This is the first entry in a blog that I will be keeping for my professional skills and issues module at oxford brooks. I am a Computer student and am in my second year at brooks.
I have noticed that this module isn’t really related to my course but am hoping that it will give me a head start for applying for jobs and other things.
Last week I attended the first lecture for this module. It started with Samia Kamal explaining what the module was going to be about and whet we would need to do. She also talked about how appearance was an important thing when going to interviews. By going to an interview in professional clothing it shows that the interviewee has put effort into preparing for it, which in its self tells us a few things.
The person hasn’t left the interview to the last minute and has prepared showing that they will also do this in their work as opposed to someone in jeans who may as well woke up five minutes ago from a night in the pub.
They care about how other perceive them meaning they care about what others think of their work, which in turn will make them work harder.
The interviewers will take you more seriously because a person in a suite looks like their ready to become a businessman, but a man in his underwear looks like he’s unsure where he wants to be.
Finally wearing a suit changes the way you thing, it will make you feel better about yourself and encourage you to give more intuitive answers instead of half effort answers.
To conclude this are just a few things that I already knew and have been reminded of. I will instead say that it’s always a good idea to research into the company you are applying to as this is my downfall. Being asked about a company’s history when all I really want is a wage at the end of the week.
1 comment:
This is an excellent blog you've got here. I was reading a magazine one time when I was a teenager, and a man who runs a business in a certain industry said something that really had a profound impact upon me. He said that when he interviews people to work at his business, he attempts to gauge their love for this particular industry, and the second they start asking about wages, benefits, etc, the odds will be stacked against them. It just goes to show that you should go into a field/business with a love for that line of work, not on the basis of "what can I get out of this?"
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