Secrets of the perfect interview

"Siti-Umairah SCHENKER" siti-umairah.schenker@st.com

Secrets of the perfect interview

For many people, interviews are the scariest part of job hunting. But they shouldn't be! If you know what to expect and are ready for anything, there's nothing to worry about. And with the help of Arabian Woman, you can ace any interview that comes your way. We know all the tricks, from what to wear to what to say - even how to improve your chances of success after the interview is over

It's all in the mind
The first thing you have to do is make sure that you are going in with the right attitude. It may seem natural to be frightened about a job interview, but you just need to change the way you are thinking about it. Many people spend hours thinking about all the things that could go wrong, and then - not surprisingly - they do. Instead of thinking of an interview as a test where your potential employer is trying to trip you up, think of it instead as a chance to show off what you know and what you can do. This is your chance to prove yourself far better than a letter or a CV can ever do; think of it as a game or a performance.

Also, remember that the situation is not just about an employer interviewing you for a position - you are also interviewing them to see if the company is one that you would be happy being part of. If you believe this, you'll project the attitude of someone who has a lot of job offers to choose from, and is not just desperate to take the first offer that comes her way.

Positive thinking gurus such as Anthony Robbins recommend doing a ‘visualisation' before going for an interview. Spend the evening before quietly picturing the interview going well in your head, like a movie. See yourself giving firm handshakes, hear yourself giving intelligent answers and feel yourself being relaxed and confident.

Preparation is vital
Like any test, you should prepare for a job interview ahead of time. Think about what the employer will want to know, and have some good answers ready. Employers want people who are motivated and positive, so make sure that any answer you give reflects these qualities.Although every interview is different, there are stock questions that always come up, and having an answer at your fingertips will make you more confident, and impress the interviewer. Take the time to think about a few scenarios where you have excelled yourself in the past, solved a difficult problem or made a real difference to your company; interviewers will often ask for examples of these and they can be hard to remember on the spur of the moment.

Another popular question is asking your weaknesses or faults; the savvy interviewee will know how to turn these negatives into a positive, admitting a weakness that can also be viewed as a strength. Explaining you have difficulties delegating, pay too much attention to detail or always feel the need to be challenged are good answers. The trick with answering negative questions about previous mistakes or failed jobs is to explain how you learnt from the experience and are now a better worker because of it. Practice one or two with a friend.

Employers are also looking for someone who has the skills that the job entails, rather than having to train someone from scratch. Research the company thoroughly, as “what do you know about us?” is another popular question, and “nothing” is not an acceptable answer. Look on their Website, ask around, read the newspapers. Think about what the company and the position needs, and prepare your skills so that they fit the picture. The job advertisement should also give you some clues as to what they are looking for. Think of an example or a way that you fit every specification that they have mentioned. Remember, the more prepared you are, the more confident you will be.

First impressions count
Know exactly where you are going and the name of who you will be meeting and speaking to when you get there. Although it may seem like common sense to arrive on time, always give yourself a good 15 minutes extra; this is not a day you want to get caught in a traffic jam and arrive flustered. Also, this gives you time to fill out an application form neatly when you arrive, if they have one. Give a firm handshake, look the interviewer in the eye and greet them by name.

It may sound obvious, but an interview is one occasion where you must be on your best behaviour. You never get a chance to make a second impression, and you want to be remembered for all the right reasons. Treat everyone you meet with politeness, from the MD to the office boy. Be on show from the moment you walk into the office; you may think no-one is watching you send gossip on your mobile for half an hour while you are waiting to be seen, but secretaries will often report back to the boss. There is a big list of don'ts; never chew gum or smoke, don't fidget, don't leave your phone on, and don't interrupt. Most importantly, don't be rude about your previous employers or anyone else in the market. Not only will this make you seem like negative rather than positive, but you never know what the interviewer' s relationship to them might be. Your previous boss may be his golf partner.

You will probably be asked why you are looking at moving on from your previous job. Make sure that the answer makes you look like a motivated person who is trying to grow, rather than a difficult one who can't work with others.

Look the part
Research shows that a first impression has been made, based on what you look like, in the first ten seconds of a job interview.

The best advice we've ever heard is to dress as though you already have the job. Know what professionals in that field wear (discounting things like uniforms, of course!) and dress at the same level or above. However, if the office is casual, still dress smart. This is not the time to try out a new fashion trend or be even slightly shocking; a conservative suit fits any occasion. Make sure that it fits well and you are comfortable in it; nothing looks worse than someone who is constantly tugging on ‘ straps, pulling down a shirt, or stumbling on high heels.

Navy, black and grey give the most 'professional' image. Let the colour psychologists guide you for your accessories; red says you are confident and outgoing, yellow that you have a sense of humour, blue that you are intellectual and efficient and green that you can keep your head in a crisis.

Body language is exceptionally important.
Although you and the interviewer may not consciously notice how you are holding yourself, it does have an influence on the interview. Eye contact is a must, as this shows that you are confident, sincere and have nothing to hide. Avoid touching your face or ears, or fiddling; this indicates evasiveness or lying. Crossed arms or legs will make you seem unapproachable. Don't slouch, as this indicated slovenliness, and don't sit too far forward, as you'll appear tense. The trick is to sit upright but relaxed; drop your shoulders slightly and take a breath before starting.

Have an interview strategy
The interviewer is there to ask questions, and you are there to give confident, intelligent answers. No matter what they ask, make sure that your answers do one thing; explain how you are the right person for this position. There are no wrong answers to interview questions; but there are answers that will make you seem more suited for the job than others. One way to make sure that yours do is to verify your answers; when ask about strengths, give examples. Rather than saying “I'm a good salesperson”, say “My ability to sell is shown in the fact that I exceeded my targets by 50 per cent every month last year.” It may feel like showing off, but if you don't tell them, how will they know?

Make sure you ask questions too. Interviews are not a one-way street. Asking your own questions shows that you have thought seriously about the company before coming, and that you want to make sure that they would fit in with you as well as you with them. And remember, you need to find out if you really want this job!

Have at least half a dozen questions prepared that need more than a yes or no answer. Ask about the nature of the work, the opportunities for growth and development and the training given to new staff. Ask how the position you are applying for fits into the company structure, and what it means on a day-to-day basis. Also ask some questions about where the company is going and what its future strategies are, and how it is adapting to industry trends. Knowing what is going on in their industry and asking how they see it always comes across as very impressive to interviewers, so read around first.

Another good question is to ask what they are looking for in the perfect person to fill this job; you can then make sure you let them know that you fit all their criteria before the end of the interview. And remember - questioning the interviewer does not mean asking about wages or benefits! Wait until you have been offered the position to talk about money, and don't be the one to bring it up.

Stay calm, speak slowly and try to let the interview turn into a conversation, rather than a question and answer session. If the dialogue flows naturally then the interviewer will think that they have more in common with you and know you better than they actually do. Therefore, let them direct the conversation but take an active part in it by speaking freely and not giving one-word answers. You should never be over-friendly, but take the lead from the interviewer as to the tone of the discussion. If they are friendly and open, make yourself personable; if they are formal and reserved, be as businesslike yourself. Don't ramble and don't interrupt; if you feel you are going on too much, pause, collect your thoughts and summarise what you want to say. Research shows that successful job interviewees spend 50 per cent of the time listening, rather than doing all the talking.

Leave on the right note
Always express your interest in the job just before leaving. This doesn't mean saying anything desperate or false; just let them know that you are impressed with what you have seen so far, and that you look forward to hearing from them. Find out what the next step is; will they contact you or will you send them examples of your work? And then thank them for their time. You want to leave them with no doubt in their minds that you are the right person for the job.

