Be Prepared For These Tough Interview Questions

By Glenn Hughes

Interviewers can be very difficult. Some people seem to wear the badge of honour of being the toughest interviewer in the business. Relax, nobody is all bad- they need to fill the role and someone has to get the job. Plan ahead and no question is too tough but plan you must or reap the consequences

Tell me something interesting about yourself. Often used to open up a discussion, this gives you the opportunity to talk about something of your choice. Be prepared to discuss how please you have been with some of your past achievements. Stay positive and show how much it meant to you to win the competition, sales award, how you like to succed, overcome obstacles, etc. This is one question that you must be prepared to answer- its almost bound to come up

Why are you interested in this role? A bit of a banana skin this one- they are looking for your motivation. You need to talk about the challenges that you believe you will be facing, and also point to achievements that you have delivered in the past, referencing them to how they will benefit the new company

What do you think about the company that you used to work for? Red flashing light alert- they are trying to trap you into saying something awful. Even if the company you used to work for was the worst slave driving place on earth, find something good to say about it. You went there in the first place for a reason and no company is all bad. Stay positive, explain what you learned and stay right away from any criticism

What package are you looking for? Keep your cool, this question means that they are interested in you or they wouldn't ask it. Whilst discussing salary isn't usually a good idea, they started this discussion so it's fair game. A good response is to ask them what sort of package they had in mind, or what was the last holder of the job being paid?

In business, do you have to tell the truth. Of course the answer is yes, you do have to tell the truth. This is an advanced interview question designed like a scalpel to open you up. Any interviewer asking this sort of question is one to be respected- be on your guard. You should never ever have to lie in business- any company that asks you to do this and you should run a mile

What is the worst thing about you? A massive trap this one- you feel like you need to say something, but what? Try to answer by focusing on something innocuous. For example, I can work a little too hard sometimes and people who don't put in the same effort don't like being shown up. Corny answer? They asked the question! - 30535

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Current Trends In The Job Market And What That Means For Your CV

By Glenn HUghes

We all know that the employment market is getting more difficult at the moment. Rising unemployment across the globe in this global recession means that jobs are scarcer than they were before. The public sector is one area where jobs are not being cut, mainly because governments are increasing spending on public projects to keep people in employment

It stands to reason that if there is more competition in the job market then you have to compete harder than you did before. Your CV or resume is now even more important than it was before. If your CV does not get the attention of the person reading it within 20 seconds, you have wasted your time in sending it in. The simple reason is that applications are on the rise so there are more to deal with. Someone has to go through that first sift and their time is even more pressured than before

Professional CV writers make their living by getting people interviews. There are times in your life when you will need professional advice and you would do well to take that advice if it comes from a qualified source. If you have a medical problem for example, it will help if you will go to and then take the advice of a suitably qualified medical professional. CV writers make their living by ensuring that the very best employment advice is given to their customers

Filling in an application form for a job in the public sector can seem like a tedious task. The truth is that everyone has to do it and you will not be an exception. Follow all the instructions for completing the form to the letter. If you make a mistake, get another form and make sure that you don't make that same mistake again. If you fail to follow the simple instructions given, your application will go no further- you have just shown that you are unable to carry out simple administrative tasks so your application will be rejected at that point

Some people refuse to pay for anything that they feel that they don't need to pay for. Scrimping on your CV is a sure way to make sure that you don't even get the chance to impress an employer with your skills and experience. The relatively small cost of employing a CV writer will be more than paid for if they do their job for you. Many people have ended up earning significantly more money simply by getting a professional CV written that gets doors opened for them that they never thought that they would be able to walk though - 30535

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Enhance Your Life With Chakra Healing

By Jai Dahalli

Understanding Chakra

A chakra relates to and broadcasts the energy of life force; it is a point of alignment in the body. Chakra comes from the Sanskrit word that describes a constantly spinning wheel or the sphere aural energy we each have. Hindu text tells us that there are many thousands of chakra points in each of our bodies. The most vital of these chakra points are those which run along the spinal column up to the crown of the head. These are the seven chakra points.

