Monday 29 June 2015

Here are the 7 key things not to say during an interview:

I am sharing this because I know it will help someone.

Here are the 7 key things not to say during an interview:

1. “I don’t know” or “I don’t have any weaknesses” or “I’m known to be a perfectionist” when asked to name one of your weaknesses or flaws is a no, no. Despite being an extremely common response, perfectionism is not a flaw and everyone will know you are lying. Being a perfectionist is a more of a positive than a negative and mentioning it should not be used as a substitute because you’re afraid to divulge your real flaw.

Mention a negative, but follow-up with what you have been doing to address the weakness and mention a recent success due to this new way of dealing with the weakness. Such weakness can also be viewed as a positive because you are self-aware and you have taken the step(s) to manage the weakness.

2. “My boss was a flaming jerk!” or “My colleagues were difficult to get along with!” Never ever criticize a former boss or employer. No matter how poorly you were treated, it is foolish to point the finger at someone from your previous job, it is simply unnecessary. For one thing, the person interviewing you may feel you are disloyal. For another, you may be perceived as someone who whinges or unable to hold a job. Trust me, nothing good can come from talking down another organization, so keep your mouth zipped and keep it positive.

3. “You have no idea, you are my last hope. If I don’t get this, you have no idea what I am going to do to myself” or “You are the only one hiring now and if I don’t get this, it is the end for me.” Chill out, it is only a job interview! Never beg or talk about how much you need the job – it is pathetic!

If you pour out a sob story to try to win the interviewer’s sympathy, you are most likely signing your ‘never’ warrant with the company. People simply do not want to hire someone they feel is a walking emotional wreck or someone they feel sorry for. They would much rather find an employee they perceive confident, able and admire or someone they can depend on to get the job done. Making yourself out to be a victim may get your scooted out the door in a hurry.

4.“If I get the job, then I can buy a car to get me around and to get me to work on time everyday” or  “I hope I wouldn’t have to wait in line to jump on the bus any more once I get the job. I can spend my first pay on a car,” or “Are you kidding? I need to pay off my loan.” This is your chance to reiterate your skills and relate them to the position you are applying for.  Never impose conditions on your taking a position. Avoid making statements about possible problems that might be solved once they start paying you. Don’t mention anything that might interfere with your getting to work on time or staying there. For example, don’t bring up the fact that your daughter has frequent doctor’s appointments for a condition unless you are certain you will have to miss work often because of it. Nor should you raise potential problems that might never develop, since the interviewer will perceive these as red flags.

5. “I took six months off last year due to stress, hopefully, that is not going to happen any more,” or “I am hopeless when it comes to holding down a job that I don’t like because, I lose interest easily!” Never emphasize your weaknesses. Don’t bring up six months of poor work attendance at a previous job following stress that required therapy. After all, it was a one-time event and hopefully will not recur. There is no sense in planting doubts in a prospective employer’s mind unless you must.

Better Answer: When I was younger, I decided to sample a wide variety of careers. That way, when I was ready to choose a career path I would be absolutely certain that I had found the right one for the long-term future. Now   I’ve settled on this industry, and that’s why I’m here today.

6. “Don’t bulls**t me,” or “I laughed my ass off!” Never use careless language. Avoid jokes, slangs, racial slurs, and other kinds of inappropriate diction. Even if you feel comfortable with your interviewer, you want to show your best professional side while being considered for employment, and even afterwards if hired. Use everyday speech and a conversational tone without including slang. Also make a point of excluding sexist language or clichés. Put a guard on your tongue for few hours that day to avoid botching this unique opportunity.

7. “Exactly how much is this job paying, anyway?,” or “When am I going to be promoted!” Never mention salary. Avoid asking for when you are going to be promoted, remember that the job is not yet yours, do not put the cart before the horse. You have to wait for the interviewer to ask you questions about salary first. Even if you feel comfortable with your interviewer, you want to show that the job and working at the company are more important. Some people ask this question before the interviewer has a chance to even ask their first question and this is a big mistake. It makes it seem as if all you are after is money. As a rule, wages and salaries are not discussed during the first interview. You may have three interviews altogether with one company. If money is discussed, it is up to the interviewer from the company to open up that subject. If they ask you how much money you want, have a range of salaries to give them and not a specific amount. First, research how much the job you want really pays in your town or state and then come up with a range of a yearly salary to request.

