Do you know why this question is asked so often in most job interviews? This question is actually an ice-breaker. Asking this question starts the conversion. So you should better be ready with an answer. This question gives the interviewer a chance to know about the interviewee. Once you start talking about yourself, interviewer starts preparing his/her next question. So there are high chances that the next question that would be fired on you will be based on the answer of this question. As the answer for this will be based on you, you think and prepare it before the interview.
While preparing for the answer consider including following points.
1. You:
Tell them your name and which place you are from. Suppose you are "Mike Creamer", then do not start with "Myself Mike Creamer"; start with "I am Mike Creamer". This is a very common mistake. Not acceptable in interviews especially in call center jobs.
You may talk about your family (cover up in short); you may talk about your how you came to the city, etc.
2. Your education:
Tell them about your education i.e. graduation/post-graduation. If you are a fresher then tell them the grades you got. If you have done something different than others then tell them. It surely adds a value!
3. Your experience:
Talk about your whole experience. Start from early years and gradually come to recent years. If you have a long experience then you must not be doing same thing all years. Then exactly what you were doing? This is what your interviewer wants to listen. If you are a fresher then talk about your projects.
4. Your experience regarding to the post you has applied for:
This is of most interest to your interviewer. You may be having lot of experience but how much experience you have regarding current job post is very important. If you do not have it then you can talk about some related experience. Or if you do not have related experience too then say it clearly. Buy along with it give them confidence that you can do it and you have genuine interest to do it.
Fresh candidates who do not have any kind of experience, you should show some positive attitude and exhibit willingness to learn and do new things. Be ready to do new things. Don't worry that you will make mistakes. Fresher candidates are expected to do mistakes and your employers are well aware of it so you don't have any reason to be afraid. Believe me no one will give you more work than you can handle.
5. Do not describe your salary or pay scale at this point of time (unless explicitly asked).
6. Avoid giving unnecessary details. Value your interviewer's time.
7. The idle answer should not last more than 1 minute.
Good luck.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The Tough Interview Question and Its Answer: "Why Should We Hire You?" Cammila.James.The tough interview question: why should we hire you? is often the most dreaded question by most job seekers. The question many people need to have answered is how on earth do you answer that question adequately?Frame your response to this question in a way that you are selling yourself, as this question truly opens up the opportunity to do so!In an interview situation, your tone and body language is particularly important. When you answer this particular question you need to watch your tone. Where so many people fail is that their tone changes when they are asked a question that they have been dreading or anxious about answering. This could potentially be devastating to your chances of success. Pay particular attention to your tone when you respond to this question.The key to a successful tone is being positive and show enthusiasm. Whatever you say, say it with a smile on your face. A smile will instinctively affect the tone of your voice. So what ever you say - say it with a smile and with a sense of confidence.It is also important not to let your enthusiasm drop when you are asked this question. Try and keep your tone consistently enthusiastic.But enough on tone. What should you actually say when you are asked this question?The key to answering the tough interview question of why should we hire you? is preparation: you need to know what your transferable skills are.Transferable skills are those skills that you pick up in a work or personal environment that you take with you where ever you go. For example, if you have developed a high level of knowledge regarding computing and IT issues, then this is a skill that your next employer will benefit from. Take some time and establish in your head what skills you have in your personal arsenal. These skills make you a valuable asset to any company. The more developed and polished your transferable skills are, the more valuable you are to a company.The other side to your answer comes in the form of relevant experience. Essentially you need to be able to demonstrate that your previous roles have given you the experience to prove you are more than capable of doing the job you are applying for.You don't need to try and say you have previously held the same job with another company; rather you can draw on your career history in order to cover the different aspects of your perspective role. So if your perspective job role includes managing an office and dealing with the public, then you should be pulling from your career history a role where you have worked with the public, and a different role where you were in charge of an office.Finally, you need to remember that as important as this single question is, it is not everything. Think of this question as an opportunity to sell yourself by discussing the above mentioned items. When you think about it in this way you may actually look forward the being asked this very tough interview question!Interview is Gateway to Your Desired Job & Career, But Still You Have to Face the Cometition,
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Monday, November 24, 2008
HR Policies - Web Surfing at Work--Can You Stop It?
It seems that no matter how many times you remind employees to stop personal use of the Internet, they keep on surfing. Today's expert has solutions.
