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Ashley Wilson
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Content Manager at Jobcase

Are you ready for this question.....

One of the most common questions asked during an interview or at a job fair is…

Can you tell me about yourself?

Other variations could include: -Why should we hire you? -Why do you want to work here? -Tell us who you are. -What is it about us that makes you want to work here?

Just know that employers are not looking for you to actually tell them about your personal life like your favorite shows or how awesome your children are. They are expecting you will tell them about yourself and give them a brief overview of who you are, professionally speaking.

You should be ready with a one-minute answer that summarizes where you are in your career, generally with an emphasis on your most recent job and the strengths of your approach.

Answer these 5 questions to help you plan what to say and impress employers!

1- What are the three strongest reasons I am a great fit for this job?

2- What are some positive things I can say about the company, and how can I connect what they do with what I can bring to them?

3- Why do I really want this job beyond having a steady paycheck and perks?

4- What are three AWESOME things I did in my previous position that I can also offer in this new role?

5- What is the EXACT job description (make sure to write it down) and how do MY skills match up with it? Be as specific as possible.

Answering these questions will help you feel prepared to go in with some great things to say!

Good luck Chicago ; ) we are rooting for you.

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Mamie R. Brown
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Evs at Chi St Lukes Health

Responsible trustworthy self-esteem

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Todd Reppen
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Private Care Aide at Homewatch Caregivers

One thing in three words describes EFFICIENT!!! TO Ashley Wilson

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Todd Reppen
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Private Care Aide at Homewatch Caregivers

I tell employers the honest God truth. I'm good at Sales. Why, because. As my wife says I can sell anchor to.drowning man.lol I'm honest as sales go and it pays off in the long Run.
People want to hear the truth. Sometimes you have be at there level and explain whatever you selling is beneficial to them. They don't want something they don't need.. And yes people are going say no..Keep going.

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Nathaniel Brown
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Tree Planter at Pivotal Staffing

You just demonstrated some good tips on what to expect and questions that an employer may ask. I am certain that knowing how to answer such questions will conclude in you being the person for the job.

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mordecai chirwa
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Farm Manager at Center For Ticks And Tick Borne Diseases

1 mordecai chirwa am ready to take up a job especially on professional counseling as am a qualified counselor. just to outline few of my competecies

  • i can set clear goals and manages towards them collaborate effectively with staff and stakeholders manage finacial resources with intergrity i can cinfidentily apply programe quality standards to projectdesign and organizational learning understanding of helping skills related to psychosocial issues and how they impact on the life of human beings good communication skills ,excellent people management and inter-personal skills of organizational set up
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Pascual wilson Brito Mojica
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Segundario at Hotel Y Casino Jaragua Actualmente Renaissance

Así es que soy muy puntual muy responsable dedicaré mi esfuerzo para mí bienestar y el bienestar de la empresa con por delante

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Umair Ali
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1, I'm in good health, I'm interested in food service. I want to do work for it. 2 . It's a standard food for save and healthy life. 3. Because I need it. 4 . Because I m done have work if I accept the work I'm shall be gone done then I'm relax . 5 .im interested in your field of food because my hobby is cooking .I look the situation of taste and it's make a good thing of every day.

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Mandy Kendrick
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This is the HARDEST question!!

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Crystal Tate
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Aqua Fitness Instructor at L A Fitness

The question are very helpful to prepare me along with added confidence to be looked at a strong candidate to get hired. Thank you! L ooking forward to being there. CT.

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Gabriella Copeland
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Housekeeping Supervisor at Hard Rock Hotel Chicago

Let's go Chicago! Thanks for the tips.

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