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Monday 22 June 2015

DAILY WORD//Make a Habit of Expressing Gratitude

Make a Habit of Expressing Gratitude



“He who sacrifices thank offerings honours me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God.” (Psalm 50:23 NIV84) 

We live in a world where gratitude is a rare commodity. Most people spend their time asserting their rights or demanding more and more for doing less and less. 

Our focus should be different. We should work to be an effective instrument of God. Our focus should be on making an impact for the advancement of the kingdom of God, not on asserting personal rights and ambitions.

This passage from Psalm 50 tells us we honour God when we express gratefulness. Not only does a grateful heart honour God, but it prepares the way for God to move in the life of the believer. When we express gratitude to God, we are also expressing faith in him and in his provision for us. This causes God, subject to his sovereign will, to prepare the way for his saving actions in our everyday life.

To express gratitude properly, our attitude must be right toward God, other people, ourselves, possessions, and the world. Expressing gratitude constructively means that we continually adjust our attitude in an affirmative way – one that is pleasing to God and others.

Today, ask yourself:
Am I a grateful person? Do I continually express my gratitude to both God and other people?


Make it your goal to develop a pattern of expressing gratitude. It takes about six weeks to form a habit. Every day for the next six weeks, intentionally express your gratitude in a tangible way to both God and to another person. 

Tuesday 9 June 2015

TESTIMONY:I SOLD MY SOUL





I SOLD MY SOUL TO THE DEVIL
Todd Beezley lived a lonely childhood. He was born with brittle bone disease and
spent much of his young life in the hospital. He broke 70 bones at various times
and had 28 hospital stays. The disease eventually caused deformities in his
small frame.
Todd couldn’t spend his school years with other children. Instead, a tutor came
to his house from 1st grade through 6th grade. Then from 7th through 11th
grade, Todd got the help of his fellow classmates.
Says Todd, “I had a two-way telephone system between my house and the
school. Classmates would carry this little cow bell speaker/microphone from
classroom to classroom and plug it into the telephone jacks there so I could
hear what was going on in class.”
Todd’s life took a dark turn during one of his lonely hospital stays.
“I had overheard the doctor telling my mom on the eve of a surgery in
Milwaukee back in 1959 that they didn’t know if they could save my leg,” Todd
recalls. “He thought that I was out of earshot when he told my mom that in the
hallway, but I could hear it.”
Todd was devastated. That is when another patient told him that he had the
answer to Todd’s dilemma.
“A 13-year-old child in the bed next to me said, ‘Everything will be OK with your
leg if you just join my club.’ I said, ‘What club is that?’ He said, ‘The devil’s
club, but you’ve got to understand, once you’ve joined, there’s no way out. And
you can never tell anyone.’ “
Todd’s Christian upbringing had not prepared him for this-but he desperately
wanted to save his leg.
“I agreed to join. That night it felt like I had sold my soul, I had lost it forever.
The internal pain, the agony of that moment, was just horrendous,” Todd
reveals.
Amazingly, his leg began to heal.
“The bone six weeks later had grown in straighter and stronger in my left leg
than in my lower right leg, which had never broken,” he explains.
As years passed and his guilt grew, Todd desperately searched for a way out of
his vow.
“I even took time to look into the Bible at that point, but all I could see there
was ‘woe unto you hypocrites,’ ” Todd says. “I thought God hated me. Every
Sunday I would be dragged into the presence of an angry God with cold feet
and cold hands.”
So Todd rejected his Christian upbringing.
“I ran as far away from God as I could possibly get once I got out on my own. I
wanted to put Him out of my mind and enjoy my life on earth while I was here
because I figured I was headed for hell, so I might as well enjoy what time I
had,” he says. “That’s why I got off into the drugs and got into other sinful
things and just ran from God.”
But in retrospect, Todd says God did not give up on him.
“He kept pursuing me,” Todd says. “I went through eight auto accidents in three
years without a scratch. Then a tornado went 10 feet over my car when I was in
Jackson, Tenn. That was the most scared moment of my life.”
Todd’s near-death experiences pushed him to search once again for God, the
same God that he had fled from.
“I didn’t know where to find him,” Todd admits. “I had been gone from Him for
so long.”
In other areas, life moved forward for Todd. He married a wonderful, kind-
hearted woman named Sherry. With Todd’s talented voice, he excelled in a radio
career.
“Part of that job responsibility as morning announcer was also production
director, which meant I recorded the commercials and religious programming for
Sunday morning. There was a pastor who came to record one of his sermons,
and he asked after our recording session, ‘Have you ever accepted Christ as
your Savior?’ ” Todd remembers.
Todd had never shared his dark, satanic secret with anyone. But that day, Todd
confided everything to this pastor.
“He showed me from Scripture over coffee that the devil is a liar and the father
of lies and that Jesus still loved me, that I still had hope and I could be saved,”
says Todd. “It was like throwing a rope to a drowning man, so I reached out
and I accepted the Lord as my Savior.”
Todd says that by making that decision for Christ, a great weight was lifted off
of his shoulders.
“I was able to go tell my wife what I had been involved in. I was able to go tell
my parents, my mom and my dad,” he says.
Years later Todd and Sherry had a son named Joshua. Todd was devastated
when he found out his newborn son also had brittle bone disease, so Todd and
Sherry began to pray for healing. To date, Joshua, at age 10, has never broken
a single bone.