The day after the interview, send a brief but polite letter or email saying how much you enjoyed meeting the interviewer, how interesting the discussion was, and how much you look forward to hearing from them. Keep it short and undemanding; selling yourself all over again will make you look desperate. Just say that you are very interested in the position, and thank them again for their time. Not only is it polite, but it puts you back in their mind in a positive way.

After it's all over, take time to think about the interview and write down what you think went wrong, and what you think came across well. Even if you don't get this job, you can only get better and better with each interview!

Practice makes perfect
Although you can never prepare for every eventuality in an interview, here are some of the common questions that come up:

• Why did you apply for this job?
• Why do you want to work for this company?
• Why should I hire you?
• What would you do if this happened?
• What is your biggest strength?
• What is your biggest weakness?
• What was your worst mistake, and how did you learn from it?
• What accomplishments in your last position are you most proud of?
• Describe a challenge you faced and how you overcame it?
• Why did you leave/ are you leaving your last job?
• What do you want from this job?
• What are your career goals and how do you plan to achieve them?

Halba

"AbdHamid, Sharomnizam" Sharomnizam.Abdhamid@Crbard.com

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menanak so that kanji nye akan berkurangan (utk pesakit diabetics)dan wangi
pun iya jugak!! Petua ni didapati dari pengamal perubatan alternative
semasa mak saya berubat dulu!!


Kalau orang Johor... selalunya masak nasi lemak letak halba nih... untuk
naikkan wangi nasi lemak tuh...
Kalau tak tahu gak... tanya lah parent, pasti dia org tahu apa itu halba...


Rasulullah saw bersabda :

" Sekiranya umatku tahu akan kelebihan Halba nescaya mereka sanggup
tukarkannya dengan sebanyak timbangan emas "

Pada suatu hari Rasulullah saw menziarahi sahabat Saad bin Abi Waqqas
yang sedang sakit. Rasulullah saw menyuruh dipanggil tabib. Al Harith

Ibn Qaldah datang merawat Saad bin Abu Waqqas. Beliau mengesyorkan
agar Saad makan Halba dan Korma Ajwa'. Dengan izin Allah Saad pun
sembuh dari sakitnya. Rasulullah saw kemudiannya bersabda :


" Gunakanlah Halba sebagai ubat"


KEGUNAAN Halba

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- Melegakan sakit kepala/ migraine
- Membuang angin
- Menyembuhkan buasir
- Senggugut
- Merangsang rahim
- Kegemukan
- Kurang berat badan
- Mengawal kencing manis
- Radang kulit dan Bisul

2. Teh Halba + Madu
- Kurangkan ketagihan rokok dan dadah
- Anemia

3. Untuk anak2 yang baligh
- kecergasan
- kekuatan badan
- Tumbesaran

4. Untuk ibu menyusu
- Banyakkan air susu

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Halba merupakan antara ubatan yang tertua di dunia dan digunakan oleh
Al-Abqirad ( Hippocrates) iaitu bapa perubatan Yunani.

Di Terengganu halba adalah salah satu ramuan dalam adunan nasi dagang.


MANA NAK DAPAT Halba
Halba boleh dibeli di kedai mamak atau dah di pek secara komersil dipasaraya.

Sila edarkan risalah ini semoga ada manafaat kepada orang ramai yang
berpenyakit tetapi tidak perlu berbelanja mahal untuk mencari
penawarnya. InsyaAllah sembuh dengan izin Allah jua.

Surprising Uses for Salt

From: MOHAMED JOHARI BIN MOHAMED SIDEK
Date: Friday, February 22, 2008, 7:38 AM

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Mankind has been using salt for many centuries, in the course of which
we've amassed many uses (some speculate thousands) for this amazing
substance -- uses that go far beyond mere seasoning. Here are a few of the more
practical ones:

                                          

* Pick up a dropped egg. If an egg breaks on the kitchen floor, sprinkle salt
on the mess and leave it there for 20 minutes.
You'll be able to wipe it
right up.

* Soothe a bee sting. Wet the sting right away, then cover it with salt.

* Eliminate a grease fire. Pour salt on top to smother it. (Never use water on
a grease fire.)

* Clean up oven spills. If food boils over onto the oven floor, sprinkle salt
on top to stop smoke and odor from forming. When the oven is cool, it'll be
easy to brush away the spot.

* Set color. If a dye may run, soak the garment for an hour in 1/2 gallon of
water to which you've added 1/2 cup vinegar and 1/2 cup salt. If rinse
water shows color, repeat. This is good for a single-colored fabric or madras.
If the item is multicolored, dry-clean it. (Although American-made fabrics are
unlikely to run, fabrics from abroad are sometimes iffy.)

* Kill poison ivy. Add three pounds of salt to a gallon of soapy water. Spray
it onto leaves and stems.

* Make cream whip more easily and egg
whites whip faster and higher. Add a
pinch of salt.

* Test for rotten eggs. Put an egg in a cup of water to which you've added
two teaspoons of salt. A fresh egg will sink, but one that's iffy will
float.

* Clean the brown spots (from starch) off a non-stick soleplate (the bottom of
your iron). Sprinkle salt on a sheet of waxed paper, slide the iron across it,
then rub lightly with silver polish.

* Repel fleas. Wash the doghouse with it.

* Kill grass growing in cracks in the cement or between patio stones. Sprinkle
salt on the grass and pour very hot water over it. Or sprinkle coarse salt on
the grass, let stand all day or overnight, then pour hot tap water over it.

* Clean a glass coffee pot. Fill it with a quarter-cup of table salt and a
dozen ice cubes. Swish the mixture around, let it sit for half an hour, fill it
with cold water and rinse.

* Halt the mountain of suds from an
overflowing washing machine. Sprinkle salt
on the top.

* Clean artificial flowers. Put them in a bag of salt and shake the bag. Take a
look at the color of the salt and you'll see what you've accomplished.

* Keep windows frost-free. Dip a sponge into salt water and rub it on windows,
and they won't frost up even when the mercury dips below 32 degrees; for
the same effect on your car's windshield, put salt in a little bag made of
cheesecloth, moisten it slightly and rub it on.

* Clean tarnished copper.Fill a 16-ounce spray bottle with hot white vinegar
and three tablespoons of salt. Spray it onto the copper, let it sit briefly,
then rub clean. (Don't do this to lacquered copper.)

* Keep radishes safe in the garden. Salt worms (cutworms) will be repelled if
you sprinkle seeds with table salt, then cover with dirt.

* Clean coffee and tea stains from china cups. Rub them with salt.

*
 Keep potatoes and apples from turning brown once they're sliced. Put them
in salted cold water.

