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10 Reasons You Should Hire Me!

Be sure to never add these reasons to your cover letter and resume.

Experience Matters

When it comes to business or for that matter HR, work experience can be one of the most difficult things to obtain when you’re enrolled in College. I myself have been in school for four years now. I actually started off in a three year business diploma program and from there; I graduated and transferred into the third year of an HR degree program. It’s true, work experience can be hard to come by but at the end of the day, it’s realy important to get in there and try your best in getting as much experience as you can.

Let me tell you a little bit about my experiences, this past summer I had the opportunity to actually gain some experience in HR as an HR Assistant. Working in the HR Department was a wonderful experience. As an HR Assistant I had the opportunity to work with many different people including an HR Director, a few HR Advisors, a Training and Development Manager, and a Claims Coordinator. I was able to learn new things, apply my skills, and have an opportunity to actually work with fantastic people whom you can call “subject matter experts,” in other words, experts in their field. The people that I worked with were great, they were patient, friendly, and took their time in explaining the process rather than just giving me a random task to complete. Overall, by having the opportunity to work with them, it provided me with the chance to acquire experience and knowledge about the different elements in Human Resources.

In my previous post I emphasized on the importance of being thankful. I’d like to say it again and thank each of them who will remain nameless for the summer experience. Everyone of them were great and in my view, were more like mentors rather than “bosses.” None the less, all of you were wonderful and I will never forget the " HR Experience." So to conclude this post, I’d just to say thank you my previous bosses and say to the students working their way through the educational system, get out there and acquire as much experience as you can. After all, the combination of both experience and education can be the difference maker in whether or not you get that full-time job/career when you graduate.

Funny Job Interview

A valid and reliable combination of screening and selection tests can make the biggest difference in finding the right candidate for the job.

This isn't one of them.

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Ahmahaser, . "Funny HR Interview." YouTube. N.p., 08 October 2010. Web. 26 Feb 2012. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdHWL4vdDsE&feature=player_embedded>.

My Take On Job Interviews

Job interviews can be one of the most stressful things during the job searching process. Whether the stress comes from before, during, or after the interview, in the end, it can all be very stressful. So what are some tips a student like myself can offer other then what’s already posted all over the internet? Well, all I can simply offer is my experiences and mentality when I’m heading into an interview.

Over the years I’ve learned that when you’re preparing for an interview the most important thing to do is practice, practice, and practice. After all, it’s essential that you’re ready for whatever questions the interviewer might ask you. Furthermore, it’s also important to practice situational, behavioural, and standard interview questions over and over again with genuine and honest answers. You can do this either by practicing by yourself, with a friend, or perhaps if you’re enrolled in an educational institution, a career advisor. Career advisors after all are here to help, but not only that, want to help, at least based on my experiences. Lastly, I believe that it’s important to just be honest in an interview. Forget about people telling you to “answer” what is right, what sounds like the perfect answer, and what the interviewer wants to hear. If you’re honest and genuinely believe in what you’re saying, then it’s most likely you’ll “fit” perfectly with the organization. Overall, in addition to what I just suggested above there are also other factors that should be included such as dressing appropriately, getting there on time, and being polite, but these tips should already be obvious.

My mentality heading into an interview is simple, I put 110% into it and do my very best. First off, I try my best to not stress about it. The key is to go into an interview with confidence where you can market yourself and show the employer why you “fit” with the organization. If you think too much about the possible mistakes you could make, most likely, you’ll make them in an interview. Secondly, the key thing about interviews is after you’ve done them, move on. In other words, after you’ve completed the interview don’t stress about it, you’ve already completed it and the important thing is that you tried your very best. If you sit back and think about, oh my, I shouldn’t have said this or oh my, I should have done this, you’re only creating unnecessary stress. If you did make mistakes, the important thing is to learn from it, apply it, and try again the next time. Overall, I believe that it is important to have a mentality of putting 110% in preparations, just doing it, learning from it, and moving on. After all, it is important to move forward towards the future rather then dwelling in the past.

Be Thankful, Never Forget!

I believe that today’s society has forgotten the meaning of being thankful. Individuals are always wanting more and forgetting about the opportunities that were given to them in the past. I for one am thankful for everything around me, whether it’d be my peers, coworkers, friends, or family. I’d like to recall one event that I am most thankful for.

Let me start off by just saying that I myself am just a college student working towards a degree in Human Resources. I’m continuously learning and working hard everyday so that hopefully, I will be able to impact the HR world in the future.

On to the event, I would say that one of the things I am most thankful for was my first big break into the business world. The story was simple; I was just a college student with little to no experience in business working for free for an organization in order to complete my 82 hour business placement requirement. During my run with the company, I had the opportunity to meet all kinds of people who were both very respectful and insightful. There was one individual though that I am most thankful for. She was an Office Manager at the top of the game who helped me get my first paid business job for the summer after my 82 hour placement was over. She barely even knew me, I was just a student, but out of the kindness of her heart she helped me get my first big break into the real world.

So I’d like to thank her, because of her I was able to get my first big break and become the person I am today. An individual, who works hard, cares for others, is passionate about education, and loves the world of HR. Overall, I am very thankful for the person who looked out for me when nobody else did; my only hope is that in the future, I will have the same opportunity to help others just like how she helped me.

Just remember, there is nothing wrong with moving forward, just never forget those who’ve helped you in the past and remember to always be thankful for the things that were given to you.

Blogging? Are You Serious?

Let me start off by saying that I am most likely the last person to ever have a blog, or for that matter, have anything posted on the internet. So what exactly am I doing with a blog? Well I thought to myself, why not? Why not create a blog and do what millions of other people are doing.

So here I am, posting on a blog, this will be a place where I will be able to share my thoughts about the business field of Human Resources. First off, let me just say that Human Resources is a field I really enjoy. I just flat out love it, whether it'd be Recruitment & Selection, Training & Development, HR Planning, or Occupational Health & Safety, in the end, it's all good. So why do I enjoy it so much? It's simply because it deals with people and the impact you can make to change the way an organization functions in terms of human capital.

So I'm gonna end it here with a link at the bottom of the page. It's simply an article for people who want to break into a career in Human Resources, just like me.

http://humanresources.about.com/od/hrbasicsfaq/a/HR_jobs.htm