2nd Phone Interview - Tips, etc

Something to keep in mind: http://mgmt.talkingvillage.com/article.x/1570

Questions to ask: http://jobsearch.about.com/od/second-interviews/a/second-interview-questions-to-ask.htm

Possible questions: http://jobsearch.about.com/od/second-interviews/a/second-interview-questions.htm

Resources:

http://www.vinceprep.com/interviews/behavioral-interviews
http://www.quintcareers.com/sample_behavioral.html

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/outside-voices-careers/2011/09/26/how-to-answer-behavorial-interview-questions

http://www.job-interview-wisdom.com/behavioral-interview-questions.html

2nd, 3rd...

http://www.theladders.com/career-advice/what-to-expect-second-third-interview

Phone Interview - 10-15 minutes

Tips, Helpful internet resources...

Start with "Hi, I'm ____", so interviewer does not have to waste time asking for you.

Q: Tell me about yourself
Q: Tell me about your current position
Q: Why are you interested in this position?
Q: Why are you interested in this company?
Q: Why do you want to leave your current company?
Q: What is your experience with Excel? From 1-10, rate; Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced...?
Q: What is the most complicated work you've done with Excel, explain?
Q: What is your salary range?
Q: Are you currently looking for other jobs? What is the time frame?

Great resources:

Link:
http://www.collegegrad.com/jobsearch/Mastering-the-Interview/Ten-Tough-Interview-Questions-and-Ten-Great-Answers/

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/03/04/cb.answering.tough.interview.questions/

http://www.theladders.com/career-advice/how-to-answer-tell-me-about-yourself-interview-question

http://www.recruiter.com/i/tell-me-about-yourself-tips-to-answer-this-tough-interview-question/

http://boomerjobtips.com/best-job-interview-thank-you-letter-format/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/626/1/

Sept 14, 2012 - $0.02 on Birthdays

At the end of the day, does it ever really matter how many "happy birthday!"s were said to you? With social media, facebook particularly, your birthday is set on your profile, and a notification pops up for every one of your so-called "friends"... and generally about 1/4th of them will leave a "happy birthday, hope it's a good one" or some variation of that. Most of whom you probably have not talked to in the last six months, and you might get a few truly genuine well wishes, but if it weren't for facebook, would half of those people even have remembered that it was your birthday? Let alone have sent you a message with some personal pizzazz?

Even when I initially published this information, the birthday greetings were unoriginal and unextraordinary... I couldn't even tell you who said what to me. Social media has created this problem, and albeit I give it credit for making it easy to find old school friends, and "keeping in touch", but it's taken away the personal touches that were once found in handwritten letters, or greeting cards, without messages, at Christmas. It's now difficult for almost everyone to remember a birthday without first checking facebook. Let's not even get started with phone calls... now they're text messages, "Hello, mom. Is that you, I can't tell?"

I really only care for those few personal text messages from friends who remembered, without the little notification on the upper right corner of the website. Those few greetings mean more to me than having hundreds of "happy birthdays" from people who would not remember otherwise.

Sept 12, 2012 - HBDs!

It's been a whirlwind of traveling, birthdays, bachelorettes and engagements these last couple of months... and it's only just starting to slow down. It's my bff's birthday today, happy 30th to my boyfriend and besterest friend I can ever ask for! A few more weeks, and I can maybe start to save for other big things in life....

... knowing me though, I'll be flying by the seat of my pants (probably should learn to control this), and traveling somewhere else just because I can. In the last 6 weeks alone, I've been to Portland, OR/Washington State, Las Vegas, NV and San Diego, CA... all for pleasure. And if you were wondering, no, I decided not to take the trip to India next month. Maybe I'll be back in BC in the winter, I love it up there. It's like New York, minus the congestion.