Internet usage at work is tough one, says Laura E. Innes, a partner at the law firm of Simpson, Garrity & Innes in South San Francisco. But there are practical steps that employers can take.Internet Use PolicyFirst of all, you definitely want a policy on this topic, but you also want to be very open with your employees about Internet usage. Let them know that you are monitoring it. Remind them that employees' Internet histories are periodically reviewed to ensure that your policies are followed and that people aren't using the Internet inappropriately during working time.
No Deleting Internet HistoryThis is important, says Innes: Have a rule that employees are not to delete their Internet history. Remember, employees are smart, and they figure all this stuff out. So if you tell them that they can't use the Internet for personal Web browsing and that you're going to look at their history, they'll delete their history so it won't be there.
So you have to say, "You're not allowed to delete your history." Make that a violation of the policy.
What About Key-Loggers?If you are going to use a key-logger program that monitors computer keystrokes, the situation is the same. Make sure people know that you monitor, and then make sure you actually do monitor.
Many of her clients have implemented a random system, Innes says. For example, "Two percent of our employees' Internet usage will be randomly reviewed every week," and do it.
If you find that someone is on a non-work-related Internet site, tell them: "We noticed that you were on eBay Tuesday afternoon, and there's no reason for you to do that in connection with your business for XYZ company. That's a violation of our policy. This is an oral warning. If you violate the policy again, additional discipline—including termination—could follow."
What to Do with Personal InformationWith any kind of monitoring, you're going to get personal information. Don't go into it any more than is absolutely necessary to confirm that the employee was doing something inappropriate.
So, for example, if an employee on a delivery route diverged from the route without permission, and went 6 blocks away and was parked in front of some building for 2 hours, all you really care about is that she was off the route for 2 hours. You don't care whether she was parked in front of a Planned Parenthood facility, a counselor's office, or was shopping.
Similarly, when you see e-mails that clearly are not business e-mails, look at them enough to identify that it's not business e-mail, and then stop reading. You don't want to get into all of the details about hip replacement surgery.
No Personal E-MailOften employers say, "Do not use your e-mail account for personal business," or "We monitor e-mail and review employee usage records." By doing this, they hope to remove the expectation of privacy.
It is helpful to have such policies, but be sure to enforce your rules, says Innes. If you are tacitly allowing employees to use their business address for personal correspondence, you may not have diminished their expectation of privacy.
One approach is to say, "If you want to use our computers for personal e-mail, do so during restroom or meal breaks, and use a private e-mail account such as Hotmail or AOL."
Malware and Viruses
Finally, notes Innes, one additional reason to halt Internet browsing: Visits to certain sites can put malware—destructive programs like viruses, worms, and Trojan horses—on your system.
Innes's anecdotal experience suggests that half of her clients' difficult computer system problems come from employees using the Internet for personal use and downloading some sort of malware or virus.
In the next issue of the Advisor: Policy considerations for Internet usage and some good news—your Internet policies are already written!Since When Is Your Office Surf City? Part 2BLR offered tips for controlling surfing on company time; today we've got a list of key issues to consider when you write your Internet policy.
Here are particular topics to consider for your policy on Internet usage:
-- Security. Are all files downloaded from the Internet scanned for viruses? Are hard drives routinely scanned for viruses? Is virus software routinely updated?
-- Software. Can employees install downloaded "freeware" or other programs from the Internet onto their office computers?
-- Privacy. Do you inform employees that their use of the Internet may be monitored? Do you state that employees' computers are subject to inspection to determine whether there is a virus present, whether there is pornographic material present, or whether there is personal software present?
-- Games. Does your policy prohibit installing games on your computers?
-- Solicitation. Does your company policy regarding solicitation apply to the Internet? Do you prohibit the sale of personal items through advertising that is placed during working hours on the Internet? Do you prohibit the use of e-mail over the Internet to solicit during working hours?
-- Harassment. Does your policy explicitly forbid the use of the Internet to harass employees, vendors, customers, and others? Is there a method for tracing the origination of an abusive message over the Internet?
-- Abuses. Does your policy define what you consider to be abuses of the Internet, such as sending advertising, viewing pornographic material, or downloading movies or music?
-- Blogs. Does your policy address the creation of personal blogs at work or using company facilities?
-- VOIP. Does your policy address the use of Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VOIP) services? (VOIP services convert a voice into a digital signal that travels over the Internet.)
-- Monitoring. Do you tell employees that you can monitor the sites visited and the amount of time spent on the Internet?
-- Confidentiality. Do you require that documents sent via the Internet be encrypted?
