{"id":946,"date":"2013-04-01T13:58:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T13:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/careerplanning.me.holycross.edu\/?p=946"},"modified":"2013-04-01T13:58:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T13:58:07","slug":"april-career-advice-salty-dog-pong-in-the-interview-room-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/2013\/04\/01\/april-career-advice-salty-dog-pong-in-the-interview-room-2\/","title":{"rendered":"April Career Advice: Salty Dog &amp; Pong in the Interview Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #6600ff\"><strong>How to transform your Salty Dog outfit into your Interview outfit in MINUTES! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t bother spraying your shirts with Febreeze\u2026 employers are intrigued by the smell of booze on clothes. It shows initiative that you were even able to wake up for the interview after such an eventful night.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Girls<\/strong>: Take a tissue &amp; wipe off the bottom of your eyeliner. Leave on the rest and it will look freshly done!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boys<\/strong> (especially those interested in Investment Banking): The whole full suit stereotype is SO outdated\u2026 show those Wall Street studs your best going out tee and khakis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #6600ff\"><strong>The Art of a 10-page Resume: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure to choose a very elusive font, as employers like a sense of mystery to draw them in. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Recommendations:<\/span><\/strong> Wingdings or Simplified Arabic (Make \u2018em translate!)<\/li>\n<li>Another option is to hand write your resume. There\u2019s a reason you spent so much time in school practicing cursive.<\/li>\n<li>Include every club you\u2019ve participated in since Middle School. How are employers supposed to take you seriously if they aren\u2019t aware of your membership in Scrapbook Club during 6<sup>th<\/sup> grade?<\/li>\n<li>Quantity overrules quality.<\/li>\n<li>No need to proofread!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #6600ff\"><strong>Spruce up your Facebook &amp; Twitter: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upload your best Beer pong match to YouTube ASAP.\u00a0 Employers want to see your competitive edge. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Bonus<\/span><\/strong>: If you are a regular champion\u2026tack it on your resume!<\/li>\n<li>If you don\u2019t have a Red Solo Cup in your profile picture, you\u2019re doing it wrong. Fill it up, snap a picture &amp; show us your best Saturday 2am face. An employer\u2019s dream.<\/li>\n<li>Employers want entry-level employees who take charge of the company on Day 1, so show off your authoritative skills by cursing frequently on your public Twitter profile. Maybe throw in a disrespectful statement here and there to seal the deal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #6600ff\"><strong>Nail your Interview!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Always interview in a pairs just like Brennan and Dale from<em> Step Brothers <\/em><\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t bring copies of your resume\u2026 it looks like your trying too hard.<\/li>\n<li>Always arrive 5 minutes late to the interview. If you are too punctual, they will always expect you to be on time.<\/li>\n<li>Have your mother, father or sibling write a follow up thank you note\u2014they love to see your family background prior to hiring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #6600ff\"><strong>APRIL FOOLS, HO CRO!<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>P.S. If none of the above statements seemed out of place, please stop by Drop in hours ASAP (Every weekday from 1-4pm in Hogan 203) \u2026We have some work to do! <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to transform your Salty Dog outfit into your Interview outfit in MINUTES! Don\u2019t bother spraying your shirts with Febreeze\u2026 employers are intrigued by the smell of booze on clothes. It shows initiative that you were even able to wake up for the interview after such an eventful night. Girls: Take a tissue &amp; wipe &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/2013\/04\/01\/april-career-advice-salty-dog-pong-in-the-interview-room-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;April Career Advice: Salty Dog &amp; Pong in the Interview Room&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,57,146,147,165,174,227],"class_list":["post-946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-april-fools","tag-career-planning","tag-hogan-203","tag-holy-cross","tag-interview","tag-joke","tag-resume"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/careerplanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}