1. Inappropriate attire: wearing slippers (even if it’s a pair that costs over P1,000, they are still slippers and not office attire), sandos, jeans and other non-business attire for an interview.
2. Bad hygiene: applicants who have bad breath or body odor inspire interviewers to cut things short. Even if you need to relieve stress, avoid smoking before the interview; if you really must, wash your hands and chew gum. Do not use too much perfume or apply too much makeup. Just keep it simple, look neat, and smell clean and that will take you a long way.
3. Trashy resumes: Folded and crumpled resumes say you don’t care. Resumes that have been photocopied, biodata forms, resumes that lack contact numbers and include emails like bratinellaprincessbabe, cut_ako, or ihaveabigjuicyhotdog.
4. Rude interruptions. Turn your cell phone off during an interview. Period.
5. Mommy or daddy tag-alongs. Ed Cruz, senior executive for talent acquisition at Aditya Birla Minacs says, “When you are a fresh grad, it is understandable that you would bring someone along. But please do not bring your mommy upstairs with you to the office. We’ve had cases when it is mommy who asks the receptionist why it is taking so long for us to call the applicant in. Just tell mommy to meet you downstairs when the interview is done.”
6. Getting too personal. Nobody, repeat, nobody wants to hear your life or sob story. Job interviews determine who deserves the job based on credentials, not on “cry”-dentials.
7. Badmouthing the former employer. This simply inspires backgroung checks on you, and who do you think the prospective employer is going to believe? Not you.
8. Being rude. Do not treat the guard or the receptionist poorly because good interviewers make sure to talk to them too. Companies with clients have no room for rude personnel. Being late also falls under rudeness, and so does namedropping, which is one interviewer pet peeve.
9. Talking money. Application periods are the wrong time to ask about money. Never ask about it, because that’s a sure way to get rejected.
10. A wishy-washy handshake. Don’t handle your interviewer like a dead fish, and don’t pump their hands excessively. a firm and short handshake is enough.
-Adapted from M.D. Pamaran, Manila Bulletin
2. Bad hygiene: applicants who have bad breath or body odor inspire interviewers to cut things short. Even if you need to relieve stress, avoid smoking before the interview; if you really must, wash your hands and chew gum. Do not use too much perfume or apply too much makeup. Just keep it simple, look neat, and smell clean and that will take you a long way.
3. Trashy resumes: Folded and crumpled resumes say you don’t care. Resumes that have been photocopied, biodata forms, resumes that lack contact numbers and include emails like bratinellaprincessbabe, cut_ako, or ihaveabigjuicyhotdog.
4. Rude interruptions. Turn your cell phone off during an interview. Period.
5. Mommy or daddy tag-alongs. Ed Cruz, senior executive for talent acquisition at Aditya Birla Minacs says, “When you are a fresh grad, it is understandable that you would bring someone along. But please do not bring your mommy upstairs with you to the office. We’ve had cases when it is mommy who asks the receptionist why it is taking so long for us to call the applicant in. Just tell mommy to meet you downstairs when the interview is done.”
6. Getting too personal. Nobody, repeat, nobody wants to hear your life or sob story. Job interviews determine who deserves the job based on credentials, not on “cry”-dentials.
7. Badmouthing the former employer. This simply inspires backgroung checks on you, and who do you think the prospective employer is going to believe? Not you.
8. Being rude. Do not treat the guard or the receptionist poorly because good interviewers make sure to talk to them too. Companies with clients have no room for rude personnel. Being late also falls under rudeness, and so does namedropping, which is one interviewer pet peeve.
9. Talking money. Application periods are the wrong time to ask about money. Never ask about it, because that’s a sure way to get rejected.
10. A wishy-washy handshake. Don’t handle your interviewer like a dead fish, and don’t pump their hands excessively. a firm and short handshake is enough.
-Adapted from M.D. Pamaran, Manila Bulletin
May –
Anti-Graft and Corruption Awareness Month
“Corruption drains the nation
and victimizes workers who build the nation.
Accountability now!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
#WearMask #WashHands
#Report Corruption #SearchPosts #TakePicturesVideos
May 1 – Labor Day
May 2 – World Freedom Day
May 12 – World Communication Day
May 15 – International Day of Families
May 16 – International Day of Living
Together in Peace
May 21 – World Day for Cultural Diversity
for Dialogue and Development
Monthly Observances:
The Month of the Ocean
Anti-Graft and Corruption Awareness Month
Volunteerism Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 2: Safe Motherhood Week
Daily Observances:
May 1: Labor Day
May 7: Health Worker’s Day
May 31: National Fisherfolks Day
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