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5 Things You Should Never Say in a Job Interview

5 Things/Job Interview
Justin Hill
4-18-19

5 Things You Should Never Say in a Job Interview

Justin Hill

My copy editing class viewed a video by Don Georgevich who is a high performance job interview coach. Georgevich is also an author of 4 best selling books. The video which is on YouTube focuses on 5 things to never say in a job interview

• Don't talk bad about your previous company 

You should keep a positive outlook on your previous place(s) of employment. Even if you did hate your old job, you may have to lie. "You will get labeled cancerous" said Georgevich. Places of employment are not looking for anyone who bad mouths their workplace.

• Never say "I'll do anything" 

You should not shower the interviewee that you are desperate for a job. You should hold tight unto your values and be specific as to what you exactly want to do for the company.

• Never say cliche phrases such as "goal-oriented"

 If you have done previous things such as "being a leader," you should say "I have led people."

Put your accomplishments into context and let your actions speak for you.

• Don't say that you don't know how to do something

You should be willing to learn and show some type of understanding of what will be asked to perform. Georgevich insisted that you should say "let me think about it for a second."

• Don't ask what the company does

If you have to ask what the company does, then that means that you haven't done your research. This also shows that you have no excitement about the job. 

In the words of Georgevich "take that extra step before your next job interview and spend some time researching the position." With these 5 tips, you should be sure that you will land that job you desire.

The Times and Democrat Visit

T&D Tour
Justin Hill
April 11, 2019

Pressing The Issue of Newspapers

By: Justin Hill

Our copy editing class had the opportunity to go visit The Times and Democrat which is a local Orangeburg S.C newspaper. We were given a tour of the facilities by Lee Harter who gave us an depth look on how the newspaper operates. "Where do you get your news?" asked Harter. Students quickly shouted out social media. "Does anybody else get their news anywhere else besides social media?" It's a rarity that people even watch television anymore.

 Inside a room, students were shown the printing press in which the Times and Democrat newspapers were made. "We generally crank the press up around midnight" said Harter. This is to ensure that the days paper will be ready for distribution in a timely manner.











"Newspapers are dying!" Wait what? yes Harter said "Newspapers are dying" and he gave a great explanation as to why. "Newspapers have always been measured on paid circulations. Paid circulation keeps going down for multiple reasons. Millennials don't read print. If you do read the newspaper you are going to read it online." Harter said their team is still trying to figure out the right business model.

After talking about the printing press, students were then told about their website, social  media and the traffic that it accumulates. "Our Twitter traffic is unbelievably small compared to Facebook." A lot of older people aren't on twitter. They are mainly on Facebook thus resulting in the heavy Facebook page viewers.

In terms of Copy Editing, Harter stated that "It is incredibly hard to read a story for content while you are also over here reading it for sentence structure, and grammar, and all these other things that you are watching. Copy editors are people that refine a story. Harter made it clear that stories should be wrote so that people will be interested in reading the material.