When considering the types of questions you could be asked in an Administration interview and how to answer them the first consideration is to look at the actual role itself and what they key functions are.
Administration is an important part of every private and public organisation and core tasks involve planning, defining goals, making decisions, and arranging the hierarchy so that people are best utilised in the pursuit of these goals. Read More…
Accounting interviews can be complex with the interview questions reflecting the detailed nature of the work. They will be directed towards finding out how skilled you are and how adept you will be when carrying out your responsibilities.
These tasks can be varied however as you know the function of accounting involves the setting out, interpreting, and communicating of the financial information about a business or company, and hence lies at the very heart of business enterprise. Read More…
Ok, so in this article I get right down to basics and answer a surprisingly commonly asked question: What is a job interview? Also I discuss why going to the job interview is like going on a date!
You would imagine that most people know what a job interview is however that is not the case. For those who are just entering the job market for the first time such as graduates or school leavers the job interview is a new experience and for people who perhaps have immigrated the interview process might be somewhat different to what they are familiar with.
It was International Women’s Day earlier this month and women all around the world celebrated. Women have also recently been found to be more successful at job interviews – find out why below and make sure you get the job you deserve.
Englishman John Browett has been appointed as new Head of Retail at Apple after a year long worldwide search.
This goes to show that employers are taking their time to find the right candidates to fill jobs, especially more senior positions such as management roles. These roles are crucial to the efficient running of the business and it is essential to recruit the right person.
I hope you all had a great Christmas and have made your new year’s resolutions for 2012. This month sees the highest number of job interviews take place in the country. Are you one of them? If so, make sure you make the most of this opportunity. Read More…
Have you been visiting the numerous careers fairs around the country recently? Hopefully you have made some useful contacts and already have some job interviews in the pipeline.
Many job interviews from events like these take the form of Assessment Centres which are very different to a typical interview. A little research is therefore needed to make sure you sell yourself effectively.
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HESA published its latest Destinations of HE Leavers survey recently which shows positive news; more graduates are in full time work than in previous years. However only days ago the ONS announced that youth unemployment overall is at its highest ever, reinforcing the value of a degree for young people.
Employment laws have been causing headaches for recruiters recently with strict rules on what can and can’t be asked at job interviews.
InterviewGold reported in an earlier article that over half of jobseekers would lie on their CVs and in job applications in order to land a job interview. Therefore it is understandable that interviewers are becoming tougher in interviews. But where do you draw the line, and how much are you allowed to ask without getting into trouble?
A recent report from the Office for National Statistics has highlighted that women are suffering much more than men at this stage of the economic crisis. With more than a million women unemployed, this is now at a 20 year high.
Despite reports that the economy is starting to recover, female employment has actually decreased again by 64,000 over the course of the last year compared to an increase in male employment by 69,000.
