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QUESTIONS FOR HUMAN RESOURCES

? Memorably Good Question
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Six months from now, how will you know you’ve hired the
right person for the job?

It is so important to make yourself stand out among the sea of
applicants in this current environment—and there’s so much
information out there.

Anne Hallam
Center Coordinator
WorkSource
Oak Harbor, WA

that you will embarrass him or her. To do that, you need to persuade
the HR person of three things:

• That you are qualified to do the job
• That you want to do the job
• That if given the job, you will fit in

If you do, your application will move to where you want it to be:
in front of the hiring manager, the only one in the organization with
the power to give you the job you want.

Many HR people are informed, empathic, and professional, and
they want you to succeed. Most of them are willing to assist you in
refining your résumé, cover letter, or interviewing techniques. Many
of them have gone out of their way to help me with this book. If
you are fortunate enough to get one of these folks on your side, they
can really make the interviewing process much more productive and
enjoyable.

HR people need to be respected, says Joel Hamroff, president of
Magill Associates, Inc., a staffing service in Levittown, New York.
“Remember that the person sitting on the other side of the desk at
one time sat where you are sitting and they are at least as smart as
you are. Human resources folks need a reason to exist, so the more

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