* Clean a cutting board. Cover it with bleach and salt, scrub it with a stiff
brush, then rinse with very hot water and wipe with a clean cloth. Repeat with
each 

10 Laluan Yg bakal dilalui oleh Manusia Dari Dunia sampai Akhirat

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10 Laluan Yg bakal dilalui oleh Manusia Dari Dunia sampai Akhirat

LALUAN MENUJU KE KUBUR
Jauhkan dari perbuatan mengumpat & mengeji

*Hindarkan perasaan irihati ( benci )
*Jangan terpengaruh dengan harta dunia
*Sucikan qadha' hajat dgn istibra ( berdehem selepas buang air kecil )

LALUAN UTK BERJUMPA IZRAIL
*Bersihkan diri dgn bertaubat
*gembirakan hati orang mukmin
*Bayar semula kadha ( Solat & puasa ) yang tertinggal.
*Kasih sepenuh hati pada Allah Ta'ala

LALUAN UTK BERJUMPA MUNGKAR NANGKIR
* Mengucap dua kalimah syahadah
* suka memberi Sedekah
* Berkata Benar
* Bersihkan dan perbaiki diri

LALUAN UTK MEMBERATKAN PERTIMBANGAN
* Belajar atau mengajar ilmu yang bermanfaat
* Sucikan perkataan dan pakaian
* Bersyukur dgn yang sedikit
* Suka dan redha dgn yang didatangkan oleh Allah

LALUAN MEMANTAPKAN AMALAN
* Jauhkan perkataan sia-sia
*Pendekkan cita-cita dunia
* Banyakkan puji pujian kepada Allah
* Banyakkan sedekah dan khairat

LALUAN MELALUI TITIAN SIRAT AL MUSTAKIM
* Kasihanilah aulia Allah Ta'ala
* Berbaktilah pada ibu bapa
* Berpegang teguh pada hukum syarak
* Bercakap perkataan yang baik sesama manusia

LALUAN MENJAUHKAN DIRI DARI NERAKA
* Banyakkan membaca al-quran
* Banyakkan menangis kerana dosa dosa lalu
* tinggalkan perkara yang maksiat
* Jauhkan segala yang haram

LALUAN UTK MEMASUKI SYURGA
* membuat kebajikan seberapa yang boleh
* Kasihi orang yang soleh
* kerjakan segala suruhan allah
* Merendahkan diri di antara sesama makhluk

LALUAN BERJUMPA DENGAN NABI MUHAMMAD
* kasihilah nabi Allah Taala

* kasihilah Rasullullah
* tuntutilah yang difardukan oleh Allah Taala
* banyak selawat Nabi SAW

LALUAN UTK BERTEMU ALLAH
*Serahkan seluruh jiwa raga kepada Allah Taala
* Hindarkan diri dari menderhaka kepada Allah Taala
* betulkan dan baikkan i'tikad kepada Allah Taala

* Bencikan segala yang diharamkannya. "

