer.)

Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they? 

Student: Yes, sir.

Prof: So, who created them?

 Student: (Student has no answer.)

Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.

Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student: No , sir.

Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.

Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.

Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.

Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat? 

Prof: Yes.

Student: And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.

Student: No sir. There isn't. (The lecture theater becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have anything called cold.

We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that.

There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat.

We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There is pin - drop silence in the lecture theater.)

Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?

Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something.

You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it?

In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?

Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?

Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God.

You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can
measure.

Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.

To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.

Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor.

Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
Prof: (The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)

Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on - going endeavour, are you not teaching your opinion, sir?

Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
Prof: (The class is in uproar.)

Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain? 

Prof: (The class breaks out into laughter.)

Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it?.....No one appears to have done so.

So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir.

With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

Prof: (The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face
unfathomable.)
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.

Student: That is it sir.. The link between man & God is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.

NB: I believe you have enjoyed the
conversation...and if so...you'll probably want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the same...won't you?...forward them to increase their knowledge...

SURVIVAL AT WORK

SURVIVAL AT WORK

1. Never walk without a document in your hands
People with documents in their hands look like hardworking employees heading for important meetings.
People with nothing in their hands look like they're heading for the cafeteria.
People with a newspaper in their hand look like they're
heading for the toilet.
Above all, make sure you carry loads of stuff home with you at night, thus generating the false impression that you work longer hours than you do.

2. Use computers to look busy
Any time you use a computer, it looks like "work" to the casual observer.
You can send and receive personal e - mail, chat and
generally have a blast without doing anything remotely
related to work.
These aren't exactly the societal benefits that the proponents of the computer revolution would like to talk about but they're not bad either.
When you get caught by your boss - and you *will* get caught -- your best defense is to claim you're teaching yourself to use new software, thus saving valuable training dollars.

3. Messy desk
Top management can get away with a clean desk.
For the rest of us, it looks like we're not working hard enough. Build huge piles of documents around your work space.
To the observer, last year's work looks the same as today's work; it's volume that counts.
Pile them high and wide.
If you know somebody is coming to your cubicle, bury the document you'll need halfway down in an existing stack and rummage for it when he/she arrives.

4. Voice Mail
Never answers your phone if you have voice mail.
People don't call you just because they want to give you something for nothing - they call because they want YOU to do work for THEM.
That's no way to live.
Screen all your calls through voice mail.
If somebody leaves a voice mail message for you and it sounds like impending work, respond during lunch hour when you know they're not there - it looks like you're hardworking and conscientious even though you're being a devious weasel.

THE TRUTH ABOUT NATURAL HONEY:

 THE TRUTH ABOUT NATURAL HONEY:

Introduction
¬ It is found that mixture of Honey and Cinnamon cures most of the diseases.
¬ Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world .

 ¬ Ayurvedic as well as Yunnan medicine have been using honey as a vital medicine for centuries .
¬ Scientists of today also accept honey as a Ram Ban (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases .
¬ Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases .
¬ Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients also .
¬ A famous magazine named Weekly World News published in Canada dated 17 January, 95 has given a list of diseases that can be cured by Honey and Cinnamon as researched by western scientists .

Arthritis
¬ Take one part honey to two parts of luke warm water and add a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, make a paste and massage it on the itching part of the body slowly .
¬ It is noticed that the pain recedes within a minute or two . ¬ Or arthritis patients may daily, morning and night take one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder .
¬ If drunk regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured .

¬ In a recent research done at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week out of the 200 people so treated practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain .

Hair Loss
¬ Those suffering from hair loss or baldness, may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx . 15 min . and then wash the hair .
¬ It was found very effective if kept for 5 mins . also .

Bladder Infections
¬ Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of luke warm water and drink it .
¬ It destroys the germs of the bladder .

Toothache
¬ Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth .
¬ This may be done 3 times a day daily till such time that the tooth has stopped aching .

Cholesterol
¬ Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, if given to a cholesterol patient, it reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 % within 2 hours .
¬ As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken 3 times a day any chronic cholesterol is cured .

¬ As per the information received in the said journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complains of cholesterol .

Colds
¬ Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon luke warm honey with 1 /4 teaspoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days .
 ¬ This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses .

Infertility
¬ Yunani and Ayurvedic have been using honey for years in medicine to strengthen the semen of men .
¬ If impotent men regularly take two tablespoon of honey before sleeping, their problem will be solved .
¬ In China, Japan and Far- East countries, women who do not conceive and to strengthen the uterus have been taking cinnamon powder for centuries .
¬ Women who cannot conceive may take a pinch of cinnamon powder in half teaspoon of honey and apply it on the gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and enters the body .
¬ A couple in Merryland, America had no children for 14 years and had left hope of having a child of their own .
¬ When told about this process husband and wife started taking honey and cinnamon as stated above, the wife conceived after a few months and had twins at full term .

Upset Stomach
¬ Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root .
¬ GAS : According to the studies done in India & Japan, it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas .

Heart Diseases
¬ Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread or chapati instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast .
¬ It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack.
¬ Also those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, are kept miles away from the next attack.

 ¬ Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat ¬ In America and Canada, various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that due to the increasing age the arteries and veins which lose their flexibility and get clogged are revitalized .

Immune System
¬ Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks .

¬ Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts .
¬ Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases .

Indigestion
¬ Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food, relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals .

Influenza
¬ A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ingredient which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu .

Longevity
¬ Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly arrests the ravages of old age .
¬ Take 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil to make like tea .
¬ Drink 1 /4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day . It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age .

 ¬ Life span also increases and even if a person is 100 years old, starts performing the chores of a 20 year old .

Pimples
¬ Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste .
 ¬ Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water .
¬ If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root .

Skin Infections
¬ Eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections are cured by applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts .

Weight Loss
¬ Daily in the morning, 1 /2 hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup water .
¬ If taken regularly it reduces the weight of even the most obese person .
¬ Also drinking of this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet .

Cancer
¬ Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully .

 ¬ Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month 3 times a day .

Fatigue
¬ Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful than detrimental to the body strength .
¬ Senior citizens who take honey and cinnamon power in equal parts are more alert and flexible .
¬ Dr . Milton who has done research says that half tablespoon honey taken in one glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3 . 00 p . m . when the vitality of the body starts decreasing, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

Bad Breath
¬ People of South America, first thing in the morning gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water .
¬ So their breath stays fresh throughout the day .

Hearing Loss
¬ Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder taken in equal parts restores hearing .