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How to Answer the Interview Question: “So, how long do you plan on staying here?”
...something like this: “Last week I was being interviewed for a promotion within my company, and was one ... Thought things were going rather well until the interviewer suddenly asked me, ‘So how long do you plan...
Article Working in Norway May 19 2017 -
“Why Do You Want the Job?”: Your Words Lost and Found
...asked him why they hadn’t been called in for an interview after sending … application letter,CV writing ... asked him why they hadn’t been called in for an interview after sending in what they thought was a well-written...
Article Working in Norway Mar. 5 2017 -
Understanding the Underground: Why Foreign Speakers Sometimes Can’t Stop Speaking
...after giving a recent business course in Oslo on interview technique. I had spoken about the need for interviewees ... when asked to ‘tell me about yourself’ by the interviewer. Many heads nodded in agreement to this advice;...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 4 2017 -
No, Really: Why Didn’t I Get the Job? Foreign Speakers’ Need to Be in the Interview Feedback Loop
...out why we didn’t get a job offer after being interviewed. Something we said? Didn’t say? Just the basic ... communication,international workplace,interview skills,interview technique,job search, Working in Norway...
Article Working in Norway Dec. 16 2016 -
LinkedIn Learning: Summarizing Yourself in Five (Easy*) Steps
...themselves if they haven’t prepared for their interview. I think that this same reluctance to be more ... themselves if they haven’t prepared for their interview. I think that this same reluctance to be more...
Article Working in Norway Nov. 1 2016 -
Lost in (Cyber) Space?: Sending Your Application Into the Webcruiter Black Hole
As Robert from Duluth (or Hibbing, depending on who you ask) sang so many years ago, ... immediately to request that you come in soon for an interview… And how ridiculously illogical the above paragraph...
Article Working in Norway Sept. 15 2016 -
Cross-Cultural Confusion: What’s Not to Love at an Interview?
...intercultural communication,international workplace,interview skills, Working in Norway I went on LinkedIn the ... challenging it is to teach, for example, English-based interview technique courses to these same speakers who have...
Article Working in Norway Aug. 10 2016 -
Praise Be – Or Not?
...happened while I was teaching an evening course on interview technique in English to a group of unemployed ... happened while I was teaching an evening course on interview technique in English to a group of unemployed...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 29 2016 -
Working abroad
Many of Tekna’s members choose to work abroad on a short- or long-term basis. Read the ... writing your application and/or taking part in an interview. This might involve everything from learning forms...
Article Råd og tips Oct. 8 2014