Interviewing tips

I have been tasked with helping run a peer interview team for the least few weeks.

I have never interviewed anyone professionally, though I do admit I have been the interviewee 50-100 times for various volunteer agencies, jobs and for school; so I have some experience in being in the other seat.

 This experience may cause my advice to not be the most normal advice you typically get in a "column" or an article, but I think my perspective after interviewing around 30 candidates will help out.

 Tips that will absolutely help: 

1. Make sure your resume and application have no type-o's
2. Do not use the Microsoft Word Resume Template, everyone does.
3. After the interview, send a followup Thank You email to everyone you interviewed with.
4. Dress in business formal (This means a suit for men, formal wear with closed toe shoes for women)
5. Understand the interview you're in and try to answer questions for the interview, an interview with a hiring manager is about you being psychologically stable and not a murderer or a thief.  An interview with an educator is if you're able to be taught. An interview with a peer-interview-team is to see if you are a narcissist and willing to throw yourself under the bus instead of everyone else.

 Resume specific tips: 

1. Include a list of your skills and rate them on "Entry" "Intermediate" or "Expert" level. Entry is okay on everything, mostly the interviewer will be impressed you outlined a list of skills. 
2. Do not include "REFERENCES UPON REQUEST" anywhere on the resume.
3. An "OBJECTIVE" paragraph is not necessary.

An example outline for a resume for a Respiratory Therapist:

1. [Name]
2. [Education]
3. [Experience]
4. [Clinical experience if a new graduate]
5. [Certifications and Licenses, with active and expired dates and numbers]
6. [Skills and proficiency]
7. Other notes: save in PDF format and don't worry if its 2-3 pages long, its expected in healthcare to have a huge resume.

An example process

1. Application to job
2. Followup e-mail and phone call to "touch base"
3. Interview
4. Followup thank you e-mail.
5. 7 day followup phone or e-mail
6. 14 day e-mail
7. Upon a bad-news letter, e-mail with a "thank you for your time and please keep me in mind e-mail"