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!
How to become rich? Skills for getting a job part 3
How to become rich? Skills for getting a job
How to become rich? Skills for getting a job
Introduction to the series on skills for getting a good job
A cursory glance at Yahoo Answers immediately reveals that many people who want information related to jobs will usually ask a few related and common questions. What job should I do to make money or to make myself happy? Sometimes that question even goes: should I go for a job that makes me money, or should I go for a job that pays less but makes me happy? (I don't see why you can't have both actually, and get a job that makes you both rich and happy. To me, the dream job would make me both rich and happy. ) What interview skills do I need to land that good job or to land that perfect occupation which I have always dreamed of? How do I write a good or perfect CV? Questions of that nature usually crop up.
This series of articles here on Ideas on how to become rich will therefore focus on the simplest way to make money - to get a good and well-paying job. One of the ways to make good money is to get a well-paying job.
But in order to do that, many things have to fall in place. Right, this is an ideas blog on how to make money and how to become rich, so I will not focus on the simplest and most obvious parts to getting a high end job. You will need some form of education and obviously the job that you are applying for must be something that you can do, i.e. if you have an arts major specialising in literature, applying to be an engineer at NASA is not what you might want to do, honestly.
Here are the skills for getting a good paying job, so that you can make good money, that I intend to cover in my Ideas on how to become rich blog:
1. What job do you really want? Do you prefer money or leisure, or do you want both?
In section 1 in this series here on my money making blog, I will be suggesting ideas and thoughts that you might want to consider. Making money is very important to me, and making money is also very important for a lot of people all around the world. Yet sometimes getting a job is not just about the money or the financial remuneration, but it is more of a self-actualisation or fulfilment kind of thing for certain people. I think one of the more key ideas here is that you have to decide for yourself: if you think that there is a dichotomy or contradiction between being rich and being happy, which would you choose? And also, if you don't think that there is a problem with being both rich and happy, then what kind of job would you want, that would maximise your "money returns" and your "happiness returns"?
2. Interview skills for landing that great job you always wanted
If you decide that making money or getting a great job is your kind of thing, then you need to work on your interview skills! I deal with this before dealing with the CV writing skill, but that's because many many more people want help in getting a job via interviews. They can write a good CV and they have got an interview, but are simply unable to sell themselves effectively, and an interview that should have gone well may turn out bad because of poor communication skills or lack of confidence. Impressing potential employers with a well written CV will not save you if you do not have good interview skills. Here in this section I will be writing about tips on interviews and how to get that dream job that you have always wanted.
3. How to write a good CV/ Tips on writing a CV that will impress potential employers
To get a good job, you will need to pass an interview, but before that interview, you need a good CV. How does one write a good CV that will attract potential employers and entice them to give you a good job? This section deals with CV writing skills and how to portray yourself postively and the like.
4. How to get further education online
OK, I will be honest and say that there is of course a lot of vested interest here. Currently I don't even have a Masters and here I am suggesting to people that they should go for a Masters or some form of further education to improve their career opportunities. This is because I also write an online education blog that researches and investigates various universities and online learning courses and online degrees. Nonetheless this vested interest that I have does not detract from the fact that one of the best ways of making more money is to get a high-paying job, and one of the best ways of getting that high-paying job is to be well educated. Masters holders and MBA holders in particular get very high paying jobs and are valued more by their organisation. The strength of an online degree or distance learning course is that you do not have to attend a university full time and can work and learn at the same time. More of that to come in future posts.
5. Mentality and attitude - once you get that job
This will deal with the correct mentality and attitude that you may want to possess when you get your dream job and get your dream salary. Also, it will suggest ideas on how to get that promotion, how to move up the corporate ladder and how to get pay raises, and basically, how to improve your finances while enjoying your job and every moment of it.
6. Last section: negotiation.
Negotiation is related to money making, deal making, promotions and much more. Negotiation is also related to mentality and attitude and is one of the major things that you will be facing in your career, and in many social and career situations. Be sure you know many tips and ideas on how to negotiate successfully and get what you want! Also, negotiation should be used in conjunction with all the other vital skills that you should have mastered and at least got to know well: interview skills; CV writing skills; mentality and attitude.
All said, stay tuned to learn about ideas and tips on these important skills that you need to land that dream job that pays you well. A job that pays well and is something that you love to do is one of the best ideas on how to make money enjoyably.
