subject: A Brief Profile About Job Interview Coach [print this page] Job interviews are becoming stressful and a strenuous exercise day in and day out due to enormous competition from the candidates or job seekers for a few available jobs. The need for a coaching has thus arrived not just for sports teams but also for individuals, candidates, job seekers and existing employees who would like to investigate their talents, develop goals and see areas where they can improve.
A job interview coach gives an individual to talk about what are the available options and what works well for the job seekers in their job search and helps them in finding ways to improve their work situations. A coach can give an honest input after the job seeker or the candidate has developed certain goals. The coach makes the candidate accountable for his/her deeds. A job interview coach usually covers the following areas and these include:
---Candidate who is in search of job and is unable to take a firm decisions on certain aspects such as how to write a resume, dressing sense for interviews, interview questions, how to socialize or create social networking, how to meet personal goals etc.
---Helping the candidate in evaluating himself or herself with a clear perspective,
---Guiding the candidate or job seeker in having control over the job search and helping the candidate in remembering what he or she has already accomplished.
---A job interview coach also helps the existing employee or an ex-employee in solving issues related with their day- to-day management functional issues. For instance, there is loss of job and the person (ex-employee) is feeling an identity crisis.
Choosing a good job interview coach is very crucial for the candidates for ensuring success in the job interviews. Therefore, the following below mentioned qualities of a job interview coach should be taken into account before selecting or hiring a job interview coach. A job interview coach must be able to:
--- Coach the candidate through various job search techniques,
---Brain storm with the candidate,
---Help the candidate in developing new ideas,
---Direct the concerned candidates practice sessions,
---Provide feedback on how the concerned candidate is doing,
---Assist in locating the needed resources to help the job seeker in getting the desired job position. These are some of the good qualities of a job interview coach.
