How to become rich? Skills for getting a job part 3

How to become rich? Skills for getting a job part 3

Here is what we are going to cover in this series on "How to become rich? Skills for getting a high paying and excellent job":

1. What job do you really want? High pay or good job or both?
2. Interview skills for getting that high-paying job.
3. How to write an excellent CV that will earn you and land you that high paying job.
4. How to get further education online which will help you eventually become rich.
5. Mentality and attitude for the excellent job and for becoming rich.
6. Negotiation tips and tactics.

We have covered "What job do you really want?" in the last post and evaluated the distinction between a high paying job and a job that does not pay as well, but is something that you would love to do very much. It would be much much better if one could actually get a job that paid well and was comfortable and enjoyable, of course. This blog is about ideas on how to become rich, and one of the best ways of becoming rich is to earn money by having a good, well-paying job that allows you to develop and learn as a person and still receive a high salary. My focus is always on ideas on how to become rich.

In this post, we will be covering interview skills that will help you land that job you've always wanted. These are ideas that may help you land that high paying job, and are commonsense tips and ideas that will definitely help you. Remember to always practise your interview skills. Good luck for any interviews that you may have to do and will do, cheers!

Interview Skills and Tips

Before the interview

1. Do your homework about the company. What does the company or organisation do? What are the products and how long has this compnay already been in business? Do you know anything about the company's history? How much money does it make a year and how much money is it known to pay its workers and managers? Are there any annual reports about this organisation and its structure and its finances that you can have a look at?

2. Do some reading - general reading. Many interviewers expect you to have a good command of basic knowledge, commonsense and some basic knowledge of current affairs. Why would you want to hire someone who didn't know what was going around the world today? Read newspapers, read magazines and get some interests so that you appear informed. Try not to do last minute preparation but instead prepare your understanding of the company and your understanding of the world's current affairs over a period of time before your interview.

3. Think to yourself about what job you are willing to do, why you are applying for this job, what the remunerations are and how much are you going to be paid. Will you take a lower salary if that is what is offered? Or will you stick to your guns and offer explanations and ideas why you should be paid a higher salary and are entitled to more money than that offered by the interviewer or the HR department?

4. Dress nicely and professionally. There are many people who don't do this, surprising as it may seem. Dress to impress and the money/ salary/ promotion and the job are yours.

5. Prepare some questions and some answers. Try to preempt. Always also prepare some questions that you can ask them in case they ask you: "What questions would you like to ask us?" etc. It is important to think about money and how much they are going to pay you, but do not ask salary related issues so quickly and do not ask about salary related issues when they ask you if you have any questions! You can always ask about pay and bonuses and extra funding later, once you have landed that high paying, excellent job.

During the interview

1. Speak with a clear and confident voice.

2. Answer all questions to the best of your ability and have no fear. Be sure to try to answer all questions including the really hard ones. Do not panic.

3. When asked about salary or remuneration or pay, be sure to be firm and ask politely and tactfully as well about it.

"How much am I going to be paid" or "I want a lot of money" is not very tactful, but firm and assertive only. You want something firm and tactful, convincing and polite. "Based on my qualifications, skills set and training, I believe that I can do this job for X dollars, because that is what I am uniquely worth given my skills and expertise." That's how you can ask for more money and a better salary.

4. Do be polite and don't say anything negative or bad, or any vulgarities.

5. Maintain a good posture, and breathe normally. Don't panic.

6. Thank the interviewer or interviewers and look them all in the eyes confidently and clearly. Remember to mind your Ps and Qs and always say "thank you" and "yes".

7. Also, if they ask if you have any questions, always ask some good questions. You have prepared for them beforehand, so just shoot off some very good questions to show them that you have thought about what you wanted to know and what you wanted to say.

After the interview

1. Call them up if they have not replied. Be calm, friendly and professional.

2. If you get the job, congratulations and do remember to stick to it properly and get yourself promoted in your career of your choice. Do read the other posts here on this blog for ideas on negotiation, thinking skills, attitudes and the like. Cheers!

3. Be sure to ask questions like: when do I start? What is the dress code? Who do I report to? etc. Be professional.

More tips and ideas to come on CV writing skills... It is true that you need to write a good CV before you can get the interview, which allows you to audition for the high paying, high salary job. However, the most number of queries I get about jobs and salaries are about interviews, so I write about interview skills and tips first, before going on to write about CVs, which are extremely important but apparently less famous and less regarded. My personal advice is that you ignore CVs at your own peril if you want to land a nice, good, high paying job that you enjoy and love. Stay tuned!