What are the biggest misperceptions people tend to have about what skills employers look for?
People sometimes go into interviews believing that whatever their skills are can simply be okay for the job, while actually they may just feel they are “smart” and can learn everything fast. They have implied that their background is appropriate for a job, and it isn’t. This is a waste of everyone’s time. Employers are indeed looking for loyalty, but it is a misperception to believe that the employer will have total loyalty to the individual being hired. The time of a corporation or company’s loyalty to the individual is long gone. Employers are not looking for “lifers”. If one gets a specific job, it will not be forever. When you get a position, we cannot count on it be the last one. Employers are looking for individuals to solve current problems. If they’re looking now, it is for “now”, and “today”. Don’t try to look down the line to retirement.
