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Once you have carefully crafted a CV and registered with a few professional recruitment agencies, with a bit of luck, you will be offered job interviews which are appropriate to your abilities. The employment agency will send you details of the job on offer and might also offer some advice on how to make ready for the interview.

Before you attend an interview, check out these helpful tips to make sure you get a good result:-

1. Adopt an air of confidence. Avoid mumbling and don't rush your answers.

2. Check as much background information as possible on the company who are interviewing you and about what the job entails. This will enable you to be prepared for any questions they may have and to have some questions of your own when asked. Make sure that you read any information that you have been sent by the interviewing company.

3. Don't lie about your job history or skills in the interview or to your employment agency, for that matter. You will not be happy in a job that requires more than you can give.

4. If you suspect that they may ask you difficult questions, work out prepared answers before the interview. E.g., Why do you want the job? What can you offer to the company? Be ready to give examples of situations where your skills and abilities have saved the day. Recruitment agencies should be able to help you with information on specific questions that may be asked.

5. Don't talk badly of past employers or ex-colleagues, it is unprofessional.

6. Be assertive without being presumptuous.

7. Don't be afraid to sell yourself, but focus on the benefits that the employer will get from employing you, don't just list your skills and qualifications. What they really want to know is 'whats in it for them'?

8. Stay calm and relaxed.

9. Turn your cell phone off. a phone ringing in the interview will reduce your chances of getgting the job..

10. Don't read from prepared notes during the interview or answer questions 'parrot fashion', be natural.

11. No matter how bored you may be, look interested in what the interviewer is telling you and remember everything you can.

12. Be polite, and use good english grammar.

13. Even if smoking in the workplace is allowed in your country, don't smoke during the interview.

14. Have a few questions to ask at the end of the interview. If these carefullly prepared questions have already been covered during the interview say so and thank the employer for the interview. Ask your recruitment agency what questions you should ask.

15. Check that you know exactly where the interview is to be held, how you will get there and know how long it will take you to get there. The employment agency will give you the details. Plan your journey - being late can lose you a job.

16. Dress smartly and ensure that your hair is neatly styled. Recruitment agencies will often advise you if there are dress restrictions.

17. Adopt a good posture and don't fidget about, it can make you look 'shifty'.

If you are succesful in adopting the above top tips, you will have a much enhanced likelihood of getting that great job and developing a outstanding and fun career.

Remember that employment agencies can offer assistance with far more than simply finding a vacancy. Recruitment agencies can help you write a professional CV, assist you with job applications and help you skill-up for job interviews. Don't be afraid to consult them at any step in the process.