Re: Tips on Getting Hired...Opinion #2501

Subject: Re: Tips on Getting Hired...Opinion #2501
From: Beth Agnew <beth -dot- agnew -at- senecac -dot- on -dot- ca>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:54:40 -0500

There's concrete method in that. First, it's a way to get to know you. The interviewer can ask about that experience and, like personal interests, because it's probably unrelated to the job under discussion you will be more natural and authentic when talking about it. This lets the interviewer see who you really are. They can see a different facet of you than "techwriter for software docs". Also, managers who are on the ball know that we develop our experiences in various ways. Someone who can get along in cramped quarters on a sub, with the stress that entails, can probably handle a bad day in the cube farm. Military training gives you discipline, teamwork, leadership, and tolerance skills. You know how to be flexible, adaptable, and patient. You're probably well-organized and tidy.

It's difficult to interview for soft skills such as those. If job experience can point to them, all the better.

Greg Holmes wrote:

But it does stick out in my mind how often that part of my resume piqued an interviewer's curiosity.
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