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Making a good first impression with a potential employer involves more than just showing up with a smile. During an interview you have numerous opportunities to show your potential new employer how organized, prepared, experienced, and effective you are. It just takes a little bit of preparation. From the basics to the unique, here are a few pointers to help you know exactly what to take to an interview.

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tdrapeau
April 2, 2007, 12:41 p.m.
As one of the comments on the blog relates, no Sex Panther cologne. :)
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NelsonR
April 2, 2007, 3:54 p.m.
I have come to the belief they all come with a lying agenda.
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blksentra2
April 2, 2007, 7:47 p.m.
And make sure you're wearing pants when you leave the house, I can't tell you how many times that's cost me a job.
lol
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JohnChasWebb
April 3, 2007, 5:42 a.m.
Re: What to Bring to an Interview
If one does not mind redundancy then they can wear a "I will work for food" sign!
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ListenUP
April 3, 2007, 8:19 a.m.
I usually bring something "borrowed" from my previous employer's desk like an expensive engraved pen or paperweight. It not only proves that you have had a job but gives you plenty of time to answer questions cause the room usually goes strangely quiet when you whip out the item with someone else's name on it and say "Pig vomit sends his regards, ha ha ha!"
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chas
April 3, 2007, 8:27 a.m.
"What to TAKE to an interview"..
During the interviews I conducted I deducted points for improper usage of bring/take and other such ignorant examples of the lack of command of the English language.
When dealing with the public you want an employee that will impress a customer.
Similar language is often used in the resumes tendered by applicants with college degrees. You can guess which stack those resumes land in.
I do not use the "Queens English" but there are simple basic language skills people should know and use.
So "TAKE" correct language skills with you to an interview.
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ListenUP
April 3, 2007, 9:25 a.m.
Chas.
1st and 4-most, they don't be talking so good in Queens. Bronx neither.
2ndly, you end a sentence with a prepysition. That kind of error up with which I shall not put.
Notwithstanding, you be so right bout this. One be BRINGING stuff to the interview not TAKEING. The only thing you TAKE is what you get away with when they ain't looking.
So TAKE that!
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sue2008
April 3, 2007, 10:18 a.m.
Interviewer once called me for an interview and he asked me to wear something business casual nothing into the night-I didn't get the job- I think he meant to wear something into the night so he can see my assets
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jumpmaster
April 3, 2007, 12:27 p.m.
These are all very basic things. If a person needs to have these things spelled out, then maybe they should be applying to Walmart or something like that.