Poynter Online
Go


Top Story

Putting Voters in the Analyst's Seat
Most Recent Articles
Most E-mailed
Recent Comments
Recent Tags
Community Activity

Poynter Training
Poynter Seminars
Small, in-person training experiences.
News University
Today's most popular courses on NewsU, Poynter's e-learning site for journalists.
Webinars
Our online classroom is just a click away. Learn more.
All Webinars

Ask the Recruiter

Home > Ask the Recruiter
Tools: Text Sizeor, Print, RSSRSS, Subscribe via e-mail
Joe Grimm
Joe Grimm, visiting journalist at the Michigan State University School of Journalism, tackles the toughest recruiting questions.
TO GET YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED on this page, send it to Joe. Please include your full name in your message. If you prefer that your surname not be published, please indicate why.
 
 
If you're a student just getting back to school, now is not too soon to start thinking about internships for the summer of 2009. Get "Breaking In: The JobsPage.com Guide to Newspaper Internships." You can download a copy immediately.


Shut up and listen

Orlando Sentinel reporter Sara Isaac has come up with some good advice for job-seekers, as well as interviewers:

Let the other person do the talking.

Hiring managers seem to favor people who let them do most of the talking -- and some candidates seem to know this, allowing interviewers to talk on and on.

The source for the article, who manages the Business Assistance Center at Lake-Sumter Community College in Leesburg, recommends that interviewers talk 20 percent of the time and listen 80 percent of the time.

Posted by Joe Grimm 12:00 PM Apr 18, 2006
Tools:
Comment, e-mail, Permalink, Share
Username
Password
New User? Signup Now
Poynter Careers