Great news...
 

Thats great news. Especially in these tough times, and hopefully some of our advice may have helped. Even so there was a lot of good input here that can help anyone improve who they are entering a new job. Congratuations and good luck in your new job.

I am very glad you took all of my advise. I am sure it was the main reason they hired you. Hopefully you can live up to the overinflated expectations they have for you.

And since it is basically all my doing, please send me the addl money they are paying you. I think that is fair.

And that Eric guy's resume looks great, wish I had someone like him working for me! I would have hired Jerry, but he wanted me to cover the cost of his adult diapers and weekly mega-colonics, and I was just not willing to deal with that kind of shit. I was willing to toss him a bottle of Colon-blow every now and then but he considers his lack of "regularity" to be more important than the 3 buck an hour job I was offering. Happy BM dude.

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WOW you must really be bored over there James. Not enough banged up vehicles to work on this week? You need to spend more time working on your R/C's and less time trying to come up with your comedy routines that lately have been less than your best. I must say I did laugh at your humorous yet sad attempt on my account. I must say that some one out there will take your dribble seriously and hopefully one day interview for a job with you. Of course than you will have to hire him/her for using your advice just to honor your own words. Good luck with that.

Just to clearify when I stated that there were some very good inputs in this thread you have to satisfy your own judgement on which advice to take seriously, and which ones are more for our own RCM amusement. Good luck in your new job, and thanks James for the laughs. You are one of the reasons I always enjoy visiting this forum. Have a great week guys.

Figured I'd revive an old thread about the same topic instead of creating a new thread.

I too have an interview this Monday (Memorial Weekend... who knew people still worked?), @ 4..

But since I'm 16 y/o, I don't exactly want to dress in a suit and tie.

I have a bad case of clamminess, so I'm constantly sweating, even if it's in a ventilated & cooled area..

When it comes to dress, I'm thinking of just wearing a plain white t-shirt, with some nice darker-ish jeans.

The interview is for a summer position @ a computer repair shop, so I won't necessarily be needing to dress to impress?

Obviously, I'm going to wear clean undies, shower and clean up before I go in, but that should just be about it right?

thanks guys!

I would at least wear a Polo/collared shirt, and khaki pants. You don't need a suit or anything, but a plain white tee and jeans seems a little too casual.

Doesn't matter if you are young and it's just a summer job, you want to show them you make the extra effort to look your best. No one is supposed to judge or base hiring decisions on appearance, but we all know in the real world that's BS, you are judged on your appearance in a big way. Better to be a little overdressed than underdressed.

At least wear a collared T-shirt and NO flipflops. The guys at all the PC repair shop's I've ben into dress casual except the Geek squad so I'd guess you'd be OK.

Good Luck young man.

At exactly 9:06 two great minds melded together to form the best advice ever given :na:

Thanks, yeah; I think I'm going to wear one of the polos in my closet.. if I can find where I stash them :lol:

Since this is actually, my first interview (make you guys feel old yet? :oops:); not sure what I should bring?

I know a notepad (in my back pocket) & pen..

Should I bring a copy of my resume?
I emailed them my resume; so I'd assume they have a copy already.

You always bring a copy of your resume, even if you already gave them one. Bring one for you, one for the interviewer. A copy of the application is good also.

Never got an application, just emailed the shop.

That's kinda awkward isn't it? walking in, with just a slip of paper?

maybe it's just me... :oh:

Get a folder, or a manilla envelope and put all your paperwork in there.

Yeah, I usually use a plane folder to carry resumes and paper and what not. Just forked out $35 for a nice black leather portfolio with my college's logo on it (actually I won a gift card to the bookstore anyway, and it was on sale, usually $50). Makes me feel really fancy when talkin to people.

Heading for my bunker now, you can have my job I'll put in a good word.

That's what I have been using now too. When I was still in school I went to a financial literacy seminar and the bank who sponsored it gave everyone a surprisingly nice leather portfolio. It was collecting dust in my closet, but I was glad I had it when it came time for the interview.

Should I wear a short sleeved polo, or a long sleeved dress shirt?

Maybe just wear a nice long sleeved dress shirt with normal darker jeans? (of course, no rips)