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Louise Giordano has been a career counselor at Brown University since 1992 and solely staffs the Providence College Alumni Career Advising Program. Questions about some of the terminology used in this article. Employers are concerned most with what you can do for the company, what YOU bring to the position, and why the employer should hire someone. However, be careful not to reveal trade secrets from a previous employer. Emphasize What You Can Do For The Organization.This means emphasizing your transferable skills. The interviewer will respect you for taking a questions seriously enough to give it a moment or two of consideration before answering. Time is occasionally needed to think and to reflect. Use silence and intentional pause to your advantage. The interviewer needs to see that you are interested in the other aspects of the job interview like the potential for growth, learning or the challenge of the position. Even though everyone knows that salary is important, you do not want to give the impression that it is the only consideration. Often salary and benefits are not discussed at all on the first interview. Let the interviewer bring up this subject. Many employers like the idea that you can be taught their individual company procedures without needing to get rid of other training first.

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