10 Secrets of a Hiring Manager

Great article. So true.

Job applicants need to remember that it is a numbers game, it may take 50 applications to get an interview and 10 interviews to land a job. The more you do it the closer you are to your goal of getting hired.

Al of HI 3:45AM March 09, 2012

No matter how the interview turns out you should all way go there with the mind set that this is the day i will be hired. The job market is what it is and to keep my head above water i will give 100% answering any questions ask of me. I once made 13.00 an hour which may not seem much to some but it helped me help my husband take care of the bills. If you tell me the job will pay10.00 an hour hire me and i will show you what I can do and in return you need to show me what you are willing and can to do for me. There is thousand of men and woman out there who is qualified and have the experience to do the job and do it well, remember people like us built the job market to where it is today, so if we get knocked down we get back up. See you on my way to the top soon.

Lucinda Mebane of FL 12:44PM February 09, 2012

I've been avidly looking for a job for 5 months now. It is a difficult situation. They do have the power and they know it. they ask all these questions to try to get some kind of psychological understanding of how you are. But they dont realy have the qualifications to succesfuly do that. The proof is obvious whenever you walk in to an establishment and wonder ( How did that guy get this job!) he obviously doesn't have the proper skills but got the job. This happens way to much. It seems that alot of people get their job by knowing somone but some how alot of those people are the ones who don't do a good job and dont try to hard to please. Like they don't think they should have to work too hard for their money. Employers are also often very rude in their procedures. I was told by an employer after asking for a phone number to check back after my interveiw. You dont need to call back we will call you either way for sure. but I never got a call. I also didn't get an answer or reply from the 3 times I called them. When you do get a reply from an application or an interveiw it is generic most of the time like they say. Wich I think is like a lie. They expect the truth from you but wont tell you the truth in return. Getting a letter that says you dont meet minimum qualifications is upsetting when you know you do. They are also in need. they need people to do for them so everything can get done and they can make money too. To give a little credit there are some companies that are starting to think about the employees in a more possitive way. We just need more of them to start doin the same. It's draining to comit so much time to a job search and then just have employers blow you off left & right like they don't need you but you just want to make a living like they are. Funny how people forget who they were or how it was when they were there. I think with all we need to deal with these days to try to get employment that being able to keep a possitive outlook and be optimistic should earn you a litte respect. I tell you what I hope I don't have to do this much longer.

Charles Gustafson of CA 3:58AM February 09, 2012

Though not sure whether all interviewers know how to conduct good proper interviews but I am very certain that they do know who they are looking for. Most of the time, they are looking for someone who does not have the capability to take over them (or their business) at least for the next 3 years. This is true with Singapore employers or managers.

Patrick Lam 11:22AM January 25, 2012