My Armenian Network

I am passionate about Armenians, who we are, our culture, our language, and our history. I am even more excited with the level of talent Armenians have to offer the communities around the world. MyArmenianNetwork was created with the purpose to help connect Armenian Businesses and Professionals, build relationships and provide a premium workforce services.

At MyArmenianNetwork, we manage the entire cycle from job posting, to social marketing, resume building, and interview prepping in order to ensure efforts are concentrated in getting the best suited people for the appropriate roles.

The Network also provides outsourcing solutions for your business requirements, to Armenia’s full service custom software and application development, marketing, and engineering companies.

Discuss your requirements today, and allow us to provide skilled staffing or business solution for your organization.

Together Making A Stronger Community Worldwide

Phone interviews have become a common tool for narrowing down the candidate pool, especially when hiring managers have a large number of applicants who look similar on paper.

The phone interview can be tricky, though, because you cant make eye contact or observe the interviewers body language.

1. Use a land line. Carve out a special time and place for the call, and you'll have a better connection for your phone interview
2. Remove distractions and background noise, such as barking dogs, sound of kids playing, ringing cellphones and doorbells
3. Keep notes during the interview and write things down as the interviewer talks. Have questions of your own ready to ask
4. Speak clearly
5. Let him or her finish speaking before you respond
6. Smile!  When you respond, you'll come across as more energetic and positive
7. Follow up. After the phone interview, send a note thanking the interviewer and reiterating your key points

Hiring Managers Perspective

1. Can you do the job? They are interested in the skills you have and your relevant work experience
2. Do you really want the job? Are you genuinely enthusiastic and motivated about the opportunity
3. Will you fit in with the corporate culture.  Be yourself and let your personality shine through

Your Role:

- Research the company

- Stay calm and keep your responses to interview questions concise

- Avoid verbal crutches (e.g., "um," "like," "uh")

- Refrain from making jokes or discussing controversial subjects

- Do not exaggerate your interest or qualifications

- Avoid negative comments regarding former employers, colleagues and companies

Networking is a necessary aspect of the job search.  Leverage your relationships to advance your career.

Networking Tips

- Expand your network to include professionals at varying experience levels

- Look outside your industry for potential contacts
- Make contacts at social gatherings, and always carry business cards with you

- Be upfront about the assistance you seek and prepare a quick pitch to support it

- Make notes about your conversation so you can refer to 

- Always let people know you value their help. A simple thank-you note or email is appropriate

Temporary employment used to mean spending a day or, at most, a week at a client company; today, you are just as likely to work on contracts lasting weeks, months or even  longer. 

This gives you time to decide if the fit is right. It also allows the organization to monitor your success in the role, evaluate your skills and abilities, and determine your compatibility with the corporate culture. If a full-time job opens up, you'll be well positioned to land it since you and the employer are already familiar with each other. If the organization is impressed with your performance as a temp, and they have the budget, they may even create a new full-time position for you

Temporary work 

- Enables you to build experience
- Helps fill resume gaps, an extended gap in your resume may raise a red flag
- Creates new connections and helps build your professional network 

Just as technology enables you to research employers easily, hiring managers can use the Web to learn about you. Thanks to personal websites, blogs and social media, hiring managers can dig up a wealth of information with just a few mouse clicks.

Best Practices

1. Do a thorough self–search. The first step in managing your digital footprint is becoming aware of what you are up against. Run searches for information about you that is available for potential employers to see
2. Take action. If you find information that you fear will undermine your professional credibility, try to have the content removed. Also remove tags from photos of you
3. In cases where damaging references appear to be permanent online fixtures, be ready to discuss the topic in a job interview
4. Remove questionable content you have posted on your own personal websites.  If you maintain a website or blog, closely review every piece of information you have presented about yourself to make sure your digital footprint is as clean as possible

Your efforts have paid off and you got a job offer. 

Carefully evaluate all aspects of your offer.  Review the benefits package, health coverage, flexible work arrangements, dependent care and more. Some of these elements also may be on the table when you are negotiating a job offer.

Initial interview - never a good time to inquire about benefits

Second interview - Avoid a benefits conversation.  If the subject is brought up by the manager, its ok to ask one or two general queries

- Does the employer offer a health benefit plan, professional development, onboarding, on-the-job training, mentoring opportunities and other professional development.

Good luck in your new job!