{"id":23541,"date":"2013-11-13T15:19:52","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T22:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/?p=23541"},"modified":"2017-10-17T10:11:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T17:11:45","slug":"welcome-to-the-workforce-your-first-job-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/welcome-to-the-workforce-your-first-job-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Workforce – Your First Job Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

For many, a first job is working part-time on the weekend or after school \u2013 and it can be a first taste of what it\u2019s like to be part of the workforce. With this in mind, applicants might not have much of a work history, and so experience in going through the interview process<\/a> will be minimal, putting extra pressure on a candidate that may already be lacking in confidence.
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\nA past work history is not necessarily what every employer is looking for: there are other key skills that could take precedent over and above experience \u2013 for me, they are certainly more important. Give me someone with the right attitude<\/a> and an eagerness to learn over past experience any day, but for someone trying to get their foot in the door, with nerves shot and confidence dwindling, it may be hard to get those traits you posses across at the interview.<\/p>\n

The old adage \u201cnever judge a book by its cover\u201d is a nonsense, because it\u2019s simply human nature to make a snap decision about someone from the way they look or act \u2013 we all do it, and once that opinion is made, it\u2019s very hard to change. It might seem a little basic, but there are some things to take care over to send the right first impression in an interview situation.<\/a><\/p>\n