Says Todd, “I’m delighted that God healed him. I knew all the pain that I went
through as a child with broken bones. For him to be spared, that’s the most
merciful thing that I could ever imagine or ask for.”
Today Todd encourages everyone to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior.
“Jesus came to set us free from sin and give us hope, no matter what we’ve
been involved in,” he explains. “I don’t care if you’ve sold your soul to Satan. I
don’t care how far into the depths of the occult you’ve sunk, if you are a witch
or whatever. There’s hope for you. Jesus loves you, and He can set you free. He
did it for me. He can do it for you, too.”
By Gorman Woodfin

Thursday 4 June 2015

HELLO! HERE IS YOUR DAILY WORD

 
 
But from everlasting to everlasting
the Lord's love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children — with those who keep his covenant
and remember to obey his precepts.
 

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

 

 

Forever love is talked about in dime store novels, but this kind of love is only found in God. We tap that reservoir of eternal and divine love through the Holy Spirit who helps us both receive it and share it (Romans 5:5). The Lord asks us to share his love and righteousness with the generations that come after us. We do this by remembering what the Lord has promised to us and by obeying what the Lord called us to do so that future generations can see and know the greatness and graciousness of our magnificent God.

My Prayer...

O God of glory and grace thank you for your promises, your covenants, and your love. May I live in such a way that others, especially those who come after me in my family, know that your love is from everlasting to everlasting. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
 

Wednesday 3 June 2015

HELLO! HERE IS YOUR DAILY WORD



The Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.
 
 

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

What do you have that is forever? Most of everything we have falls apart, breaks, or runs down in a short time. But we have three things that last forever: God, our Christian friends, and our praise of God. These are eternal.

My Prayer...

God, I look forward to the day of your next great surprise. I join the angels in standing on tiptoe as I look to the clouds to see my Lord and your Son return in glory and receive the welcome and honor he deserves. I praise you for that day now, even though I only see it by faith. Until I see you on that day, please know my heart's desire is to serve you, even when my weakness gets in my way of showing it as fully as I should. I offer you my sincerest thanks and praise in Jesus' name. Amen.
 

Monday 1 June 2015

HAPPY NEW MONTH

HAPPY NEW MONTH

Ask God to Shine His Favor on Your Life
“What do you want me to do for you?”
“Lord, I want to see,” he replied. (Luke 18:41 NIV)

In Luke 18:41 Jesus asks the question, “What do you want me to do for you?” 

He asks the same question for us. What would you like Jesus to do for you today? Would you ask him for something that you know is in accordance with his will, something that will echo into eternity?

Or would you ask for some perishable item that has no eternal benefit? 

His will includes our asking for a spirit of revelation and understanding, having his will become our will, and asking that he will shine with favor on our lives and endeavors for helping in the expansion of his kingdom.

Today, ask yourself: 
Have I made room in my requests to God for these vital ingredients for a prosperous Christian life?