How to Interview: A View from Both Sides of the Desk-Mauri Schwartz-05/11/2004 - 8:30am

Event Information
Event Topic: 
How to Interview: A View from Both Sides of the Desk
Event Date: 
05/11/2004 - 8:30am
Event Location: 
NOVA
Speaker Information
Event Speaker: 
Mauri Schwartz
Event Speaker Title: 
President
Event Speaker Company: 
Career Insiders
Event Speaker Bio: 

Mauri Schwartz is President of Career Insiders, a career consulting firm that focuses on the individualized needs of each job seeker. Career Insiders gives job seekers access to experts in screening, interviewing, and hiring. Mauri is a successful career counselor who has helped job seekers in diverse industries across the nation. She has received acclaim for workshop presentations as well as one-on-one consulting:

Mauri established and managed recruiting departments for start-up firms as a consulting Director of Recruitment. Previously, she specialized in Information Technology as a Recruiter/Account Manager. She worked closely with a diverse client base, ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies in financial services, IT consulting, biotechnology, software development, and other industries.

Mauri has a strong history of community leadership having served as chair and/or vice chair of several San Francisco community boards and commissions. These contributions earned her praise from San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown for her "courageous leadership."

Mauri received an MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, and graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans with a BS in Mathematics.

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$0 - Free
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Even though the job interview is one of the most important things any job seeker will do to advance their career, few ever practice it. Are you an expert at interviewing? If not, your expertise and experience can be wasted. Unfortunately, it's common for less qualified individuals to win the job over those who are more qualified. The reason is they were able to better communicate and connect with the interviewer. In addition, there is the perception you create of your intelligence, work ethic, energy, and personality that's absolutely vital.

As representatives of their organizations, hiring managers need to be mindful of the images they present. Remember that the job seeker is interviewing you and your company just as much as he is being interviewed. Assessing applicants' qualifications by talking to them is a subjective method of choosing employees, but used in partnership with other screening methods, it can be an extremely useful selection tool. After all, one of the most important qualifications a person must have for any job is the right personality to work well with the supervisor and co-workers. But first you need to plan for and know how to conduct the interview. Understand your role as an interviewer and know what to ask and what not to ask.