drove past the Thomas Cook headquarters in centre of Bradford this am, and they have a sign outside saying they are recruiting now. Directed folk towards their website:



[urlhttp://www.thomascook.com/recruitment/[/url

What a fantastic piece of advice, every youngster leaving school should receive a copy of this no nonsense, honest & common sense response from GB.

His advise is spot on!!

TBH I have given flippant responses in the past due to some of your inane postings previously, but as I am supposed to be the grown up I'll give you my two penneth worth.



Get a copy of the advert/job description, underline the key requiremnts of the job. Plan your response around those specific key outcomes &, if you can, make reference to previous experiences that relate to the outcomes, it doesn't have to be work experience, it could be sport, social, voluntary.

If you get an interview try & prepare as well as possible. Think what questions around the requiremtns could be asked & practice a response. If you can do some sort of presentation, even if it is only an A4 paper setting how our thoughts on the job. When being interviewed keep eye contact with the person you are addressing. When giving your presentation do it stood up, it makes a massive difference. I hate interviews but the more you do the better you become. If you don't get the job ring up & ask for constructive feedback on why you missed out, that's invaluable.

Oh yes and, whenever you go to an interview, you will always be asked at the end whether YOU have any questions. So be armed with just one good question, worth spending some time thinking up an impressive one.



A hunt around the company's website may often give you material for a question.

And prepapre an answer to the inevitable "Why do you want this job?" question. "To fund my drink problem" is probably not the best answer.

All this advise is really helpful honestly it is, i could ask for more.



Just a bit more advis, any ideas for when they ask me why i want the job? or have i got any more questions?

why i want the job?



Because you've read the job description, researched the company and listened to what the interviewer has had to say and you feel that you could really blossom in the role. You feel you could contribute to the role and the organisation whilst at the same time you feel you feel the role will help you develop. Through some job specific examples in to show why you think this. Makes it sound less like you're just repeating something from a text book.



Something like that?



One tip I learned is that when you shake hands with the interviewer make sure that you give them a good firm one. Make sure that the webbed skin between your thumb and index finger touches the webbed skin on their hand. This gives the impression of self confidence.



Also read your CV before the interview because if they ask you a question about something on it and you can't answer them it suggests you've lied on. In fact if you do lie at any point make sure it's one you've rehed so you don't trip yourself up.

Some great advise posted already, so a few thoughts that might help from me.

Very first impression is important. A good one won't get you the job on its own but a bad one will loose you it.

If they think you cant be d to spend time on yourself then its unlikely they will believe you will spend time doing a job.

Clothes and hair style are largly unimportant unless absolutely outrageous, its the cleanliness of yourself and the clothes that matter.

Unclipped dirty fingure nails for example and clothes that look like you have slept in.



One helpful hint might be that if you concentrate on listening when being talked to it has the effect of:-

a) actually listening to whats being said

b) makes you look attentative and interested as your eyes automatically widen slightly

c) You remain looking directly at the interviewer.

d) if there is second person interviewing you switch your view and full attention to them when they speak.



Much could be made of the attribitues you bring to your current part time job -think positively and list them. Reliability, responsibility, working in a team, communicating with the public etc.

You've been happy working there but need to move on to something with a more varied challenge. Do not critise your current job in any way!

Questions you might expect are hobbies/interests : you need to expound a little on a couple to show you are not a couch potato : beware : I also have the T shirt Adey was talking about!



When asked for your questions, You would be expected to ask about pay and hours if not already known. For other questions the best are mundane ones that already presuppose that you are going to get the job. Any Dress code? Know of any night school/training courses that I could attend in my own time that would help?

Finally, and really impotant, stand up and say in your own words

"Thank you for giving me this interview...I'm really interested in what you have told me about the job and I would accept it if it was offered. I really hope you will consider me for it"



Good luck fella

Just what sort of job IS the lad applying for ?





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