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Right person for the right Job
What
do interviewers look for?
An interview is conducted
with an aim to identify candidates with skills suitable for a particular
job. Apart from your educational qualifications and work experience, personality
and inter-personal skills are equally stressed on. The interviewer usually
evaluates candidates within a span of 10-30 minutes. So give the best
you have got!
Employers look for some specific skills in candidates they are interviewing. These include:
Resource
Skills
Can you make optimal use of the resources available to you? That is what
employers are keen to know. You must have the capability to identify,
manage, plan, and then allocate resources such as time, money, raw materials,
and employees.
• Time Skills - As a prospective
employee you should have the ability to prioritise his tasks. You must
then be able to allocate time to each depending on its importance. Always
remember to keep the company’s goal in mind when ranking and allocating
time to your tasks. To implement them, prepare and follow a schedule.
• Money Skills - As a potential
candidate you should be able to prepare and implement a budget, make forecasts,
and maintain records. Furthermore, you should have the skill to make adjustments
to meet the company’s goals.
• Facilities and Material Handling Skills - Another essential skill is the ability to purchase, store, allocate, and use materials or facilities, efficiently.
• HR Skills - As a potential employee, you should be able to identify others’ strengths, and distribute tasks accordingly. You should also know the basics of performance appraisal and feedback.
Communication
Skills
Do you prefer to work alone or with a team? It’s important that
you have the ability to work with others. Team spirit is the crux here!
Important interpersonal skills include the ability to:
• Put
your group’s objectives before yours
• Knowledge and skill sharing
• Must satisfy the customer
• Demonstrate leadership qualities
• Effective communication
• Learn to negotiate
• Work in varied environments
• Work without bias, work with different
people
Information
Gathering Skills
How well can you gather and use information effectively, and efficiently?
Apart from information gathering, you must have expertise in evaluating,
managing and interpreting.
System
Skills
You must be able to understand the working of social, organisational and
technological systems.
Technical
Skills
Being technology savvy is the way to be in the IT era. You are expected
to possess skills required to identify the technology suitable for your
needs and apply the same to your area of work. For this purpose, you should
be aware of the set-up procedure and operation of the equipment.
The presence or absence of these skills decides the way your career moves.
Your aim should be to acquire as many skills as you can and keep updating
them regularly. You can become irresistible to an employer if, you are
well informed and capable as you are!
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