Most graduates do the same thing: build a resume, post it online, and wait. When nothing happens, they start reaching out to people they haven’t talked to in years asking if they “know of anything.” That’s not networking. That’s a Hail Mary. Here’s what actually works — and why nobody taught you this in school.
Leveraging Your Parents’ Network Isn’t Cheating — It’s Smart
You still need to do the work
Your Parents’ Network Is Not Cheating
There is a myth floating around in graduation season that goes something like this:
If I use my parents’ connections to get a job, I didn’t really earn it.
Let’s dismantle that.
First, it’s a tough job market. And even when the job market isn’t tough, if you are looking for a job,
Why you should never say, “I can do this job” in an interview
Don’t mention that you can do the job in an interview!
The most common phrase in an interview
that candidates share with their interviewer is, “I can do this job”. Believe it or not, this is a phrase you want to avoid in your interviews. This is one of the last phrases you want to share with your interviewer and we will provide a number of reasons why this is the case.
What to do when we realize we provided the wrong interview answer
Uhh yeah, wrong answer. How do you recover?
Wrong Interview Answer
What do you do when you realize that you provided the wrong interview answer? What do you do when you realize we could have answered an interview question more effectively after we have left the interview.
We have all done it. We are in the job interview and things are going well. Then, we are asked a question that we aren’t prepared for.