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Understand: a resume is not a ticket for an interview, but a banknote

There is an opinion that, supposedly, a resume is a ticket for an interview. His main task is to get a call. This is a very erroneous opinion, which killed a large number of professionals. A person thinks that if he worked at Microsoft, Yandex, Google, then no matter what his resume is, it is important to indicate the place of work. Partly he is right: such a resume, of course, will interest the recruiter, but no more. The main task of the resume is to show the true value of you as a professional. If you did not immediately show your true value, then in an interview it will be more difficult to do. At the dawn of my recruiting youth, I many times faced with a situation where I have an excellent candidate with whom I recently conducted an interview. I understand that this is exactly what my customer needs, I send the resume to the customer, mentally losing the scenario of their future communication, hiring my candidate and the prize received. But here I sent the resume and in reply
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How to answer salary questions

How much did you earn in the same place? How much do you want now? What kind of answers are expected from you at the interview How much did you earn in the same place? The conversation about the salary at the interview usually begins with the question of how much you received in your previous job. You may be asked how your work was paid or paid now, do you get a fixed salary or income depends on the results of the activity. How to answer such a question? You should not, trying to increase your value in the eyes of a recruiter, call too high numbers that are not true. An experienced HR manager monitors the level of salaries in the labor market and approximately represents how much you earn. Therefore, a clearly inadequate answer will alert the recruiter: is everything in order for the applicant with self-esteem? Is he overestimating his talents? Moreover, the recruiter will also be wary of a low figure. If the applicant talks about the high level of his responsibility at the pre
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Why fill out a questionnaire if you have a resume?

Arriving for an interview, many job seekers hear from recruitment managers a request to fill out a questionnaire in addition to the resume. Often this becomes a real stumbling block and even causes conflicts between candidates and recruiters. Why, they say, spend time for extra paper if everything is already described in the resume? In most cases, the questionnaire proposed by the personnel managers actually partially duplicates the resume - as a rule, it contains questions about the education of the applicant, his work experience, knowledge and skills. However, recruiters are not wasting their time and your time, because a correctly drawn up questionnaire helps them get exactly the information about the candidate that interests them. In addition, an experienced recruitment specialist may well appreciate you by how exactly you fill out the questionnaire. Fast or slow? Details or in general terms? For example, if the applicant was asked to answer all the questions, and he answered
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Where am I? Types of interviews and rules of conduct for them

Forewarned - means armed, says folk wisdom. So it would be nice for job seekers to know what can expect them at the interview. Indeed, it is far from always the case is limited to the questions “Why do you want to work with us?” And “Tell us about your experience”. To understand what kind of interview you got in and how to behave, read Superjob.ru recommendations. Several interview classifications have been developed. We will focus on the types of interviews that are most often applied in practice and which you are very likely to encounter. Screening interview: on clothes meet ... Depending on the purpose, there are 2 types of interviews - screening and screening. The screening interview is the first step in the recruiter’s personal interaction with candidates. Of all those who sent their resumes for the vacancy, the selection manager selects applicants who objectively meet the requirements of the vacancy. Of course, some applicants can be eliminated at the resume stage if,
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“Why didn’t they take me?” Is it always worth reproaching yourself for mistakes at the interview

Denial of employment can be different. They may call you and politely say that, unfortunately, they are not yet ready to make a job offer. They can write the same in an email. They may not call or write - then you yourself will guess everything. However, whatever the denial of employment, even in seasoned interview candidates, it sometimes causes an attack of pessimism. But is it always necessary to scold oneself for mistakes made? Read the advice of specialists Superjob.ru. “Why did they refuse me?” Some applicants are tormented, sorting through every moment of the interview and every phrase in the resume. Such a reflection, of course, is useful: you can really understand what confused the recruiter in your candidacy. But not always the matter is only in you. Experts acknowledge that there can be a lot of reasons for refusing to hire, and they are not always associated with the low professionalism of the candidate. It's no secret that job seekers are denied because they are t
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