20 Perkara Yang Membuatkan Wanita Membenci Lelaki

"Zakiah Bt. Abd Rahman" zakiah@lcthcorp.com

20 Perkara Yang Membuatkan Wanita Membenci Lelaki Ntah ler betul ke idak nie macik2 dan sesape je lah cuba kasik pendapat korang betul ke idak nih??? banyak sangat nie kompius aku 1. MENINGGIKAN SUARA Tahulah mereka dikurniakan suara yang ‘macho’ tapi kalau nak meninggikan suara sekadar menunjukkan ego, tak eloklah. Ini antara kelemahan lelaki kerana mereka mudah meninggikan suara walaupun pasangannya tidak bersalah. 2. MAIN KAYU TIGA Bab main kayu tiga ni masalah paling besar. Walaupun dah ada kekasih, mereka sukar untuk setia. Apatah lagi kalau digoda, terus disambar tanpa mempedulikan perasaan kekasihnya. 3. SUKA ‘CUCI MATA’ Kebanyakan lelaki sukar mengawal mata (mata keranjang). Pantang jumpa perempuan cantik dan seksi mulalah mata tu macam nak terkeluar. Walaupun sedang bersama kekasih, si dia tidak akan peduli. Bagi mereka tidak salah kalau sekadar mencuci mata tetapi hati kekasih kenalah jaga juga cik abang! 4. MENGONGKONG Itu tak boleh, ini tak boleh, sikit-sikit nak kontrol. Segala gerak-geri kekasih dikawal, sampaikan nak berpakaian pun harus ditentukan. Kalau nak keluar ke kedai pun kena repot dulu, kalau tidak mulalah tercetusnya pertengkaran kerana hal sekecil itu. Tetapi, mereka akan melenting pula sekiranya aktiviti-aktiviti mereka disoal siasat oleh kekasih mereka… Macammana tu? 5. EGO Ini merupakan masalah paling ketara dan merimaskan kaum wanita. Keegoan dan lelaki memang tak dapat dipisahkan. Tetapi ada kalanya lelaki menjadikan keegoan sebagai alasan untuk mereka bertindak tanpa mempedulikan perasaan si gadis. Keegoan membuatkan lelaki mempunyai kuasa veto dalam kehidupan mereka termasuklah memimpin kaum wanita. Tidak salah mempamerkan ego tetapi biarlah kena pada tempatnya. 6. MENIPU Masalah yang ketara apabila lelaki suka menipu ataupun memberikan alasan yang tak munasabah. Sanggup memungkiri janji dan memberikan alasan yang mereka mempunyai masalah yang tak dapat dielakkan padahal sebenarnya mereka enggan melaksanakan janji mereka sendiri. Ada juga yang sudah berpunya tetapi mengaku solo. Berterus-teranglah wahai kaum lelaki kerana kaum wanita lebih menghormati mereka yang memiliki sifat berterus-terang ini. Sifat menipu dan suka berdolak-dalih ini lama kelamaan akan membuatkan semua gadis akan menjauhi anda. 7. PERASAN Aduhaiii… lelaki ini cepat perasan terutamanya jika mereka ini berkerjaya baik, berpenampilan menarik dan mempunyai wajah yang hensem. Boleh tu mengaku merekalah yang menjadi lelaki idaman para wanita. Tapi, mungkin pada pandangan seorang wanita mereka ini sederhana sahaja tapi mereka ini yang suka perasan lebih. Bukan semua wanita memandang pada paras rupa, kalau dah terlebih-lebih perasan tuu… Ada wanita yang lebih suka mengutuk dari memuji… 8. MEMENTINGKAN DIRI SENDIRI Susah juga kalau dapat yang mementingkan diri sendiri ni. Lelaki selalunya tidak mahu mengalah dan ingin menegakkan pendapat sendiri tanpa mempedulikan luahan pasangannya. Mereka juga suka mendahulukan kemahuan mereka dan jarang hendak mementingkan perasaan kekasih… Egolah katakan! Tidak semestinya pendapat kaum wanita ni tak boleh diguna pakai. 9. KURANG MEMBERIKAN PERHATIAN Lelaki kadangkala suka bertindak sambil lewa dan kurang memberikan perhatian tidak kira dalam apa jua urusan. Tetapi kalau urusan yang berkaitan dengan dirinya sendiri, pantas pula melaksanakannya. Jika berkaitan teman wanita, alamatnya… mereka kurang mengambil perhatian. Mengapa ya? Kaum wanita sebenarnya bukan minta diberikan perhatian 24 jam tetapi cukuplah sekadar pasangannya mengambil tahu akan dirinya kerana sifat semulajadi seseorang wanita itu yang ingin bermanja dan dimanjakan. 10. CEMBURU BUTA Orang kata cemburu tandanya sayang, tapi kalau cemburu tak tentu pasal dan memanjang saja cemburu, tentu rasa tak selesa juga. Agaknya lelaki yang kuat cemburu ni takut kekasihnya terlepas ke tangan kumbang lain kot. Harus diingat, bukan semua perempuan suka kekasihnya kuat cemburu. Tapi, ada juga sesetengahnya suka apabila teman lelakinya cemburu kerana seolah-olah teman lelakinya amat menghargai dirinya. Jangan cemburu buta sudahlah, malas jugak nak layan kadang-kadang! 11. MATA DUITAN Jangan tak tahu ada juga lelaki mata duitan atau pun gelarannya ‘lelaki spedo’. Mereka tak kisah nak kikis duit kekasih dengan 1001 macam alasan yang adakalanya tidak logik diterima dek akal fikiran. Kalau kisah perempuan mata duitan kita sudah biasa dengar, tapi kalau lelaki pula yang mata duitan… apa cerita ni?? Takkan masa-masa macam ni keegoan lelaki hilang pulak?!! 12. KOMITED TERHADAP KERJAYA Susah kalau dapat teman lelaki yang terlalu komited dengan kerjaya. Mereka ni selalu sangat memberi banyak alasan kerja apabila diajak keluar. Kalau keluar bersama, selalu pula bercerita tentang kerja dan merungut sering dibebani kerja yang menimbun. Bukanlah tidak boleh lelaki mementingkan kerjaya tetapi pandai-pandailah membahagikan masa bersama teman wanita. Paling tidak pun, seminggu sekali luangkan masa menemaninya dan lupakan segala hal berkaitan kerja. Bukannya kaum wanita ni tidak memahami kalau teman lelakinya pandai membahagikan masa… 13. PANAS BARAN Aduiii… masalah yang boleh menimbulkan fobia terhadap seseorang gadis apabila mendapat kekasih yang panas baran. Pantang silap sikit, mahu dihambur segala kemarahannya. Ada juga kesilapan bermula dari diri sendiri tetapi tetap menyalahkan orang lain. Setakat kena tengking boleh lagi diterima walaupun sebal satu badan tapi, bagaimana kalau siap sepak terajang? Kalau nak sepak terajang carilah mereka yang sepadan dan janganlah berlawan dengan kaum yang lemah bang! Di mana sifat bertanggungjawab dan kepimpinan yang ada? Cuba-cubalah kawal kerana setiap dari kita ada barannya, cuma kena pandai-pandai mengawallah. Kalau dah tak terkawal sangat, tak payah bercintalah cik abang oiii!!! 14. KAKI MEROKOK Ini satu lagi sifat kaum lelaki yang melemaskan wanita. Asyik berasap sana sini, naik lemas dengan bau dan asap rokoknya. Dalam sehari adakalanya habis sekotak rokok. Kalau habiskan duit dengan makan benda berfaedah tak apa juga, ini tidak… asyik menyedut asap yang tidak menyehatkan. Kalau asap tu membawa kesan pada diri sendiri saja tak apa juga, ini tidak… membawa kesan juga pada orang sebelah menyebelah. Kadang-kadang teman wanita menegur bukannya apa, dia sayangkan kita juga dan tak mahu kita jatuh sakit. Lagipun mereka juga tak nak teman lelaki mereka membazirkan duit dengan merokok. 15. PENGOTOR Ada segelintir lelaki sukar nak menyedari diri mereka ni ada yang pengotor. Terutama bab meludah atau membuang kahak merata-rata. Yarkkk!!! Ada juga yang jarang basuh seluar, pakai baju yang sama berulang kali, tidak memakai deodarant dan macam-macam lagi sampaikan badan sudah berbau semacam pun dia tak sedar. Tidakkah mereka ini terasa segan apabila menyedari badan sudah berbau?? Entahlah… hanya kaum lelaki yang bersifat pengotor ini saja yang dapat menjawabnya. 16. GELOJOH Kalau bab makan, lelaki ni agak gelojoh. Macam ‘food machine’. Mereka lemas melihat teman wanita mereka makan terlalu sopan tetapi mereka tidak sedar cara mereka makan yang gelojoh juga melemaskan kaum wanita. Sepatutnya, samada lelaki mahupun wanita patutlah makan dengan bersopan. Buat apa terkejar-kejar? 17. PENTINGKAN KAWAN-KAWAN Sanggup membatalkan temujanji semata-mata hendak bermain bola sepak ataupun menonton WWF bersama kawan-kawan. Lelaki juga selalu mementingkan kawan-kawan dalam banyak hal. Sekali-sekala bolahlah, jangan pula selalu saja memberi alasan hinggakan masa bersama teman wanita tiada langsung semata-mata untuk menghabiskan masa bersama kawan-kawan. Apa guna bercinta kalau macam tu gayanya? Kalau ada masalah pula, kawan-kawan sebagai tempat mengadu dengan alasan tidak sesuai bercerita dengan si dia. Kalau dah memilih si dia sebagai kekasih, mungkin satu hari si dia juga akan menjadi isteri anda, jadi takkanlah anda selalu hendak merahsiakan sesuatu dari dia. Tak eloklah berbuat demikian, nanti si dia terasa seolah-olah dirinya tidak penting buat anda pula. 18. TIDAK TAHU MEGHARGAI Sukar untuk bertemu lelaki yang tahu menghargai perasaan atau pun perbuatan kekasihnya. Ada pula yang berpura-pura tidak mengambil tahu walaupun menyedarinya. Mereka seboleh-bolehnya mahu si dia terang-terangan menunjukkan sikap meghargai mereka ini. Kalau setakat sikit-sikit atau sekadar kiasan tu, alamatnya mereka akan berpura-pura tidak menyedarinya. Apa salahnya sekali-sekala, tunjukkan sikap anda yang menghargainya di atas apa yang cuba dilakukannya terhadap anda seperti memberi hadiah kecil. Setidak-tidaknya ucapkanlah terima kasih setiap kali dia cuba berbuat sesuatu untuk anda. 19. PUTAR BELIT Lelaki ni ramai yang pakar memutar-belitkan kenyataan walaupun ternyata sememangnya merekalah yang bersalah. Bagi mereka, putar belit ini tak mengapa asalkan si dia mempercayai alasan tersebut dan mereka akan terlepas dari kesalahan sendiri. Sekiranya anda benar-benar menyintai pasangan anda, perkara begini seharusnya tidak berlaku kerana apa akibatnya sekiranya si dia mengetahui juga tipu helah anda suatu hari nanti. Kalau anda tak pandai menyelamatkan keadaan, melepaslah anda! Jujurlah pada pasangan anda. 20. SUKA KONTROL MACHO Peh! Nak dikatakan macho, ada juga yang tak. hancur je yang lebih kot! Terutama bab sikap, mahu lebih gentleman, berketrampilan dan hensem. Seboleh-bolehnya mereka mahu menampakkan yang diri mereka lelaki sejati dan ada elemen HERO. Tak perlulah nak merasakan diri anda macho kerana wanita sahaja yang layak membuat penilaian terhadap anda. Sekiranya anda rasa diri anda macho, tetapi pada mata wanita tersebut anda tidaklah semacho yang disangkakan, tak guna juga

AIRASIA FOUNDER LIKES WORKERS TO SPEAK UP

"Muhammad Sabri Bin Muhammad Salleh"

From: Zulkifli Ruba'i
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 5:23 PM
Subject: RE: Vacancy for Internal Audit Manager

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ON TONY FERNANDES OF AIRASIA

AIRASIA FOUNDER LIKES WORKERS TO SPEAK UP
(From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA )

Malaysian Tony Fernandes founded AirAsia, Asia 's first low-cost carrier, in 2001 and expanded the company by setting up joint-venture airlines in Thailand and Indonesia . Mr. Fernandes, 42 years old, graduated from the University of London in 1987 with a finance degree and in 1992 moved back to Malaysia, where he became managing director of Warner Music Malaysia, and later, vice-president of Warner's Southeast Asian operations. He quit in 2001 to start AirAsia.

One of Malaysia 's most outspoken business executives, Mr. Fernandes not only has strong ideas on the way airlines should be run, but also how Southeast Asia 's top-down corporate culture should change. He spoke to reporter Cris Prystay about his style.

WSJ: What was your first job and what did you learn from it?

Mr. Fernandes: My first job was a waiter in London at the Cavendish Hotel. I was 17. I learned that working was hard and you had to be professional, even as a waiter. You had other colleagues. If my performance was poor, it let down the whole team. My first [career] job was as an accountant at an auditor in London . It was mind-blowingly boring. I was a junior auditor and was photocopying and adding up rows of columns. The big lesson there: make sure you go into a job that you enjoy. Otherwise, you don't give any value to your employer, and you certainly don't add any value to your own mind.

WSJ: Who gave you the best business advice?

