The Newark Star Ledger carried a story this week about a job fair in northern NJ. While a few hundred candidates were expected, the turnout was actually around 1000. As they interviewed job seekers for the article, one gentleman said that whichever company offered him a job was the luckiest company around. A former executive of a financial services company stated that there looked to be lots of jobs available and he was going to wait for exactly what he wanted!
I wish folks with that attitude the best of luck in their journey but hope they do not contact me for help. Humility goes a long way in a miserable economy and employers will identify the less realistic candidates and sort them out. There is nothing wrong with being very sure of yourself but be careful how you show this.
Long, long time ago (my apologies to Don McLean), I was working at a trade school assisting students entering the job market. A client was kind enough to interview 5 or 6 of my students. The recruiter called me in a rage after the first interview. A student told her she should cancel the other interviews as no one coming after him was worth interviewing! That student ended up being the last out of a group of about 30 to secure a job!
Enough said. Please think before you speak!
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