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Internet usage at work is tough one, says Laura E. Innes, a partner at the law firm of Simpson, Garrity & Innes in South San Francisco. But there are practical steps that employers can take.Internet Use PolicyFirst of all, you definitely want a policy on this topic, but you also want to be very open with your employees about Internet usage. Let them know that you are monitoring it. Remind them that employees' Internet histories are periodically reviewed to ensure that your policies are followed and that people aren't using the Internet inappropriately during working time.
No Deleting Internet HistoryThis is important, says Innes: Have a rule that employees are not to delete their Internet history. Remember, employees are smart, and they figure all this stuff out. So if you tell them that they can't use the Internet for personal Web browsing and that you're going to look at their history, they'll delete their history so it won't be there.
So you have to say, "You're not allowed to delete your history." Make that a violation of the policy.
What About Key-Loggers?If you are going to use a key-logger program that monitors computer keystrokes, the situation is the same. Make sure people know that you monitor, and then make sure you actually do monitor.
Many of her clients have implemented a random system, Innes says. For example, "Two percent of our employees' Internet usage will be randomly reviewed every week," and do it.
If you find that someone is on a non-work-related Internet site, tell them: "We noticed that you were on eBay Tuesday afternoon, and there's no reason for you to do that in connection with your business for XYZ company. That's a violation of our policy. This is an oral warning. If you violate the policy again, additional discipline—including termination—could follow."
What to Do with Personal InformationWith any kind of monitoring, you're going to get personal information. Don't go into it any more than is absolutely necessary to confirm that the employee was doing something inappropriate.
So, for example, if an employee on a delivery route diverged from the route without permission, and went 6 blocks away and was parked in front of some building for 2 hours, all you really care about is that she was off the route for 2 hours. You don't care whether she was parked in front of a Planned Parenthood facility, a counselor's office, or was shopping.
Similarly, when you see e-mails that clearly are not business e-mails, look at them enough to identify that it's not business e-mail, and then stop reading. You don't want to get into all of the details about hip replacement surgery.
No Personal E-MailOften employers say, "Do not use your e-mail account for personal business," or "We monitor e-mail and review employee usage records." By doing this, they hope to remove the expectation of privacy.
It is helpful to have such policies, but be sure to enforce your rules, says Innes. If you are tacitly allowing employees to use their business address for personal correspondence, you may not have diminished their expectation of privacy.
One approach is to say, "If you want to use our computers for personal e-mail, do so during restroom or meal breaks, and use a private e-mail account such as Hotmail or AOL."
Malware and Viruses
Finally, notes Innes, one additional reason to halt Internet browsing: Visits to certain sites can put malware—destructive programs like viruses, worms, and Trojan horses—on your system.
Innes's anecdotal experience suggests that half of her clients' difficult computer system problems come from employees using the Internet for personal use and downloading some sort of malware or virus.
In the next issue of the Advisor: Policy considerations for Internet usage and some good news—your Internet policies are already written!Since When Is Your Office Surf City? Part 2BLR offered tips for controlling surfing on company time; today we've got a list of key issues to consider when you write your Internet policy.
Here are particular topics to consider for your policy on Internet usage:
-- Security. Are all files downloaded from the Internet scanned for viruses? Are hard drives routinely scanned for viruses? Is virus software routinely updated?
-- Software. Can employees install downloaded "freeware" or other programs from the Internet onto their office computers?
-- Privacy. Do you inform employees that their use of the Internet may be monitored? Do you state that employees' computers are subject to inspection to determine whether there is a virus present, whether there is pornographic material present, or whether there is personal software present?
-- Games. Does your policy prohibit installing games on your computers?
-- Solicitation. Does your company policy regarding solicitation apply to the Internet? Do you prohibit the sale of personal items through advertising that is placed during working hours on the Internet? Do you prohibit the use of e-mail over the Internet to solicit during working hours?
-- Harassment. Does your policy explicitly forbid the use of the Internet to harass employees, vendors, customers, and others? Is there a method for tracing the origination of an abusive message over the Internet?
-- Abuses. Does your policy define what you consider to be abuses of the Internet, such as sending advertising, viewing pornographic material, or downloading movies or music?
-- Blogs. Does your policy address the creation of personal blogs at work or using company facilities?
-- VOIP. Does your policy address the use of Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VOIP) services? (VOIP services convert a voice into a digital signal that travels over the Internet.)
-- Monitoring. Do you tell employees that you can monitor the sites visited and the amount of time spent on the Internet?
-- Confidentiality. Do you require that documents sent via the Internet be encrypted?
