want to keep the interview focused on your professional qualifications, this is not the time nor place for anything tight, plunging, split, or high. Regarding make-up, less is better than more and some is better than none. The object of make-up is to enhance features not provide a mask. Daytime make-up is supposed to be light and, like your clothing, should not distract. Color is another consideration, women should wear grey, tan, or navy. Though black is considered conservative it presents According to Luther Epting, director of the Career Center at Mississippi State University, the average person of this generation will change careers six times in their lifetimes. Pair that information with the unstable job market due, in part, to the rise in the number entering the job market and employees taking later retirement, you must work harder to convince interviewers you are the best for the job. Unless you have a guaranteed foot-in-the-door, then you must ensure that your interviewing skills are honed to perfection. This article offers to help you toward that goal.

First, the interviewer has formed her impression of you in the first thirty seconds of the interview, obversely; it takes twenty-nine good meetings to correct a bad first impression. Very few interviewees have the opportunity to correct that bad first impression. It is imperative that you take the interview process seriously and conservatively. For example, regardless of the age of the interviewer or how liberal the company seems, do not expose tattoos or wear multiple piercings. It is surprising how many interviewers are turned off by multiple piercings and tattoos. Women should limit earring wearing to the traditional pair worn in the earlobes, and men to a small, tasteful gold stud worn in the earlobe. If you feel that this compromises your personal identity then you may need to reconsider your employment choices. Of course, if you are interviewing for a tattooing artist position or a piercing specialist then displaying your abilities might be appropriate. The same is true regarding your choice of clothing.

All clothing should be clean and pressed. This shows the interviewer that you not only take pride in self but you respecting the interviewing process as well. This is not the time to show neither your hip-and-happening style nor how gorgeous your figure is. If you are female that doesn’t mean that you have to be covered from neck to ankle to wrist but it does mean that you want to keep the interview focused on your professional qualifications, this is not the time nor place for anything tight, plunging, split, or high. Regarding make-up, less is better than more and some is better than none. The object of make-up is to enhance features not provide a mask. Daytime make-up is supposed to be light and, like your clothing, should not distract. Color is another consideration, women should wear grey, tan, or navy. Though black is considered conservative it presents t

skills are honed to perfection. This article offers to help you toward that goal.

First, the interviewer has formed her impression of you in the first thirty seconds of the interview, obversely; it takes twenty-nine good meetings to correct a bad first impression. Very few interviewees have the opportunity to correct that bad first impression. It is imperative that you take the interview process seriously and conservatively. For example, regardless of the age of the interviewer or how liberal the company seems, do not expose tattoos or wear multiple piercings. It is surprising how many interviewers are turned off by multiple piercings and tattoos. Women should limit earring wearing to the traditional pair worn in the earlobes, and men to a small, tasteful gold stud worn in the earlobe. If you feel that this compromises your personal identity then you may need to reconsider your employment choices. Of course, if you are interviewing for a tattooing artist position or a piercing specialist then displaying your abilities might be appropriate. The same is true regarding your choice of clothing.

All clothing should be clean and pressed. This shows the interviewer that you not only take pride in self but you respecting the interviewing process as well. This is not the time to show neither your hip-and-happening style nor how gorgeous your figure is. If you are female that doesn’t mean that you have to be covered from neck to ankle to wrist but it does mean that you want to keep the interview focused on your professional qualifications, this is not the time nor place for anything tight, plunging, split, or high. Regarding make-up, less is better than more and some is better than none. The object of make-up is to enhance features not provide a mask. Daytime make-up is supposed to be light and, like your clothing, should not distract. Color is another consideration, women should wear grey, tan, or navy. Though black is considered conservative it presents

beral the company seems, do not expose tattoos or wear multiple piercings. It is surprising how many interviewers are turned off by multiple piercings and tattoos. Women should limit earring wearing to the traditional pair worn in the earlobes, and men to a small, tasteful gold stud worn in the earlobe. If you feel that this compromises your personal identity then you may need to reconsider your employment choices. Of course, if you are interviewing for a tattooing artist position or a piercing specialist then displaying your abilities might be appropriate. The same is true regarding your choice of clothing.

All clothing should be clean and pressed. This shows the interviewer that you not only take pride in self but you respecting the interviewing process as well. This is not the time to show neither your hip-and-happening style nor how gorgeous your figure is. If you are female that doesn’t mean that you have to be covered from neck to ankle to wrist but it does mean that you want to keep the interview focused on your professional qualifications, this is not the time nor place for anything tight, plunging, split, or high. Regarding make-up, less is better than more and some is better than none. The object of make-up is to enhance features not provide a mask. Daytime make-up is supposed to be light and, like your clothing, should not distract. Color is another consideration, women should wear grey, tan, or navy. Though black is considered conservative it presents

specialist then displaying your abilities might be appropriate. The same is true regarding your choice of clothing.

All clothing should be clean and pressed. This shows the interviewer that you not only take pride in self but you respecting the interviewing process as well. This is not the time to show neither your hip-and-happening style nor how gorgeous your figure is. If you are female that doesn’t mean that you have to be covered from neck to ankle to wrist but it does mean that you want to keep the interview focused on your professional qualifications, this is not the time nor place for anything tight, plunging, split, or high. Regarding make-up, less is better than more and some is better than none. The object of make-up is to enhance features not provide a mask. Daytime make-up is supposed to be light and, like your clothing, should not distract. Color is another consideration, women should wear grey, tan, or navy. Though black is considered conservative it presents

want to keep the interview focused on your professional qualifications, this is not the time nor place for anything tight, plunging, split, or high. Regarding make-up, less is better than more and some is better than none. The object of make-up is to enhance features not provide a mask. Daytime make-up is supposed to be light and, like your clothing, should not distract. Color is another consideration, women should wear grey, tan, or navy. Though black is considered conservative it presents too harsh an image. For the men you don’t have to show up in a three piece suit, unless that is the standard office attire, however, it should reflect a conservative air. No matter how clean they are, or how starched and pressed, jeans are never appropriate, the same is true with t-shirts. Men should think slacks and a dress shirt with matching belt and shoes. Men should consider black, navy, or brown. Both men and women may wear other colors, of course, but keep to a subdued shade once again avoiding distracting from your goal. When you find an outfit you like, look and feel comfortable in, use that as your interviewing outfit. You certainly don't want to show up in something that makes you feel uncomfortable and spend your interview time fidgeting or worried about how you look.

Secondly, this goes hand in hand, as it were, with the first: shake hands upon meeting the interviewer. It is amazing how powerful this simply act is. The correct handshake is very simple: the web, the skin between your forefinger and thumb, of your hand completely touches the web of the interviewers, wrap your fingers around the other hand, squeeze firmly (not tight enough to cause discomfort, this is an interview not a wrestling match), pump twice slightly (you aren’t pumping water), look the interviewer in the eyes and say, “Hello, I’m _____, nice to meet you.” This sets an excellent tone for the interview and shows your willingness to take charge of a situation; initiative is a very desirable trait in all jobs. Women have developed a weak finger or half palm handshake that interprets as submissive and indecisive. Women can have firm handshakes and still appear feminine, or well mannered. Practice the handshake and greeting until it becomes second nature to you.

Next, research the company. You need to do this for two reasons: a) to see if the company fits your professional goals and style, b) by sharing your knowledge of the company with the interviewer you show th