You have completed your graduation and now entered the world of professionals. Now, as a fresher you need a job to start over. In this situation, people often face difficulties coping with people at workplace. You have to make your impression clear as you are a fresher. Here are some tips that will help you to create the First Impression as an Interviewee.
Create a proper resume
1. An Appropriate Resume
You have to create an appropriate resume that will properly portray you. You must think about the readers of your resume. They should be able to understand what you are trying to say. Make sure to create a suitable format and use bullet points properly. Avoid unnecessary decoration in your resume as it is not professional.
2. Only Relevant Info
Your resume should have relevant information, including your personal profile, objective, education, work experience, accomplishment, extracurricular activities, hobbies etc. You should not include anything irrelevant that does not express your professional strengths. Always try to include true information and avoid providing false ones.
3. Define Career Objective
One of the most suitable ways to create your first impression using your resume is to define your career objective. Use active languages. Using strong and energetic words will help you to create an effective impression. Make sure to include your personal and professional objectives with simple yet in effective words.
4. Educational Qualifications
Start your resume with educational qualifications. This will help the employer to determine your level. Start with the most recent degrees. If your previous results were not impressed don’t include results, just mention the title and achieved year.
5. Provide a Skill Set
You must include your professional strengths or skills in the resume. You must use bullet points to mention all the skills that you have achieved.
6. Use Right Keywords
You must use appropriate keywords in your resume. Keywords help employers to find the suitable candidates. Include the keywords according to your field of expertise and interest.
7. Make it Error-Free
Grammatical and spelling mistakes create a bad impression at the first sight about your CV. Check and recheck to make your CV error free as much as possible.
8. Use Appropriate Contact Information
Provide your full contact information. Make sure your email addresses are suitable. Don’t use slang or funky words in your email address.
9. Include Work Experience
Include any work experience if you have. If you don’t have work experience, include extra curricular activities.
10. Provide Reference
You must provide enough reference. This will help you to create a proper first impression.
Prepare yourself for interview
1. Research Different Companies
You should research on different companies while applying for any job. You should have proper knowledge about the functions of the company and how they operate. You should also know about the job. Read the job description properly and identify keywords. Create a skills set suitable for the job.
2. Customize Your Resume
Customize your resume every time you apply for a job. The resume should look like as it is created for that specific job. Include all the relevant information. Make sure to include the identified keywords and created skills set. They will aid you to create the perfect resume that will portray your impression properly.
3. Practice Questions
As you are going to face interview for the first time, you need to be prepared. You should practice different questions related to the job. Employers mainly ask basic questions at the interview. So make sure you are ready to answer them all. Sometimes they ask critical and confusing questions. Don’t get confused and answer all the question naturally and in a straightforward manner.
4. Check Emails & Voice Mails
Check your emails and voice mails properly and regularly. You should prepare a voice mail to answer your calls. Make sure to be creative and also professional.
5. Be On Time
Being on time at the interview venue is a must. You should arrive early at the interview and go inside on time. Don’t be late. Being late will give a negative impression about you to the employers.
6. Dress Professionally
Now that you have started your life as a professional, you should dress like one. Wear professional dresses. Wear shoes and ties if possible. Blazer or coat is not mandatory. But avoid wearing casual dresses.
7. Wear Your Confidence
Be confident about yourself. In order to create a first impression as a fresher being confidence is the key to success. But don’t get over confident and challenge anything at the interview board.
8. Have some Eye Contact
Make direct eye contact to the every person you meet. If possible do handshakes. This will create a good impression about your manner.