Job Search Advice: What Your Prospective Boss Might Be Looking For
It’s officially Fall Term. Every college student in the land is fully ensconced in the business of book learning. Ah, to be a student again; three squares a day from the dining hall and all that’s expected of you is to earn a decent GPA.
Students of life have it harder, especially if they’ve recently graduated into this here awesomely effed-up economic recession. No more dining hall access, which, as it turns out, is a hell of a lot worse than the food they serve. In addition to a strict black coffee, banana, and ramen diet, every day is a battle to win a job. (Or at least an interview, for the love of all that’s holy!!!)
For some good interview advice, or maybe some deep interview-perspective thoughts to ponder with regard to what your future boss is looking for in an employee, this NY Times article stuck with me long after I’d read it.
It’s worth a perusal for anyone out there who has watched themselves step away from the $4 latte group to join up with manifesto-writing ingestors of instant coffee, and whose daily grind includes: battle gear (laptop, decent suit, a generic Ziploc-type baggie of instant caffeine granules, a scratched up commuter mug, and a slightly maimed banana); an in-depth knowledge of every passable public WC, every Wi-Fi hotspot, every 7-Eleven or coffee house that will give away their hot water for free; and the ability to re-shape and send a stunning résumé in 27 seconds flat.
Posted by Alexa Harrington