The seven chakras involve the root, navel, stomach, the heart, throat, and brow and the crown chakras. These featured chakra points have the ability to transmit and receive energy from the general surroundings as well as those individuals in it and other influential elements of the surroundings. Chakras can influence activities of an individual that deal with emotional, spiritual, intellectual, mystical, psychological and corporeal issues.

Whether you chose to take on a point of view that comes from the Hindus mystical perception of the external and internal experience of an individual, the modern psychology of explanation of the consciousness and thought patterns or Chinese medicine, you will find a common thread within them all. This point is that the chakras are distinct when it comes to their explanations or definitions.

The chakras are in perpetual motion whether we are awake or asleep. Continual activity does influence the glandular processes, physical disorders, structure and appearance as well as our actions and deeds. When one or more of the chakras malfunction for different reasons this will cause an imbalance, it then continues to make it known in other areas.

This happens because all the seven major chakras correspond with the associated endocrine gland within our body. When there is any type of imbalance in the functioning of a chakra it influences our emotional and physical processes and then reveals a disorder in the normal pattern of behavior or activity by means of the endocrine gland it associates with.

Chakra Balance Maintenance We can safely assume by using the point above as a starting place that for the most part our chakras are related to any type of ailment, illness of disease we may encounter. Although, we may not recognize the appearance of an illness or imbalance there are still concerns or emotional issues that result from our youth that can and will hold bearing on our emotional, physical and spiritual senses.

One of the biggest causes of chakra imbalance is the repressed or forgotten emotional baggage we carry due to those past traumatic experiences. Many individuals habitually bury their bad memories into their subconscious, unaware that these emotional toxins that are buried inside them will influence their bodies on a cellular level. Therefore, it is essential to deal with emotional baggage once and for all in order to maintain a proper balancing of the chakras which ignites a healing process to begin on the physical self.

Chakra Healing is good for the Body. We directly influence our chakras when we take on such activities as aromatherapy, color therapy and Reiki healing by bringing balance to the chakras while using such items as gemstones, pendulums and crystals.

The performances of yoga breathing and physical exercises are beneficial to maintaining chakra balance within the body and it is something that many individuals enjoy participating in.

There are various methods of chakra healing. These include focusing the mind on awareness or thought or even an object for a particular amount of time, the use of CDs or audio tapes of a guided visualization that will enhance natural healing and relaxation techniques to reduce the influence of stress while channeling the power of the mind and relaxation.

Chakras work unaided to maintain our body although we cannot touch or see our chakras.

For there to be chakra balance the body must be nourished in order to enjoy optimal health. The seven major chakras benefit from specific foods that help to maintain balance.

The root chakra takes nourishment from spices, protein rich food and root vegetables. Foods such as nuts, seeds, sweet fruits, cinnamon and vanilla nourish the sacral chakra. The solar plexus chakra that enhances out sense of personal self love and self confidence is nourished by consuming dairy products, pasta, breads, spicy mints and cereals.

Green tea and green leafy vegetables nourish the heart chakra. Consuming a lot of water, fruit juices and tangy fruits such as peaches and apples nourish the throat chakra.

The enhancement of the sharpness of in our third eye sight and a deep sense of our psychical talents and gifts that associate with the brow or third eye chakra finds nourishment from the consumption of grape juice, wine, grapes and blueberries.

Detoxifying the body is beneficial to the crown chakra which is our emotional and spiritual center. This is done by the ritual inhalation of incense and herbs and by fasting.

When we influence our chakras by stimulation, we do influence our health. When we do so we become more responsive in our everyday and spiritual life, while we are more able to tune in completely to our surroundings and various other elements of the metaphysical and physical environment in which we live our lives. - 30535

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You Will Find Real Happiness By Using 3 Laws

By Fred Freddman

Believe it or not there are only 3 Secrets to a Happier Life. These secrets are powerful, universal and absolutely necessary if you are to live happily. Secret #1 - Know Yourself, Secret #2 - Love Yourself, Secret #3 - Be Kind to Others. This may sound overly simplified but lets explore what it really means.

