Disaster hit. A message informing you of your dismissal from your job appeared at the very of your email inbox. You pulled up your work computer to look for more information on the situation, only to discover that you were no longer granted the corporate access you had assumed would be available to you for the rest of your life.
Even though this moment is challenging, we have faith in your ability to handle it. You just need a little direction, which we can provide. Finding new employment must be your first priority in order to safeguard your financial situation. After all, you need to provide for both your children and yourself.
Without any further ado, it is time for us to proceed to our first tip for gaining employment as soon as possible:
Invest in a Good Internet Service
This is not a suggestion that you would anticipate seeing in a career advice article but we have placed it at the top of our list for one key reason: practically every stage of the job application process depends on the internet. In your situation, it is essential to acquire high-speed internet rather than just any internet.
High-speed internet is important to your cause because of two factors:
First off, working at a fast pace increases productivity. And you must be really productive since the sooner you get employment, the better. Indeed, you lost out on a significant portion of your potential earnings each day that you are jobless.
Reason number two is that remote interviews occur considerably more often now than they did before the coronavirus pandemic startled the world. And internet with high speeds is crucial for remote interviews. Imagine how miserable it would be if your internet suddenly became unresponsive while you were in the midst of boasting about how fantastic your previous work experience was to your dream employer in an interview. Indeed, in these situations, a poor internet connection could prevent you from getting your ideal job.
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Do Your Research Before Interviews
Anyone who claims that it is impossible to prepare for interviews since you never know what will be asked of you is either insane or does not want you to get a new job (we’re thinking a lot of people are envious of someone with a career as amazing as yours).
Do you have any doubts about what we just said? Let us provide you with two questions that are asked every time during job interviews as evidence to back up our claim:
- Describe yourself to me
- What tasks do you perform in your current position?
In addition to these two, there are many others that are regularly, if not always, asked. They consist of:
- What animal best represents your soul?
- Describe the biggest obstacle you have faced and how you overcame that obstacle.
- Describe your biggest strength and/or weakness
- What is your greatest accomplishment
Now, coming up with responses to these inquiries entails more than just doing online research; additionally, it entails creating your own versions of the responses you found on the internet, which you should then practice facing a mirror and/or in mock interviews.
The opportunity to question the interviewer is another guaranteed component of an interview. Therefore, prepare at least three questions for your interviewer in advance and practice asking them. Be sure that you make the questions very pertinent so as to show the interviewer that you are an intelligent person.
Do Not Be Flowery in Your Application Submissions
If we received a quarter each time a recruiter rejected a job application because the applicant’s resume was too flowery, we would be pretty wealthy. Truth be told if you do not provide the numbers backing the fact that you are an excellent employee, terms like “wonderful” and “successful” mean nothing.
Wrapping Up
We hope that you will put all of the advice we have given above into practice and that you will soon be attending an orientation at the workplace you have always wanted to be a part of!