Use this ‘closing technique’ to nail your job interview
According to the New York Federal Reserve Bank, the unemployment rate for new graduates reached 5.8% in March 2025.
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Official degrees no longer cut for some industries. Instead, many companies give priority to recruitment based on skills and experience, firm and recruitment company and recruitment manager Sarah Skelton, CNBC Make It.
2025 class is a challenging and competitive labor market. The unemployment rate for recent graduates reached 5.8% in March from 4.6% compared to the previous year. data From New York Federal Reserve Bank.
By the way, the share of new graduates “insufficient employment“Or working work, which does not require its degrees, rose from 40.6% to 41.2% in March compared to the previous year. Employers become more cautious in the midst of global uncertainty by re -, repetition tariff policies, rental ice creams and proliferation of artificial intelligence.
In this environment, where it is difficult to put your foot in the door, a mistake made by some new graduates is to assume that their degrees will automatically find a job.
Seluton said that he found more than 1000 graduates during his career, “Sometimes I feel like there’s a certain perception: I went to Uni, I have this degree, I will come to this level,” he said.
“Yet someone else who left school [employed]It can show ready to work and show the skills and open a little more for it – some businesses prefer it, “he said.
Of course, he added that it depends on the sector. While employing business or sales roles, degrees can be taken into account less, but will be more important for other industries such as medicine.
‘You need experience to get experience’
New graduates entering the labor market are often faced with a “Catch-22” state that you need to “experience experience.
In order to overcome these difficulties, Skelton suggested to be creative by doing the following:
- LinkedIn maximizes: Enter the social media platform at the beginning of your career journey and adapt your profile to the work you apply.
- Find out of the course: Join Sports Teams or volunteer for local charities.
- Be creative in gaining experience: do an internship or ask for a shadow of roles you are interested in.
- Create links: Join Network Activities, find mentors and ask for guidance.
- Create your own experience: work on side projects or business ideas in your spare time.
- Create industrial knowledge: immerse yourself in industry -related podcasts, books and more.
“I think you should look at the bigger picture and you should be a little more creative with the applications that will come to the fore.” He said. “Basically, be proactive and show that you are curious.” Businesses want to know that candidates want to work for themselves, not just “desperate to find a job”.
He said that direct access to recruitment managers in LinkedIn can show hunger and agency, which could help a candidate stand out. Providing unpaid jobs can also be a way to put your feet in the door.
“[You can] Proactively run to an enterprise and say: ‘Can I go in and do not pay a little [work]? I know it’s not eye -catching. I know that this may seem a little humiliating, but you should basically separate yourself from others. ”
In an interview, ‘close’
As someone who plays many salespersons in roles, Skelton suggested that this “closing technique” as an expression of separation at the end of an interview:
“Look, I’m really enthusiastic about this opportunity. I really want the chance to work with you … I can ask this: ‘What happened to me in the interview? Is there anything you can see? [do you have] Is there any reservation? ‘”
At the end of the interview, to say this gives the island the chance to address any of the potential reservations of the interviewer.
“[In] Sale is known as the closing technique, Skel Skelton said.
Following the interview, he said that the candidates should always remember to follow a e -mail for their time.
Although the official degrees are still relevant, candidates should not trust them to go down. Skelton prioritizes many businesses, drivers, coaching, business ethics, sand, potential and more.
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