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Know you feelings about job cultures:
Whether dealing with a recruiter or human resource manager, the culture of
the company is important to understand. If a company's culture is very casual,
with a dress code of sweaters and jeans, and is an open space environment where group participation is the focus, and music
blasting in all hallways and you prefer a more formal environment of separate work space, more professional dress code of
suits or shirt and tie every day you need to be able to understand the real conflicts in work environments. The recruiters and interviewers not only has to be able to
speak to the culture but portray the culture to you in away that helps you to know what to expect.
Getting
a taste of what life will be like
Ideally you want to see first hand the location of your potential position. If possible take a tour; so that you will understand the environment in which you
will be working. Quite often I hear about interviews in off-site locations for
various reasons. Even if this is a new position, new company or change in leadership,
you still need to press for an opportunity to tour the actual location. You don’t
want to start on the first day, and discover they are behind in process, procedures, technology and or providing a work environment
in a cramped cubicle. Be willing to take the initiative here and ask if it isn’t
offered.
Being part of the team
Along with the company culture,
each department or team may have a subculture that you will need to navigate. It
is important that as a prospective hire you meet members of the team. Not
only will this give you and the team an idea of whether or not you could work together, it also gives you and the team a true
picture of what a day in the life of this position will be like.
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7 DEADLY
SINS OF BUSINESS NETWORKING (And How to Avoid Them)...
By: Leesa Barnes, author of "Schmooze Your Way To Success: 9 Fearless
Networking Tips for the Shy, Timid, Introverted, & Just Plain Clueless"
1. PRIDE - Arrogant or disdainful conduct
or treatment; haughtiness.
Whoever
has pride has an excessive love of themselves. At a networking event this person will talk endlessly about her
products, her services and how happy her clients are with her. To resist pride talk about yourself, but only after finding
out what the other person does for a living.
2. GREED – An excessive desire to acquire
or possess more than what one needs.
At
a networking event a greedy person knows your business needs but is afraid to connect you with someone in her network because
she is afraid you will steal an opportunity from her. Avoid falling prey to greed by knowing that networking is about
giving and the more connections you give the more you will reap the benefits in increased sales, endless referrals, and unlimited
job opportunities.
3. ENVY- A Feeling of admiration and desire
to attain something possessed by another.
At a networking event this person resents your acheivements, traits, status, abilities or situation due
to jealousy of your success. To avoid the pitfalls of envy, acknowledge your personal successes and communicate them
to those with whom you network.
4. WRATH- Intense anger; unrighteous feelings
of hatred or revenge.
At a networking event this person is upset that the event did not produce any
clients or immediate sales or that someone of whom they hold a low opinion of has decided to attend as well. Bringing
wrath into a business environment only has the potential for harm. The business community is smaller than most think
and bad mouthing others will eventually come back to haunt you. Take up your dissatisfactions personally outside of
the confides of the event.
5. LUST- To have an intense or obsessive desire.
Plain
and simple, business networking is about gaining new professional connections not dates or flirting. Keep
topics of discussion on safe topics such as books you are reading, industry relate news, or the ever-popular weather.
6. GLUTTONY- The desire to consume more than
what one requires; over indulgence.
Drinks at a networking event are designed to losen people
up and reduce inhibitors to conversation. First impressions are very important, but more important is making a
lasting impression. To avoid gluttony of food or alcohol, never attend a networking event hungry (eat before
you arrive) and limit your alcohol consumption to 2 drinks.
7. SLOTH- The avoidance of physical work.
Idleness, wastefulness, laziness.
Half
of networking is meeting new people. The other half is buiding the business relationship after you meet. If you offer
to follow up with some one, do so. And do so within 24 hours of the event. That way they will remember who
you are. And following up as promised can be the difference between a thriving business and just scraping by.
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