What sets apart winning job candidates?

A clown preparing to work (flickr: Dean Ayres)

A clown preparing to work (flickr: Dean Ayres)

In our recession economy there are more people competing for fewer job openings. It’s the toughest competition I’ve ever seen.

Most candidates focus on sending out resumes and trying to get an interview. That’s all what they do. They have limited chances of getting the job of their dreams because they forget one thing:

It’s not only about getting interviews. It’s about converting those interviews in successful impressions.

You want to ace the interview so that the interviewer thinks that you are a one of the top 3 candidates. Winning candidates are PREPARED for the interview. Most candidates are not prepared and don’t pass to the next phase of the interview process.

Can you imagine a clown not prepared for making people laugh? He would be not regarded as a clown but as a fool…

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