After an interview, most job seekers will be pegged with the following questions:

Should I send an email saying thank you or a handwritten card?

If I don’t hear from them, when should I follow up?

How should I check in? Email or phone?

These are all natural and normal questions!   So lets get to answering them, shall we?

You should ALWAYS send a handwritten thank you card to EVERY person you sat down and interviewed with.  In a perfect world, you will receive a business card from your interviewers and should thank each and every one of them for their time.  If you didn’t get contact information, quickly write down or remember the person’s first name for the name to address on the envelope.   I am not saying emails are wrong and if you would like to follow-up via email right away, go for it, but also send a card.

It is good to look eager and interested in the role you have interviewed for, but not too eager.  Give the employer a couple days to breath, review and make...

For all job seekers out there, old and new, the opportunity for a job interview is both exciting and a little nerve racking.   You do your duties of reviewing the company website, walk through your resume, study the job description and prepare yourself for answers to some common interview questions.  

Some tips:

Why should I hire you?   This question can cause you to freeze because you don’t know what topic you should touch upon; personality, skill set, experience?  This situation is the perfect example of why you should read through the job description you’re applying for and make your own set of notes on the side.  Highlight that you have experience in the published “job requirements” and concentrate on the responsibilities in your potential new role and say how you’ve done them in the past and really enjoyed them.  Finally, bring a new idea to the table “I was reading over the job description and I really think my past experience in XYZ could apply and improve this role.”  Marvelous! Coming to...

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