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The Top 9 Things Every Job Seeker Should Know About the Employer Before Interviewing!

Posted on 14. Jan, 2008 posted by Bill in Employment News, Interviewing

You should be prepared with some company information about the employer before interviewing.

You should go into an interview after completing some research on the company. If you have information before the interview, you can develop a presentation that will relate your background and interest to what the company has to offer. If it is impossible to obtain this kind of information, request it in the interview.

When you ask questions in the interview, you should not ask for information that is not readily available. Remember that you want to make a good impression on the interview.

Things to research include the following:

1. General information about the company, such as the location of the home office, number of plants/stores and their locations, names of parent company.

2. Organizational structure, type of supervision, type of training program.

3. Philosophy, goals and image.

4. Financial details, including sale volume, stock price, recent annual growth in earnings per share, recent profit, etc.

5. The competition the industry and the companies place in it.

6. The products or services marketed by the company, including recent media coverage of them.

7. Company career paths in available field.

8. Recent news items regarding the company of industry.

9. The recruiters name.

Remember, you should go into an interview after completing some research on the company. If you have information before the interview, you can develop a presentation that will relate your background and interest to what the company has to offer. If it is impossible to obtain this kind of information, request it in the interview.

George Hayes – http://lead-n-learn.blogspot.com for more tips on Career Change, Employment, Interviewing, and Job Search.

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