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Job Interviews

Introduction: Though interviewers try to look for integrity, motivation and perseverance in candidates, the final decision is often based on gut feel. If the candidate feels right to the interviewer, then the job is most likely to be in the bag. Benefits: Get a chance to hone your CV making skill. Learn how to cope with your interviewer’s style. Find out how adept you are at tackling interviews. Learn to control the pace of your interview. Get advice from experts. Right Person For The Right Job: Gut feel Fast changing work ethics around the globe have made it imperative to build a bridge of understanding between interviewers and interviewees. After all, the interviewer and the interviewee are on the same side of the table, despite facing each other across it. The interviewee wants a job where he/she will be happy, while the interviewer wants a satisfied employee who will do the job. Interviews offer guidelines in selecting the right man for the right job. And when this happens, it is

MOTIVATION

The term ‘motivation’ has been derived from the Latin word ‘moveve’ which means to move. It represents the force that moves people and causes them to act. Motivation is something that motivates a person into action and continues him in the course of action enthusiastically. Characteristics of Motivation § Motivation is a psychological phenomenon: Motivation is an internal feeling which generates within an individual. Motivating factors are always unconscious but they are to be aroused by managerial action. § Motivation is based on needs: Needs may be consciously or unconsciously felt. Needs may be (a) fundamental needs such as food, clothes, shelter, etc. and (b) ego-satisfaction needs such as self-development, self-actualization. These needs vary with individuals and with the same individual at different times. § Goals are motivator: Motivation causes goal directed behavior, feeling of need by the person causes him to behave in such a way that he tries to satis