Mr. Fernandes: It was probably Stephen Shrimpton (the former chief executive officer of Warner Music International) at Warner. I was a man in a rush. I was 28 when I became the managing director of Warner Music Malaysia , and I wanted to be the regional MD. I wanted to take over the world. One night, Steve talked to me outside the Sheraton Hotel in Hong Kong for three hours. He told me there's no need to rush and that it's about developing my own personality and making sure I'm ready for the next job. I see that now: No matter how bright someone is at 25, there's nothing like experience. He slowed me down, and made me understand that you need to take time to understand the business better, to understand your people better.

WSJ: What's the one thing you wish every new hire knew?

Mr. Fernandes: Humility -- and knowing what the real world is like. The new generation is coming in pretty soft. A lot of these young guys haven't lived through a recession. There are plenty of jobs out there and they think, "I can always walk into another job." The hunger and determination to do their best is sometimes not there.

WSJ: Is there a difference between the management culture in Asia and the West?

Mr. Fernandes: The management culture here is very top-down. There's less creativity and fewer people who are willing to speak out. They're more implementers than doers. There's less freedom of speech, and that impacts the business world. Even when they know things are not right, they won't speak out. They just do what they're told to do.

WSJ: What's the biggest management challenge you face?

Mr. Fernandes: To get people to think. At AirAsia, we want 4,000 brains working for us. My biggest challenge is to get people to talk, to express themselves, to get people to challenge me and say "Tony, you're talking rubbish.
" That's what I want, not people who say "Yes, sir." The senior management doesn't have all the answers. I want the guy on the ramp to have the confidence to tell me what's wrong.

WSJ: What are you doing to clear that hurdle?

Mr. Fernandes: We have no offices. We dress down. You wear a suit, and you put distance between you and your staff. We're on a first-name basis. I go around the office, around the check-in desks, the planes constantly, talking to people. Fifty percent of my job is managing people in the company. You get people to open up to you by just asking them to do it, and then responding to them. You don't send a memo, or do some "speak up" incentive program. It's got to be from the heart.

WSJ: What was the most satisfying decision you've made as a manager?

Mr. Fernandes: Once a month, I carry bags with the ramp boys, or I'm cabin crew, or at the check-in. I do this to get close to the operation. I also want to know my people. When I first started this, I met all these bright kids at the check-in or carrying bags. We were starting this cadet pilot program, and I said, "Let's open it up to anyone. Let some of these kids apply." They have the brains, but they just didn't have the money to get the education. Out of the first batch of 19 cadets, 11 came from within the company. Some of these boys got the highest marks ever in the flying academy. There was one kid who joined us to carry bags, and 18 months later he was a First Officer of a 737. Can you imagine what that does for the motivation in the company? Everyone talks about developing human capital, but we did it.

A World Without Islam

Syed Roslan Syed Omar@

FOREIGN POLICY
Jan-Feb 2008
http://www.foreignp olicy.com/

What if Islam had never existed? To some, it's a comforting thought: No clash of civilizations, no holy wars, no terrorists. Would Christianity have taken over the world? Would the Middle East be a peaceful beacon of democracy? Would 9/11 have happened? In fact, remove Islam from the path of history, and the world ends up pretty much where it is today.

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A World Without Islam Pt 2

10 02 2008

UNDER THE PROPHET’S BANNER

It is, of course, absurd to argue that the existence of Islam has had no independent impact on the Middle East or East-West relations. Islam has provided a unifying force of a high order across a wide region. As a global universal faith, it has created a broad civilization that shares many common principles of philosophy, the arts, and society; a vision of the moral life; a sense of justice, jurisprudence, and good governance–all in a deeply rooted high culture. As a cultural and moral force, Islam has helped bridge ethnic differences among diverse Muslim peoples, encouraging them to feel part of a broader Muslim civilizational project. That alone furnishes it with great weight. Islam affected political geography as well: If there had been no Islam, the Muslim countries of South Asia and Southeast Asia today–particularly Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and Indonesia–would be rooted instead in the Hindu world.

Islamic civilization provided a common ideal to which all Muslims could appeal in the name of resistance against Western encroachment. Even if that appeal failed to stem the Western imperial tide, it created a cultural memory of a commonly shared fate that did not go away. Europeans were able to divide and conquer numerous African, Asian, and Latin American peoples who then fell singly before Western power. A united, transnational resistance among those peoples was hard to achieve in the absence of any common ethnic or cultural symbol of resistance.

In a world without Islam, Western imperialism would have found the task of dividing, conquering, and dominating the Middle East and Asia much easier. There would not have remained a shared cultural memory of humiliation and defeat across a vast area. That is a key reason why the United States now finds itself breaking its teeth upon the Muslim world. Today, global intercommunications and shared satellite images have created a strong self-consciousness among Muslims and a sense of a broader Western imperial siege against a common Islamic culture. This siege is not about modernity; it is about the unceasing Western quest for domination of the strategic space, resources, and even culture of the Muslim world–the drive to create a “pro-American” Middle East. Unfortunately, the United States naïvely assumes that Islam is all that stands between it and the prize.

But what of terrorism–the most urgent issue the West most immediately associates with Islam today? In the bluntest of terms, would there have been a 9/11 without Islam? If the grievances of the Middle East, rooted in years of political and emotional anger at U.S. policies and actions, had been wrapped up in a different banner, would things have been vastly different? Again, it’s important to remember how easily religion can be invoked even when other long-standing grievances are to blame. Sept. 11, 2001, was not the beginning of history. To the al Qaeda hijackers, Islam functioned as a magnifying glass in the sun, collecting these widespread shared common grievances and focusing them into an intense ray, a moment of clarity of action against the foreign invader.

In the West’s focus on terrorism in the name of Islam, memories are short. Jewish guerrillas used terrorism against the British in Palestine. Sri Lankan Hindu Tamil “Tigers” invented the art of the suicide vest and for more than a decade led the world in the use of suicide bombings–including the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Greek terrorists carried out assassination operations against U.S. officials in Athens. Organized Sikh terrorism killed India Gandhi, spread havoc in India, established an overseas base in Canada, and brought down an Air India flight over the Atlantic. Macedonian terrorists were widely feared all across the Balkans on the eve of World War I. Dozens of major assassinations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were carried out by European and American “anarchists,” sowing collective fear. The Irish Republican Army employed brutally effective terrorism against the British for decades, as did communist guerrillas and terrorists in Vietnam against Americans, communist Malayans against British soldiers in the 1950s, Mau-Mau terrorists against British officers in Kenya–the list goes on. It doesn’t take a Muslim to commit terrorism.

Even the recent history of terrorist activity doesn’t look much different. According to Europol, 498 terrorist attacks took place in the European Union in 2006. Of these, 424 were perpetrated by separatist groups, 55 by left-wing extremists, and 18 by various other terrorists. Only 1 was carried out by Islamists. To be sure, there were a number of foiled attempts in a highly surveilled Muslim community. But these figures reveal the broad ideological range of potential terrorists in the world.

Is it so hard to imagine then, Arabs–Christian or Muslim–angered at Israel or imperialism’s constant invasions, overthrows, and interventions employing similar acts of terrorism and guerrilla warfare? The question might be instead, why didn’t it happen sooner? As radical groups articulate grievances in our globalize age, why should we not expect them to carry their struggle into the heart of the West?

If Islam hates modernity, why did it wait until 9/11 to launch its assault? And why did key Islamic thinkers in the early 20th century speak of the need to embrace modernity even while protecting Islamic culture? Osama bin Laden’s cause in his early days was not modernity at all–he talked of Palestine, American boots on the ground in Saudi Arabia, Saudi rulers under U.S. control, and modern “Crusaders.” It is striking that it was not until as late as 2001 that we saw the first major boiling over of Muslim anger onto U.S. soil itself, in reaction to historical as well as accumulated recent events and U.S. policies. If not 9/11, some similar event like it was destined to come.