#1 - Finding yourself is not easy for most people. That's because society has conspired to hide you from yourself from the day you were born. This conspiracy is not evil -- the intention was good -- but still our society generally believes it's necessary to protect us from ourselves. So instead we are told to be like others or to behave like some ideal held up to us as the correct model for living.

The fact is, you are perfect just as you are. Your challenge is to discover that perfection within yourself. You don't have to be the same as everyone else. In fact God forbid if you were ... what a boring world that would be! You need to find your unique passions and treasure them, because they define who you are. Learn what really attracts you in life and pursue it whole heartedly.

Passion is the key, for it is your essence expressing itself by simply enjoying who you are. That which you are passionate about will lead you to yourself. If you think you have no passion, you are wrong ... we all do. you can find it through your curiosity, likes, dislikes and anything that really attracts you on any level -- emotionally, intellectually or spiritually.

#2 - After you discover who you are, you need to learn to love that person. The only way you can do that is by accepting and appreciating your uniqueness and your special gifts. We all have these gifts and it is up to each of us to treasure them.

Don't listen to others when it comes to arriving at your own value. What you think is most important. Be courageous in your own defense. That doesn't mean others may not have some valid insights but it does mean that you should never think of yourself as bad or worthless. You must always realize your inherent value, no matter what others may say.

#3 - Love Others. Never forget that essentially they are no different from you. We are ALL worthy. Of course they may not realize their own goodness or act on it all of the time. None of us do. but at core, they are just as special and worthy as you and you must see this in them or you will also fail to see it in yourself.

Believe it or not, the other people you find in your life are there for a reason. These are precisely the people you need to show you parts of yourself that you may be out of touch with. Yes, its true, we attract the people we need in order to learn more about ourselves. Everyone in your life has a purpose and that purpose is to teach you something about yourself that you my not know or have forgotten.

So that's it - the three keys to a happier life. You've probably heard most of this stuff before but that doesn't make it any less true or valuable. It just means, this is one more opportunity for you to learn these fundamental truths. Live and learn that's what it's all about, so enjoy the journey! - 30535

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3 Quick Ways To Hypnotize people

By Richard Cox

If you want to how to hypnotize people without spending a long time pursuading them to relax on your couch, then You've come to the right place. Firstly you can use The Dave Elman Induction. This is focused on relaxing the eyes. The eyes need to remain closed across the induction.

After the patient relaxes his eyes, you tell him or her to allow this state of relaxation to extend throughout the body. You then count extraordinarily slowly from 1 to 5, and stop between each number to tell the topic that he is steadily feeling more relaxed. When carried out properly , this method can have somebody in a hypnotic state in just 4 minutes.

Another strategy is the Handshake Interrupt. You start by introducing yourself to the patient. You must smile and make yourself engaging by employing affirmative body language. After that, you proffer your hand for a handshake. When the subject lifts his hand in order to shake, you quickly clutch it with your left hand and lift it directly in front of his eyes.

Now, the patient will be in a temporary state of bafflement while he tries to process what happened, and then you give out the order to 'sleep'. This is going to be achieved in just two or three minutes.

The final method is Ericksonian Hypnosis often referred to as conversational hypnosis. You do not want induction abilities to use this method. You want bafflement strategies, sophisticated, inserted commands, and excellent storytelling abilities.

By merely captivating the patient with a dialogue that right away interests him, you can hypnotize him inside mins. As the subject isn't mindful of your ambitions, he will be able to be more receptive, not resisting in any way. Now you have several alternative strategies to practice so that you can understand how to hypnotize people swiftly, and without them knowing. - 30535

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The Difference Between Psychic or Spiritual Medium

By Lenny Green

The word psychic implies the ability to be capable of extraordinary mental processes, such as extrasensory perception and mental telepathy. The word medium implies the ability to communicate and sense the spirit realm. To be spiritual would add an element of awareness that is of the divine. Often times the general public doesn't understand where a psychic or medium is coming from. For example: how are they getting their information? Is it from their guides? Who are their guides? Is it from the astral plane? What level of the astral plane are they listening to? All things exist on the astral plane from low level entities to angels and everything in between.

