Thread: What do you take to a job interview?

Slightly different take on this a few years ago was between jobs and a bit bored so thought would get a job night shift shelf stacking at a local supermarket. Now I share the surname of this supermarket brand and the owner lived in the same village. So thought how could they refuse me as might be a relative

While sitting in their office filling in the application form there was a bloke beside me who was having a lot of difficulty with the form. Spent some time helping him with it so it looked good to someone reading it. The words you use can make a big difference

Despite my thoughts about the shared surname I did not get a job. Seems I was too experienced and they considered I would not stay. How long does someone stay stacking shelves on the night shift? My pre job search information gathering said most left the job at that store within 12 months

Was talking to my window cleaner (yes some stereo types are true here it is normal to have a window cleaner) who asked if I had applied for a job stacking shelves at the supermarket

Seems he knew the person I had helped fill in the application form. They had not had work since leaving school 2 years ago. They had got the job and was saying it was because some Australian had helped them fill in the application form. Seems that was me. So while I did not get the work someone who really needed it did which was great. I hope this lead to something bigger for them

I bring a copy of my resume, a pen, and small notepad. Also make sure my phone's on silent and my shoes are clean. Confidence and being on time help heaps too.

Unfortunately my resume is a list of things I no longer want to do.

Hi,
Only ever applied for 4 jobs, got 3 of them and was later very happy not to have got the one I missed.
The last interview was in 1971.
Cheers

Originally Posted by Tombie

15 when I applied, 16 when I raised my hand and swore to defend the Commonwealth.
All interviews, testing and follow ups leading to my entry were solo visits - 3 months after initial application I had my D/L (Ps) so drove to all appointments.


This new mob - not all of them, but a majority - are ****ed!

I think it's important to remember that MSM are sensationalists and will post whatever gains the most anger, to get the reaction/interaction. I can't believe that the older generations are still saying "this new mob are fked" when I am part of the 'new mob' and have first hand never seen anything like any of these articles, or even that the new generation are slack. If anything, I see (in my city at least) the next generation working hard to get ahead and get a leg up, in an economy that is absolutely rooted by the last generations. It's easy to say "oh the next generation just expect things handed to them", but for once we should realise who put them in this position. This will be the first time in history that a generation has left the world worse off.

Originally Posted by reid25

I think it's important to remember that MSM are sensationalists and will post whatever gains the most anger, to get the reaction/interaction. I can't believe that the older generations are still saying "this new mob are fked" when I am part of the 'new mob' and have first hand never seen anything like any of these articles, or even that the new generation are slack. If anything, I see (in my city at least) the next generation working hard to get ahead and get a leg up, in an economy that is absolutely rooted by the last generations. It's easy to say "oh the next generation just expect things handed to them", but for once we should realise who put them in this position. This will be the first time in history that a generation has left the world worse off.

I ignore anything where people are stating that "young people today are ****ed" or "this new generation is ****ed" because humans have been saying it for ever. The ancient Greeks said it, and there's a famous quote attributed to Socrates that apparently wasn't by him but was by a more recent scholar summarising ancient Greek attitudes.

But I did find this about what Aristotle thought about old men:


"In the Greek world (or at least in Classical Greek literature) elderly men were often stereotyped as rigid, suspicious, and stingy. In his Rhetoric, for example, Aristotle says:

"[Elderly men] have lived many years; they have often been taken in, and often made mistakes; and life on the whole is a bad business....They are cynical; that is, they tend to put the worse construction on everything. Further, their experience makes them distrustful and therefore suspicious of evil. Consequently they neither love warmly nor hate bitterly....They are small-minded, because they have been humbled by life: their desires are set upon nothing more exalted or unusual than what will help them to keep alive. They are not generous, because money is one of the things they must have....They are cowardly, and are always anticipating danger; unlike that of the young, who are warm-blooded, their temperament is chilly..." (2.13 [1390a])"


That describes a lot of old people that I've come across.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

I ignore anything where people are stating that "young people today are ****ed" or "this new generation is ****ed" because humans have been saying it for ever. The ancient Greeks said it, and there's a famous quote attributed to Socrates that apparently wasn't by him but was by a more recent scholar summarising ancient Greek attitudes.

But I did find this about what Aristotle thought about old men:


"In the Greek world (or at least in Classical Greek literature) elderly men were often stereotyped as rigid, suspicious, and stingy. In his Rhetoric, for example, Aristotle says:

"[Elderly men] have lived many years; they have often been taken in, and often made mistakes; and life on the whole is a bad business....They are cynical; that is, they tend to put the worse construction on everything. Further, their experience makes them distrustful and therefore suspicious of evil. Consequently they neither love warmly nor hate bitterly....They are small-minded, because they have been humbled by life: their desires are set upon nothing more exalted or unusual than what will help them to keep alive. They are not generous, because money is one of the things they must have....They are cowardly, and are always anticipating danger; unlike that of the young, who are warm-blooded, their temperament is chilly..." (2.13 [1390a])"


That describes a lot of old people that I've come across.

Love that!

I always take a folder with printed copies of my resume, a notepad, and a pen. Jotting down a few talking points or questions beforehand helps me stay on track. If I'm asked to bring anything I've written, I print it out cleanly. You can fine-tune your writing skills well in advance using editing apps lie Grammarly - it catches little things that are easy to miss when you're nervous or rushing.