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
The Art of Giving
'Rivers do not drink their own water , nor do trees eat their own fruit , nor do rain clouds eat the grains reared by them. The wealth of the noble is used solely for the benefit of others?Even after accepting that giving is good and that one must learn to give, several questions need to be answered.
The first question is when should one give? Yudhishtir asks a beggar seeking alms to come the next day. On this , Bhim rejoices , that Yudhishtir his brother , has conquered death! For he is sure that he will be around tomorrow to give. Yudhisthir gets the message. One does not know really whether one will be theretomorrow to give! The time to give therefore is NOW.
The Second question is 'how much to give? One recalls the famous incident from history. Rana Pratap was reeling after defeat from the Moghals. He had lost his army , he had lost his wealth , and most important he had lost hope , his will to fight. At that time in his darkest hour, his erstwhile minister Bhamasha came seeking him and placed his entire fortune at the disposal of Rana Pratap. With this, Rana Pratap raised an army and lived to fight another day.
The answer to this question how much to give is' Give as much as you can ! The Third question is 'what to give'? It is not only money that can be given. It could be a flower or even a smile.It is not how much one gives but how one gives that really matters. When you give a smile to a stranger that may be the only good thing received by him in days and weeks! 'You can give anything but
you must give with your heart' ! One also needs answer Fourth question 'whom to give'? Many times we avoid giving by finding fault with the person who is seeking. However, being judgmental and rejecting a person on the presumption that he may not be the most deserving is not justified.
'
Give without being judgmental' ! Next we have to answer the Fifth question 'How to give' ?Coming to the manner of giving , one has to ensure that the receiver does not feel humiliated , nor the giver feels proud by giving. 'Let not your left hand know what your right hand gives? Charity without publicity and fanfare , is the highest form of charity. While giving let not the recipient feel small or humiliated. After all what we give never really belonged to us. We come to this world with nothing and will go with nothing. The thing gifted was only with us for a temporary period. Why then take pride in giving away something which really did not belong to us? Give with grace and with a feeling of gratitude.
'Give quietly' !
What should one feel after giving ? We all know the story of Eklavya. When Dronacharya asked him for his right thumb as 'Guru Dakshina'. He unhesitatingly cut off the thumb and gave it to Dronacharya. There is a little known sequel to this story. Eklavya was asked whether he ever regretted the act of giving away his thumb when he was dying. His reply was 'Yes! I regretted this only once in my life. It was when Pandavas were coming in to kill Dronacharya who was broken hearted on the false news of death of his son
Ashwathama and had stopped fighting. It was then that I regretted the loss of my thumb. If the thumb was there , no one could have dared hurt my Guru? The message to us is clear.Give and never regret giving !And the Seventh and the last question is ' How much should we provide for our heirs? Ask yourself , 'Are we taking away from them the 'gift of work?- a source of happiness!' The answer is given by
Warren Buffett, the investment Guru: 'Leave Your Kids Enough To Do Anything , But Not Enough To Do Nothing ! I would conclude by saying: let us learn the Art of Giving , and quoting Sant Kabir: 'When the wealth in the house increases , When water fills a boat , Throw them out with both hands'
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The first question is when should one give? Yudhishtir asks a beggar seeking alms to come the next day. On this , Bhim rejoices , that Yudhishtir his brother , has conquered death! For he is sure that he will be around tomorrow to give. Yudhisthir gets the message. One does not know really whether one will be theretomorrow to give! The time to give therefore is NOW.
The Second question is 'how much to give? One recalls the famous incident from history. Rana Pratap was reeling after defeat from the Moghals. He had lost his army , he had lost his wealth , and most important he had lost hope , his will to fight. At that time in his darkest hour, his erstwhile minister Bhamasha came seeking him and placed his entire fortune at the disposal of Rana Pratap. With this, Rana Pratap raised an army and lived to fight another day.
The answer to this question how much to give is' Give as much as you can ! The Third question is 'what to give'? It is not only money that can be given. It could be a flower or even a smile.It is not how much one gives but how one gives that really matters. When you give a smile to a stranger that may be the only good thing received by him in days and weeks! 'You can give anything but
you must give with your heart' ! One also needs answer Fourth question 'whom to give'? Many times we avoid giving by finding fault with the person who is seeking. However, being judgmental and rejecting a person on the presumption that he may not be the most deserving is not justified.