It would benefit the person who is looking for answers to ask questions of this nature so they know what that person is channeling and or seeing. Most sensitive people are with one or two abilities. A person that is clairvoyant has the ability to receive information through the third eye center or sixth chakra. The fifth chakra is the center where hearing the spirit realm is possible. Many readers are kinesthetic and feel everything. This feeling ability comes from the second chakra region and is most prevalent in all readers. It is very rare that a psychic medium or spiritual medium has all sensory systems on.

In my own case I am one of the very few that sees the spirit realm, hears the spirit realm, smells the spirit realm and feels everything. With this said it is with great responsibility that a reader must handle these gifts. I feel it is important to deliver information with the four essential bodies in mind. The physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bodies are constantly trying to align themselves through a variety of experiences. We must first approach a question that has present and futuristic ramifications from a place that everyone has free will and we can take a variety of roads to get to the end result. The question is what road do you want to take? The hard road often the choice when karma is involved or the high road which leads us to trusting God and the Universe have a much better plan for us than we could ever dream up ourselves. This is very important for anyone who is trying to understand the difference in a realm that many do not understand and a wide variety of terminology that has many interpretations.

When I am asked where my information comes from I consult my guides who are from the realm of the guardians of the universe and God. Often spirits will want to talk with their loved one and have opinions on various topics but ultimately because they have incarnated in physical form they have karma and attachments to this plane, so ultimately I ask my guides and God. I feel there are many forces out there that want a voice and carry energy for their own creation here on earth and they are not necessarily the energy you want to get you answers and or healing from. Ask questions about where the information comes from and who they are communicating with. Be aware that many people call themselves spiritual mediums, psychics, clairvoyants but as in all industries you have highly skilled technicians and amateurs.

How do you verify what that person is telling you? You trust your own feelings! - 30535

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Suicidal Thoughts

By Carlo Mueres

Nortriptyline has been found to cause a ten-fold increase in suicidal thoughts in men when compared to its competitor escitalopram. These findings are published in the open access journal BMC Medicine.

The research was carried out by Dr. Nader Perroud from the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, who headed up GENDEP, an international team. Dr Perroud said "Suicidal thoughts and behaviours during antidepressant treatment have prompted warnings by regulatory bodies". He continued "the aim of our study was to investigate the emergence and worsening of suicidal thoughts during treatment with two different types of antidepressant."

Both escitalopram and nortriptyline have their effect through the mood modulating neurotransmitter systems. The former is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), preventing serotonin from re-entering the cell and thereby prolonging its effect on nerve synapses. The latter is a tricyclic antidepressant that inhibits the reuptake of noradrenaline, and to a lesser extent, that of serotonin.

The study was carried out on 811 individuals with moderate to severe unipolar depression. Whilst an overall trend in reduction of suicidal thoughts was observed, men who took nortriptyline were found to have a 9.8-fold increase in emerging suicidal thoughts and a 2.4-fold increase in worsening suicidal thoughts compared to those who took escitalopram.

Perroud concludes, "Our findings that treatment-emerging and worsening suicidal thoughts may also be associated with psychomotor activation triggered by antidepressants needs to be investigated in future studies.

The study also refutes the idea that newer antidepressants such as the SSRIs are worse than older medications in terms of increasing suicidal thoughts."

Notes: Suicidal ideation during treatment of depression with escitalopram and nortriptyline in Genome-Based Therapeutic Drugs for Depression (GENDEP): a clinical trial Nader Perroud, Rudolf Uher, Andrej Marusic, Marcella Rietschel, Ole Mors, Neven Henigsberg, Joanna Hauser, Wolfgang Maier, Daniel Souery, Anna Placentino, Aleksandra Szczepankiewicz, Lisbeth Jorgensen, Jana Strohmaier, Astrid Zobel, Caterina Giovannini, Amanda Elkin, Cerisse Gunasinghe, Joanna Gray, Desmond Campbell, Bhanu Gupta, Anne E Farmer, Peter McGuffin and Katherine J Aitchison - 30535

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