And even if Islam as a vehicle of resistance had never existed, Marxism did. It is an ideology that has spawned countless terrorist, guerrilla, and national liberation movements. It has informed the Basque ETA, the FARC in Colombia, the Shining Path in Peru, and the Red Army Faction in Europe, to name only a few in the West. George Habash, the founder of the deadly Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was a Greek Orthodox Christian and Marxist who studied at the American University of Beirut. In an era when angry Arab nationalism flirted with violent Marxism, many Christian Palestinians lent Habash their support.

Peoples who resist foreign oppressors seek banners to propagate and glorify the cause of their struggle. The international class struggle for justice provides a good rallying point. Nationalism is even better. But religion provides the best one of all, appealing to the highest powers in prosecuting its cause. And religion everywhere can still serve to bolster ethnicity and nationalism even as it transcends it-especially when the enemy is of a different religion. In such cases, religion ceases to be primarily the source of clash and confrontation, but rather its vehicle. The banner of the moment may go away, but the grievances remain.

We live in an era when terrorism is often the chosen instrument of the weak. It already stymies the unprecedented might of U.S. armies in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. And thus bin Laden in many non-Muslim societies has been called the “next Che Guevara.” It’s nothing less than the appeal of successful resistance against dominant American power, the weak striking back an appeal that transcends Islam or Middle Eastern culture.

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But the question remains, if Islam didn’t exist, would the world be more peaceful? In the face of these tensions between East and West, Islam unquestionably adds yet one more emotive element, one more layer of complications to finding solutions. Islam is not the cause of such problems. It may seem sophisticated to seek out passages in the Koran that seem to explain “why they hate us.” But that blindly misses the nature of the phenomenon. How comfortable to identify Islam as the source of “the problem”; it’s certainly much easier than exploring the impact of the massive global footprint of the world’s sole superpower.

A world without Islam would still see most of the enduring bloody rivalries whose wars and tribulations dominate the geopolitical landscape. If it were not religion, all of these groups would have found some other banner under which to express nationalism and a quest for independence. Sure, history would not have followed the exact same path as it has. But, at rock bottom, conflict between East and West remains all about the grand historical and geopolitical issues of human history: ethnicity, nationalism, ambition, greed, resources, local leaders, turf, financial gain, power, interventions, and hatred of outsiders, invaders, and imperialists. Faced with timeless issues like these, how could the power of religion not be invoked?

Remember too, that virtually every one of the principle horrors of the 20th century came almost exclusively from strictly secular regimes: Leopold II of Belgium in the Congo, Hitler, Mussolini, Lenin and Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot. It was Europeans who visited their “world wars” twice upon the rest of the world-two devastating global conflicts with no remote parallels in Islamic history.

Some today might wish for a “world without Islam” in which these problems presumably had never come to be. But, in truth, the conflicts, rivalries, and crises of such a world might not look so vastly different than the ones we know today.

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Temuduga Kerja : Apa Kunci Kejayaannya ?

Oleh

Zaharuddin Abd Rahman

http://www.zaharudd in.net/

Menurut statistik undian yang dikumpulkan di web ini. Kelihatan jelas bahawa pelawat web zaharuddin.net kebanyakannya adalah golongan muda berumur 22- 30 tahun, lelaki dan wanita.

Pada hemat saya, adalah amat baik jika saya memberikan sedikit manfaat berkenaan kemahiran temuduga buat pengunjung terutamanya bagi mereka yang masih dan sedang bergelumang dengan dunia mencari pekerjaan dan temuduga.

Berdasarkan puluhan sesi mengendalikan temuduga semasa bertugas di industri korporat dan juga beberapa pengalaman rakan-rakan yang lain. Alhamdulillah, saya terlibat sebagai panel untuk menemuduga calon-calon yang punyai keputusan cemerlang seperti CGPA 3.5 ke atas, 'Mumtaz', 'First Class', 'Distinction' dan sebahagiannya mempunyai Ijazah Sarjana.

Malangnya, banyak kali saya dan rakan-rakan di sektor swasta dapati individu yang mempunyai kelayakan akademik cemerlang di Universiti tetapi ianya tidak banyak membantu calon semasa temuduga.

Saya bimbang degan fenomena kegagalan sistem peperiksaan di Universiti yang gagal melahirkan seorang yang kreatif, beryakinan serta berbakat. Selain dari pengalaman saya sendiri dan juga apa yang kerap saya dengari dari rakan-rakan, ada graduan cemerlang yang seperti 'batu' semasa interview dan ada juga yang langsung tidak mampu menjawab soalan panel yang berbentuk ujian emosi dan kreativiti menjawab. Mungkin kerana soalan itu tiada dalam silibus buku mereka agaknya.

Saya bimbang, munculnya graduan yang cemerlang atas kertas kerana kecekapannya menghafal silibus sahaja. Akhirnya, sekali dicuba di alam realiti, tersungkur jatuh dengan sekali cubaan sahaja. Kerana itu, bagi saya soalan peperiksaan perlu diolah dalam bentuk yang lebih praktical dan mementingkan kefahaman berbanding hafalan semata-mata.

Tidak dinafikan kita inginkan pelajar menghafal, tetapi adalah hafalan berserta kefahaman sehingga bila dibawakan satu soalan dan situasi mencabar, ia mampu menjawab dan mengadaptasikan formula hafalannya dalam konteks semasa. Mampu memperkembangkannya dan bukannya hafalan kosong.

Jika anda bagaimana seorang tukang masak biasa menjadi Chef yang hebat. Jawabnya, adalah dengan mempelajari dan menghafal resipi asal dari seorang guru, kemudian mencuba dan mempelbagaikan ramuan sendiri. Akhirnya lahirlah resipinya sendiri dan rasa tersendiri. Resipi asal hanya menjadi titik mula untuk menjadi kreatif. Itulah nilai tambah yang dikehendaki dalam proses menuntut ilmu. Iaitu memperkembangkan ilmu.

Mungkin kerana itu, pendedahan berpersatuan dan berprogram di universiti amat penting dalam pembentukan graduan yang cekap dan kreatif dalam menangani masalah dan soalan-soalan panel temuduga.

Melalui tulisan ringkas ini, saya akan cuba mencoretkan beberapa perkara penting yang perlu diambil perhatian oleh seseorang calon temuduga. Sudah pasti bukan semua aspek sempat untuk saya coretkan, terutamanya saya bukanlah seorang pakar bab pengurusan dan temuduga. Namun masih boleh berkongsi pengalaman.

Secara ikhlas, terdapat beberapa kelemahan nyata bagi kebanyakan calon-calon, kelemahan tersebut juga berulang-berulang.

Soalan Biasa

Tidak kiralah samada interview di dalam Bahasa Inggeris, Melayu atau Arab, soalan awal adalah :-

"Please introduce yourself" atau "Sila perkenalkan diri anda"

Ini adalah ayat biasa yang digunakan oleh panel untuk memulakan sesi temuduga.

Jawapan calon bagaimana?

"Saya berasal dari kampung sekian, sekian..adik beradik 11 orang, saya anak yang sulong, ibu bapa saya bekerja itu dan ini"

"saya sekolah tadika di..., "

"Saya sudah berkahwin dah punyai ....anak"

Bagi saya, jika calon menjawab seperti jawapan di atas, ia adalah suatu kekurangan pada minda calon dan 'disadvantages' buat calon tersebut.

Ini kerana calon sepatutnya memfokuskan pengenalan diri dalam hal yang berkaitan dengan kerjaya yang diminta sahaja.

