Central Valley Jobs Blog

Job hunting can be pretty stressful. Reading ad after ad, sending out resumes, filling out applications, calling to follow up in hopes of just getting a chance to interview can wreak havoc on the nerves. You worry, and worry and worry some more. Then the phone finally rings.

As you agree to a date and time to meet the prospective employer for an interview you sigh with relief and feel a sense of excitement that maybe this is the one. You relax a little bit and start planning on your interview strategy. As the date approaches however, a whole new feeling of stress and anxiety may start to take it’s hold.

What questions will they ask? How will I respond? Will the interviewer be nice or impersonal like the last one? These are all questions that you may ask yourself and the answer is, you won’t know until you meet them. It’s a bit nerve wracking to say the least. The best you can do and make sure you know your own history and can present it in the best way possible. You can also prepare for the different types of interviewers you may come into contact with.

There is a great article on the AT&T website that outlines 10 different types of interviewers, what you can expect and how to handle them. You can read the article in it’s entirety here. The old saying that “Knowledge is Power” holds true even in situations like this. The better you can prepare, the more relaxed you will be. Good luck!

Should you include a cover letter with your resume or not? It’s a question everyone who has submitted a resume has had to ask themselves. We hear that employers don’t read them and that they do read them. Some employers ask for them, while others don’t. Either way, it can be   trying to figure out exactly what needs to be included in the cover letter.

As if job hunting wasn’t stressful enough, now you have to add having a pristine cover letter to the mix. Well fear not, we here at CentralValleyJobs.com scour the web to bring you articles on the in’s and out’s of job hunting. Monster.com has a great article on how to avoid 7 no-no’s of cover letters. You can find their article here.