Category Archives: Interview tips
Attitude and the January 2012 Career Conference
The Cameron-Brooks team and the January 2012 Career Conference JMO candidates will arrive in Austin, TX this Friday to kick off our first Conference of the year. As we make final preparations for the conference, I wanted to share some thoughts heading … Continue reading
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JMO Interview Mistakes
I was just conducting a mock interview and a candidate asked me, “What are typical mistakes that every candidate makes during the interview process at the Career Conference?” The more I thought about this question, I began to realize how … Continue reading
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Interview Attire for the JMO to Business Transition
In a previous blog post, I wrote about professional communication, specifically verbal communication. Today’s blog post is about professional non-verbal communication, particularly business dress or attire for interviewing. Roger Cameron writes in PCS to Corporate America, 3rd Ed., “Your physical … Continue reading
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Mature Communication
Every Conference, a few JMO candidates lose some interviews due to immature communication. This is disappointing because it is completely avoidable. I debated whether or not to write this post, because in reality, I feel I should not even have … Continue reading
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Current Economy and the JMO Career Search – June 2011
The economy seems to be back on that roller coaster ride (it probably never got off of it) and according to the headlines, we may be in another dip, though not as drastic as 2009. I am writing this post … Continue reading
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JMO Interviewing and the Failure Question
One of the several reasons companies value Junior Military Officers’ experience is that they have failed. Yes, exactly, failed. How can that be so? Because when one fails, and fails in the right way, that person learns valuable lessons to … Continue reading
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The Initial Interview – It’s not about you
During my interview preparation workshops I deliver to our DPP candidates at bases all across the country, I usually start off with a short exercise to illustrate a basic premise of interviewing and I thought it would be worthwhile to … Continue reading
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Perspective from Cameron-Brooks Alumnus
My name is Dave and I’m an IBMer. My name used to be Captain David Bradt USMC and with the guidance and proven methods of Cameron Brooks I was able to transition 6.5 years of service to my country into … Continue reading
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January 2011 Conference Lessons Learned – Playing the Game
My son is almost nine years old and loves to play basketball. When he started playing a few years ago, I spent a lot of time with him working on the basics, the mechanics. It was about how far apart … Continue reading
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Visualize then Act with Consistent Preparation and Practice
Prior to the last two blog posts which focused on the June and August Conference lessons learned, I wrote about what I learned in the book Mind Gym by Gary Mack. I described how I learned the value of setting … Continue reading
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