Cukup memfokuskan kepada bahagian berikut :-

1) Kelulusan & Pendidikan formal: Pendidikan Sekolah Menengah dan Universiti sahaja serta kaitan apa-apa subjek yang diambil dengan kerja yang dipohon.

2) Tempat bertugas sekarang (jika bekerja, jika tidak sebutkan pengalaman di Universiti seperti Exco persatuan dan lain-lain)

3) Pengalaman dan kemahiran yang ada dan kaitannya dengan tugas yang dipohon.

Saya kira, tiga point tadi sudah cukup, tidak perlu menghuraikan silsilah keluarga, nama emak, nama atuk, kahwin, anak, kampung dan lain-lain. Ia hanya menunjukkan ketidakmatangan calon.

Panel biasanya menyoal soalan ini untuk menilai tahap fokus calon dalam menjawab soalan dan kaitannya dengan kerja yang diminta. Bukan untuk berkenalan dengan calon.

Tahap Satu

Selapas soalan pertama, panel biasanyaakan cuba memperkembangkan soalan dari jawapan pertama calon, terutamanya dalam soal :-

1) Panel akan melihat keputusan peperiksaan dan subjek yang diambil calon di Universiti dan akan mengutarakan soalan berkenaannya. Justeru, calon mestilah cuba ulangkaji terlebih dahulu sedikit isi penting subjek yang berkaitan dengan tugasan yang diminta.

Sebagai contoh : Jika seseorang calon memohon jawatan Syariah Executive di sebuah Islamic Bank.

Sudah tentu panel akan cuba menguji ilmu dan kefahaman subjek Fiqh Muamalat yang diambil calon ketika di universiti. Demikian juga subjek Qawaid Fiqh dan lain-lain yang berkaitan.

2) Tugas yang calon lakukan sekarang (sekiranya ia sedang bertugas) dan kaitan yang boleh menyokong kerjayanya sekarang.

Tatkala itu, calon mestilah bersedia dengan segala point yang dapat mengaitkan kerjaya yang dipohon. Walaupun ia dari dua displin yang berbeza.

Sebagai contoh, calon seorang siswazah masih bertugas sebagai cashier di sebuah pasaraya (kerja sementara menunggu yang sesuai dengan kelulusannya) , dan sekarang calon memohon tugas sebagai Eksekutif Akaun di sebuah syarikat swasta.

Maka calon mestilah berupaya mengaitkan faedah kerjayanya sebagai cashier dengan tugasan yang dipohon. Calon mestilah kreatif berfikir dan mengaitkannya, paling kurang pun sekurang-kurangnya sebutlah bahawa dengan kerjaya sebagai juruwang itu, anda sudah terdedah dengan suasana pekerjaan, membuat laporan, menerima arahan supervisor dan lain-lain"

Bagi saya, kemampuan calon untuk mengaitkannya dikira sebagai satu merit baik buat calon.

3) Mengapa memohon kerja ini sedangkan anda sudah bekerja sekarang.

Ini soalan yang amat biasa bagi semua jawatan. Setiap alasan anda adalah amat penting untuk panel menilai pemikiran anda dan perancangan kerjaya anda. Kematangan dalam jawapan pastinya banyak membantu,

Kenalan saya pernah memberitahu bahawa banyak calon bumiputra gagal memberikan jawapan yang baik dalam soalan ini. Malah hingga ada yang mengatakan :

"Tak pelah, jika tak dapat jawatan ni pun saya tak la kisah sangat pun sebenarnya"

Kata sebegini adalah satu kesilapan besar.

4) Mengapa kerap menukar kerja?

Soalan ini amat relevan dan penting bagi panel iaitu dalam situasi anda pernah bekerja di pelbagai syarikat dan organisasi sebelum ini, atau kata lainnya, 'melompat-lompat' .

Mereka pasti akan bertanya sebab-musabab banyak melompat, malah sebahagian Managing Director dalam sektor 'Oil & Gas' pernah berkata kepada saya :

"Semua calon yang dilihat banyak melompat dari syarikat ke syarikat dalam tempoh kurang setahun atau dua tahun, awal-awal kami dah reject"

Lihat, malah dalam kebanyakan sektor swasta mereka akan menilai tahap kesetiaan anda dengan satu syarikat. Mereka tidak mahu anda melakukan demikian kepada syarikat mereka nanti. Jawapan konkrit perlu anda sediakan.

Tanpa jawatan konkrit, kebanyakan majikan akan menggangap individu yang kerap melompat sebagai :-

1) Tidak setia kepada satu-satu organsasi.

2) Gila pangkat.

3) Jenis bermasalah dan pastinya masalah di tempat lama.

4) Pengejar kenaikan gaji secara rakus. Iaitu dengan cara melompat-lompat.

5) Kurang kemahiran khusus dalam satu bidang kerana asyik melompat.

6) Kurang kemahiran interpersonel.

Tahap Kedua

Tahap seterusnya, panel biasanya akan mula menguji sekaligus :-

• 1) Tahap kemahiran ilmu dalam bidang kerja yang dipohon.
• 2) Cara penyampaian jawapan termasuk cara pandangan mata, cara tangan semasa bercakap
• 3) Tahap keyakinan semasa menjawab soalan.
• 4) Tahap kedinamikan calon semasa menjawab.
• 5) Minat calon dalam kerjaya yang dipohon.

Ini adalah antara fokus utama seorang panel. Namun, jika jawatan yang dipohon adalah sebagai eksekutif sahaja. Biasanya panel akan bersifat lebih toleransi kerana jawatan eksekutif adalah satu jawatan yang masih dikira kecil di dalam sebuah organisasi dan syarikat. Justeru, tahap ilmu dan kemahiran tidaklah menuntut satu tahap yang tinggi.

Bagaimanapun, sesiapa yang mampu menunjukkan tahap kemahiran dan ilmu dengan cemerlang sudah tentu lebih baik.

Bagaimanapun point 2,3,4 dan 5 masih amat penting buat calon, walaupun hanya bagi jawatan eksekutif.

Banyak kekurangan dikenalpasti di kalangan graduan kita dalam hal ini. Antaranya :-

a- Tidak yakin dengan jawapan. Ada dua jenis soalan dalam temuduga, yang pertama soalan fakta dan yang kedua soalan bukan fakta.

Bagi soalan yang memerlukan fakta tepat, jika calon tidak mampu menjawab, mereka masih perlu menunjukkan keupayaan untuk merujuk kepada sumber-sumber tertentu.

Bagi soalan yang memerlukan pandangan bebas bukan fakta; keyakinan amat penting. Keyakinan itu perlu dizahirkan melalui cara dan intonasi bercakap, memek muka dan sedikit pergerakan tangan.

Ini tidak, bila ada yang tidak boleh jawab soalan fakta, mulalah terganggu pemikirannya sehingga semua jawapan selepas itu tidak yakin. Apatah lagi jika diprovokasi oleh panel seperti katanya,

"Anda sebenarnya tidak layak dan belum bersedia untuk jawatan ini"

b- Tidak menunjukkan bakat dan kemampuan untuk menyumbang. Ini adalah aspek penting dalam sebuah temuduga, calon mesti menunjukkan minat untuk menyumbang dan mempelajari jika diterima sebagai eksekutif, tunjukkan minat dan keghairahan untuk belajar, dan bukannya sekadar "InshaAllah" dengan lemah longlai serta ayat-ayat yang tidak bermotivasi.

