Job Interview Questions

This is another installment in the IT best practices sermons I've been writing lately.

Virus activity is a big thing that I've seen happen to lots of people lately. People don't realize what a virus looks like or how they get it.

How do I get a Virus?

The first way to get a virus is by visiting a website that may be infected. If you visit a website and you get something that pops up and says you are infected, it most likely is a virus. Recently, viruses have been appearing in the form of pop up windows that are meant to look like a message from your antivurs software. The pop up messages might indicate that your computer is infected asking you to click on something. Many people think that the fake message is legitimate and click on it. By clicking on the pop up message the computer is then infected.

If you see a pop up that says "You are infected, click here to scan" or something similar, do not click on it and close the window immediately. The best rule of thumb is: Do not click on anything that you don't trust. Pop up windows and email attachments from sources you don't recognize can be very dangerous.

You should be familiar with what antivirus software you have installed on your computer. If you see a window or pop up message from something other than your antivirus software stating you have a virus, close the message by clicking the X in the upper right corner. Do not click anywhere on the message.

The second way to get a virus is by opening an email attachment. If you get an email from someone with an attachment, especially if it is someone you don't know, you should not open it. Especially, if the attachment is an .exe or .bat file. If you get an attachment that you need to open, save it to your computer and scan it before you open it.

How can I protect my computer?  read more »

Do you get a sick feeling driving to work every morning? Are you depressed? If you read through the following and these apply to you, you may be stuck in a dead end job or a job that could eventually cause some issues.  read more »

So they offered you a counter offer after putting in your resignation. Never, ever accept a counter offer. If you do, they’ll have you. They’ll mistreat you and you’ll end up leaving anyway.

Even if they offer you substatially more salary. Don’t accept the counter offer. If they’re willing to pay you this great salary now that you’ve quit, why weren’t you worth that before?

Your resignation should be exactly that, it shouldn’t be a fishing effort to get a counter offer. Don’t even consider counter offers…ever.

Are letting your current employer know that you are looking for a new job? This can mean the difference of wanting to get a new job and having to get one.

Many employers don’t want someone around who doesn’t want to be there. Someone who is just biding their time until something better comes along?  read more »

Your job search should be subtle. You don’t want everyone at your current employer to know that you are looking for a job.

Lots of people think that if they threaten to look for a new job or go on an interview, that their current employer will get scared, etc. This is not the case, if anything it puts more pressure on you to get a job. What if you tell your boss and go on the interview and blow it? Now your boss knows he’s got you.  read more »

Career builder had an intersting article today. It focused on being liked at your current position. It says that some employers focus more on your charisma than on your academic background or professional qualifications. Very interesting stuff.

“For years we’ve heard that it’s more important to be respected than liked. Yet study after study is proving conventional wisdom wrong — finding instead that the road to success is more often a series of popularity contests.  read more »