Resume Lady: Reasons Not To Share Your Job Interview

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Reasons Not To Share Your Job Interview

Getting a call back and finding out you made the cut and got a job interview is a terrific feeling. Countless people feel so good they want to shout it from the mountain tops. However, this may not be a great thing. If you are thinking of doing it, think again. Discussing your job interview with everyone you know may not be such a wonderful thing after all. There are reasons not to share your job interview you may not have considered.

Discussing your job interview is not a great move for a variety of reasons. Only discuss a job interview after you have been offered whatever position you applied for and you have accepted the job opportunity.

Being discreet about your job interview is a great idea for a number of reasons for nearly all job hunters;

Stay away from social media

Social media has become where everyone can find out everything about anybody at any time. There appears to be no boundaries and everyone has all of their business, personal and professional, spread virally. Privacy is a word not associated with the world of social media.

Social networking sites are not a place to share your job interview information at any time. After you post information on the web at social media sites you cannot verify who may be reading or accessing this information. Many people that use social networks post content for the world to see and the world contains coworkers and bosses. They may receive the information first hand or even second hand. Anyone can read the material and communicate with your boss or coworker.

Don’t visit with coworkers about your job interview

Coworkers are the competition for job interviews, believe it or not. They may be excited to know all the details of your internal interview, but did you know their sister is also a candidate for the same position? There are some things that you may not know that coworkers may be in the loop with. A coworker that you may not know well, but shows unusual excitement about your interview for a job may be seeking content and material to pass on to another source that could hurt your opportunity for your new job.

The job market is tough at this time

The current job market is more than a little tough. There are approximately 10 people seeking every one open job opportunity. These are 10 unemployed people not counting those that are under employed and would like to earn more money and benefits and each opening is eyed with envy.

Keeping information hush is paramount at this time. Don’t allow them to have a heads up for questions that may be asked so they can be more prepared with better answers and get that job right out from under you. If you want your new position part of the work is keeping things close to the vest. Easier said than done, but in the long run you will benefit from playing the part of cool.