Kebanyakkan panel temuduga ingin melihat bakat calon untuk diperkembangkan kelak. Mereka tidaklah mengharapkan anda sehebat orang yang punyai pengalaman 10 tahun. Apa yang diharapkan adalah kesediaan dan pembuktian bahawa anda adalah seorang calon yang berbakat.

c- Merendah diri. Benar, merendah diri adalah satu sifat yang terpuji dalam Islam tetapi semasa temuduga calon perlu menunjukkan dan menaikkan kebolehan diri. Bukan meninggi diri dalam bentuk melampau dan 'over' tetapi cukup sekadar menunjukkan kedinamikan diri dan kelayakan anda untuk jawatanyang dipohon.

d- Tidak Relaks & Kelihatan Tertekan. Calon perlu relaks dan kelihatan selesa semasa temuduga. Tenangkan diri dan jangan rasakan anda dalam sebuah temuduga. Ia mudah menganggu debaran hati dan jantung anda. Bayangkan anda sedang berbincang dengan guru sahaja.

Bagi sektor swasta, kemampuan calon menunjukkan ketenangannya dan relaksnya dalam temuduga mampu memberi kredit kepada calon. Ia membuktikan calon adalah orang yang boleh menanggung beban dan stress kerja swasta yang biasanya sibuk dan tertekan.

Tahap akhir

Sebagai ringkasan dalam tulisan ini, panel akan melihat kepada gaji semasa anda, dan gaji yang dipohon.

Ini sebenarnya adalah satu proses ujian kematangan yang hebat. Calon mesti berhati-hati agar tidak dihentam dan ditertawakan.

Justeru, 'expected salary' mestilah melihat kepada 'salary scale' di dalam pasaran dan gaji calon sekarang.

Untuk itu, calon mesti membuat kajian tahap gaji seorang eksekutif di bidang perbankan sebagai contoh. Atau sector pendidikan dan lain-lain. Jangan membuka kelemahan diri dengan memohon gaji seorang pengurus atau gaji seorang pekerja kilang sahaja.

Jangan letak terlalu tinggi dan jangan tersilap minta terlalu rendah berbanding kelulusan anda.

Jika anda seorang yang cemerlang dan punyai sarjana yang specifik dalam jawatan dan bidang tugas yang dipohon, lihat pula sektor apa, jika dalam sektor perbankan Islam sebagai contoh, jangan letak kurang dari RM 3000 sebulan.

Jika calon meletakkan bawah dari RM 3000 dengan kreteria yang disebut di atas, ia menunjukkan calon kurang mengkaji dan kurang matang dalam sektor pekerjaan.

Jika calon punyai pengalaman 2 tahun, jangan pula letak gaji dipohon sebanyak RM 6000. Sudah tentu akan ditertawakan oleh panel, jika tidak di hadapan calon, dibelakang sudah tentu agaknya.

Sebenarnya banyak aspek yang perlu dilihat dalam meletakkan gaji yang dijangka. Termasuk aspek :-

1) Saiz Syarikat : Syarikat besar atau kecil, tempatan atau antarabangsa. Semuanya punyai 'scale' yang berbeza.

2) Jenis sektor : Kejuruteraan, Perbankan dan Kewangan, Pendidikan, Konsultan dan lain-lain. Ini juga banyak berbeza.

3) Jenis Kemahiran : jenis kemahiran khas atau biasa. Kemahiran yang mudah dijumpai di pasaran adalah lebih murah dan yang sukar. Sebagai contoh ; calon yang punyai kemahiran Fiqh Mualamat dan Perbankan Islam amat sukar ditemui dalam pasaran, hasilnya calon yang punyai pengalaman boleh meletakkan permohonan sedikit tinggi.

4) Jenis Jawatan : Ia amat banyak mempengaruhi gaji jangkaan. Termasuklah nama jawatan, iaitu eksekutif, Eksekutif Kanan, Pengurus, Pengurus Kanan dan lain-lain. Juga dari aspek, jawatan tetap, kontrak atau separuh masa. Semua mempunyai scale masing-masing.

Justeru, calon perlu merujuk kepada mereka yag berpengalaman untuk menentukan gaji jangkaan. Jangkaan yang tepat pula pastinya akan ditanya oleh panel,

"Mengapa anda layak dengan gaji sebanyak ini?"

Jawapan perlu disediakan dari awal. Elok juga disebutkan kepada panel bahawa ia terbuka untuk perbincangan. Tatkala itu, panel akan bertanya lagi;

"Berapa minimum yang anda boleh agaknya?"

Sekali lagi anda perlu menyiapkan jawapan dari awal.

Oleh kerana biasanya soalan ini di akhir temuduga, calon juga boleh menilai serba siedikit prestasinya dan respon panel temuduga dalam meletakkan aras minimum gaji yang dijangka. Jika panel kelihatan menyukai anda dan anda juga kelihatan 'performed' dalam temuduga, bolehlah anda nilaikan gaji minimum yang sedikit tinggi. Demikian sebaliknya.

Soalan Penutup

Biasanya, soalan penutup panel temuduga adalah:

"Do you have any question?" atau " Saudara/i ada apa-apa soalan?"

Kebanyakan calon akan mengatakan �Tiada soalan"

Bagi saya, ia sekali lagi satu tindakan yang kurang tepat.

Panel sebenarnya ingin menilai minda anda terhadap kerja yang dipinta. Justeru lebih baik anda bertanya, pastikan pertanyaan adalah standard dan menunjukkan anda seorang yang berpandangan jauh. Seperti tanya berkenaan masa depan syarikat, peluang karier bersama syarikat, tahap kestabilan syarikat dan lain-lain. Bagaimanapun, jika calon terlalu tidak 'performed' di peringkat awal temuduga, soalan-soalan besar ini mungkin tidak perlu kerana akan membosankan panel.

Demikianlah, beberapa nasihat dan pandangan ringkas saya buat bejkalan rakan-rkaan pengjung http://www.zaharudd in.net/ yang majoritinya beumur 22- 35 tahun. Sudah tentu proses temuduga akan berterusan dalam usia ini. Harapan saya, ia mampu membantu serba sedikit persiapan karier anda agar lebih berjaya.

Nabi Muhammad s.a.w bersabda :-

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Ertinya : Sesungguhnya Allah s.w.t menyukai seseorang kamu apabila ia melakukan sesuatu kerja, ia sentiasa memperkemas dan menekuninya" (Riwayat At-Tabrani, terdapat komentar terhadap seorang perawinya iaitu Mus'ab bin Thabit, Ibn Hibban men �thiqahi'nya , dan majority melemahkannya)

Menurut sebuah hadis sohih pula :-

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Ertinya : "Sesungguhnya Allah s.w.t telah mewajibkan al-ihsan (professional, ketekunan dan ketepatan) dalam semua kerja, maka apabila kamu ingin berburu maka perkemaskan perburuanmu, apabila kamu ingin menyembelih maka perelokkanlah cara pemyembelihanmu, hendaklah ditajamkan alat sembelihanmu agar dapat merehatkan binatang yang disembelih" ( Riwayat Muslim, 3/1548 )

Kedua-dua hadis ini menganjurkan kecekapan dan professionalism dalam kerja. Tingkatkan ilmu dan kemahiran bermula dari proses temuduga. Moga Allah bersama kita sentiasa.

Sekian

Zaharuddin Abd Rahman

http://www.zaharudd in.net/

7 November 2007

26 Syawwal 1428 H

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"al-'ilm: qaala Allah wa qaala ar-Rasul"

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Daripada Abu Umarah iaitu al-Bara' bin 'Azib radhiallahu anhuma, katanya: "Kita semua diperintah oleh Rasulullah s.a.w. untuk melakukan tujuh perkara, iaitu meninjau orang sakit, mengikuti janazah, menentasymitkan orang yang bersin, menolong orang yang lemah, membantu orang yang teraniaya, meratakan salam dan melaksanakan sumpah."

(Muttafaq 'alaih)

Ini adalah salah satu dari berbagai riwayat Imam Bukhari.
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