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Job Interviews For Dummies®, 4th Edition
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Job Interviews For Dummies®, 4th Edition

by Joyce Lain Kennedy
December 2011
Beginner content levelBeginner
339 pages
7h 40m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 21

What about Your Special Situation?

In This Chapter

arrow Overcoming hidden issues on the hiring road

arrow Dealing with sexual orientation bias

arrow Battling substance recovery shutout

The dream job for my next life is to out-audition Alex Trebek as host of a new version of America’s top-rated quiz show, Jeopardy!

My vision is Career Jeopardy! The show would feature smart hiring professionals competing to figure out why qualified candidates don’t survive interviews — and the candidates may or may not know exactly why they zoned out or how they can change future interview outcomes.

The actual reasons candidates are rejected (other than the commonly given reason of losing out to a better prepared candidate) often relate to special situations. These range from a mild to a serious stumbling block in the interviewer’s perception. Sometimes the special issues are discussed, but often they remain unspoken.

Pulling Back the Curtain

Perhaps you’ve been in the same job too long, making you appear to be unmotivated. Maybe you have employment gaps or the opposite — too many previous jobs hanging around your neck.

Conceivably, you may be battling bias against a disability or sexual orientation. Could ...

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