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Page 8 The Salemite Tips on Interviewing “I don’t know what to say,” she said, ‘‘I’m afraid he will think I am inade quately suited for the job.” Anxiety is often felt before one begins to be in terviewed. Dr. Terry Mullins, a professor of business at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, said, ‘‘A job interview occurs when their is an opening for a job. You as well as the in terviewer know there is an opening.” Mullins felt the way to get a job is ‘‘to show the interviewer that you can make more money for the company than they are making now.” Before an interview can take place, you (the can didate) must accomplish five things. One, many job hunting books contain a greater deal of extra and con tradictory information. To avoid confusion, it would be wise to stay away from these types of books. Two, understanding the job market is an essential part of an interview. Peo ple are constantly chang ing jobs and careers. Mullins said, “You need to be cautious in not getting the wrong job.” When deciding on a career, Mullins said, “Think hard about the career you are going to select. Do something you really love.” Three, the most impor tant aspect in preparing for an interview is to know the company. Inter viewers are turned off by the people who haven’t done their homework beforehand. Four, know the person behind the desk. Before the actual interview takes place, find out who will be doing the interview. You will be at a great advan tage if you can give the in terviewer one reason why he should trust you more than the next person off the street. Five, be sure you have thoroughly investigated the company as well as the ARETE Aids in Word Processing By Paul Corbett If you are embarrassed by your typed papers because fifty words have been covered with “White Out,” a footnote has been typed at the very edge of the page, or the bibliography is not in alphabetical order because a book was omit ted and has been put at the end of the list, then Arete has the solution to your problems—WORD PRO CESSING. Using word processing means you type your paper on a computer. That may ^ not sound any dif ferent from your ordinary typewriter, but it is. If you make mistakes, you can correct them. If you omit words or want to add them, you can. If you want to rearrange sentences or paragraphs, you can. You can do all of this, without having to retype pages because you get your paper in perfect form before you even print a typed paper. There is no correction fluid, no ink corrections. Word process ing is convenient for anything that needs to be typed—term papers, let ters, memos, resumes. The members of Arete are offering instruction in word processing skills which can be used on several computer ter minals on campus. If you are interested in receiving help in learning about word processing, please call Paula Corbett, the secretary of Arete, at 723-5653, and she will help set you up with one of the other Arete members. Then you will be on your way to better looking papers. By the way, Arete does not promise this will improve your skills in grammar and composi tion. H6YICAW Rt5TAl 302^ Hc4ty D(. VJtruton- 5aUm,N.C. Big Salem Night 10% Discount for Salem Students Monday Nights Student I.D. Required The antenna of a male wasp has 13 joints. » 4- 4- 4- 4> ♦ 4* » W 4“ 4- 4- 4> 4- 4- 4- ♦ 4- Jk 4> interviewer. You may destroy your chances of getting the job you want if you are not physically and psychologically ready for the interview. John Paul Getty said, “Before a beginner can begin, his biggest job is that of appraising-not praising himself.” A number of factors can influence an interview. Some of these include: your personality, his per sonality (the inter viewer’s), time of inter view, and the physical set ting of the interview. In reality, the interviewer is the buyer and the can didate is the seller. Mullins said, “Every in terview is a sales call. You offer the most valuable thing in the whole world yourself.” Mofte vow Jpor sVioP >mo' lV\e lo an 14 to occa' pe'pv®::, an' ScV^' adef d'eVp'"*' Spc ,A A A • ^ od
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