“How to Ace the New Job Interview and Land the Job of Your Dreams” by Daniel Bortz
If you are planning to change a job and seeking a good advice how to gain success during the job interview, it would be very useful for you to read an article “How to Ace the New Job Interview and Land the Job of Your Dreams” written by Daniel Bortz in the journal Money on October 5, 2014.
In the article Bortz analyzes the main modern hiring methods and explains potential employees what they should expect from the certain hiring processes and how to prepare better for them. The author highlights four types of methods: the video chat, the group session, the panel approach, and the high-stake games. By describing each method, Bortz clarifies what issues employers will pay more attention to and how employees can meet the companies’ requirements. The article is written with clear and simple language. All arguments are supported by the examples of top companies hiring practices or the evidences provided by professional career advisers and recruiting companies. Thus, Bortz gives an example how the hiring process is organized in such companies as Taste of D.C., American Wedding Group, and international tour operator Grand Circle. He also refers to the experience of such career experts as veteran recruiter Mark Howorth, career counselor Karen Chopra, Jason Phillips, vice president of national recruitment and HR operations, Peter Cappelli, director at Wharton’s Center for Human Resources, Priscilla Claman, president of Boston coaching firm Career Strategies, and Finnigan, CEO of the social recruiting platform Jobvite (Bortz, 2014).
In conclusion, it is necessary to say that the new technologies, increase of business process and life speed, and new demands for employees lead to the development of new hiring methods. Consequently, employees should keep up with the times and get ready for new challenges. Bortz’s article helps them to prepare in advance and “land the spot” they want (Bortz, 2014).
Useful links:
http://www.job-hunt.org/job_interviews/think-like-hiring-managers.shtml
http://carolinedowdhiggins.com/how-to-ace-the-video-job-interview/
References
Bortz, D., (October, 2014). How to Ace the New Job Interview and Land the Job of Your Dreams. Money. Vol. 43 Issue 9, pp. 90-94. Database: Business Source …