'
Give without being judgmental' ! Next we have to answer the Fifth question 'How to give' ?Coming to the manner of giving , one has to ensure that the receiver does not feel humiliated , nor the giver feels proud by giving. 'Let not your left hand know what your right hand gives? Charity without publicity and fanfare , is the highest form of charity. While giving let not the recipient feel small or humiliated. After all what we give never really belonged to us. We come to this world with nothing and will go with nothing. The thing gifted was only with us for a temporary period. Why then take pride in giving away something which really did not belong to us? Give with grace and with a feeling of gratitude.
'Give quietly' !
What should one feel after giving ? We all know the story of Eklavya. When Dronacharya asked him for his right thumb as 'Guru Dakshina'. He unhesitatingly cut off the thumb and gave it to Dronacharya. There is a little known sequel to this story. Eklavya was asked whether he ever regretted the act of giving away his thumb when he was dying. His reply was 'Yes! I regretted this only once in my life. It was when Pandavas were coming in to kill Dronacharya who was broken hearted on the false news of death of his son
Ashwathama and had stopped fighting. It was then that I regretted the loss of my thumb. If the thumb was there , no one could have dared hurt my Guru? The message to us is clear.Give and never regret giving !And the Seventh and the last question is ' How much should we provide for our heirs? Ask yourself , 'Are we taking away from them the 'gift of work?- a source of happiness!' The answer is given by
Warren Buffett, the investment Guru: 'Leave Your Kids Enough To Do Anything , But Not Enough To Do Nothing ! I would conclude by saying: let us learn the Art of Giving , and quoting Sant Kabir: 'When the wealth in the house increases , When water fills a boat , Throw them out with both hands'
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An Attitude Of Gratitude
Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire.If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don't know something,for it gives you the opportunity to learn.Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.Be thankful for your limitations,because they give you opportunities for improvement.Be thankful for each new challenge,
because it will build your strength and character.Be thankful for your mistakes.They will teach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you're tired and weary,because it means you've made a difference.It's easy to be thankful for the good things.A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who
are also thankful for the setbacks.Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,and they can become your blessings.
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Be thankful when you don't know something,for it gives you the opportunity to learn.Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.Be thankful for your limitations,because they give you opportunities for improvement.Be thankful for each new challenge,
because it will build your strength and character.Be thankful for your mistakes.They will teach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you're tired and weary,because it means you've made a difference.It's easy to be thankful for the good things.A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who
are also thankful for the setbacks.Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,and they can become your blessings.
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Saturday, August 9, 2008
LIFE
"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin -real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life."
This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way, so, treasure every moment that you have.
And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time... and remember that time waits for no one.
So stop waiting until you finish school,
until you go back to school,
until you lose ten pounds,
until you gain ten pounds,
until you have kids,
until your kids leave the house,
until you start work,
until you retire,
until you get married,
until you get divorced,
until Friday night,
until Sunday morning,
until you get a new car or home,
until your car or home is paid off,
until spring, until summer, until fall,
until winter,
until you are off welfare,
until the first or fifteenth,
until your song comes on,
until you've had a drink,
until you've sobered up,
until you die,
until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy... Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
So, Work like you don't need money. Love like you've never been hurt and Dance Like no one's watching.
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This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way, so, treasure every moment that you have.
And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time... and remember that time waits for no one.
So stop waiting until you finish school,
until you go back to school,
until you lose ten pounds,
until you gain ten pounds,
until you have kids,
until your kids leave the house,
until you start work,
until you retire,
until you get married,
until you get divorced,
until Friday night,
until Sunday morning,
until you get a new car or home,
until your car or home is paid off,
until spring, until summer, until fall,
until winter,
until you are off welfare,
until the first or fifteenth,
until your song comes on,
until you've had a drink,
until you've sobered up,
until you die,
until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy... Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
So, Work like you don't need money. Love like you've never been hurt and Dance Like no one's watching.
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YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROWThere
are two days in every week about which we should not worry.Two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.One of these days is yesterday with its mistakes and cares,Its faults and blunders, Its aches and pains.Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control.All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday.We cannot undo a single act we performed.We cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone.The other day we should not worry about is tomorrow.With its possible adversities, Its burdens, Its large promise and poor performance.Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control.Tomorrow's Sun will rise, either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds, but it will rise.Until it does, we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet unborn.This just leaves only one day . . . Today.Any person can fight the battles of just one day.It is only when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternity's -yesterday and tomorrow that we break down.It is not the experience of today that drives people mad.It is the remorse or bitterness for something which happened yesterday and the dread of what tomorrow may bring.Let us therefore live but one day at a time.
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