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Interviews go both ways! Job interviews aren’t just about showing how you’re right for a role, they’re also your chance to see if the role is right for you. Chelsea Jackson, the Equity Architect, explains why and how candidates can leverage their power across the interviewing table.  Here’s how to interview your next employer!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introducing Chelsea: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My name’s Chelsea Jackson. I’m a social scientist using social justice to change the business world.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to our full conversation with Chelsea here <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read our full interview to learn what Chelsea is building as the Equity Architect here <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do I say candidates have the power? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Few things are as expensive to a business as a vacant role.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A vacant role is not fun for a company because they’re overworking their existing employees to cover that role – or the work’s just not being covered. So, depending on what function of the business that role is, that vacancy can actually be having a very sizable financial impact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you’re a candidate or you’re a new employee into an organization, even if you’re moving into a new role within your current organization, you have a leverage position. You have a higher net worth: you can get a higher salary or more benefits than an existing employee within that organization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why you have the power in the way you approach job interviews.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m speaking from a place of experience. I’ve been unemployed for nine months and applied to over 400 roles and was updating my CV and writing a new cover letter every day. I’ve been there. So, I’m not saying this from a privileged position of sitting up on high.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m saying this from a position of I’ve tried to bend and mold myself and my CV into any role, into any organization, into any team, into any salary price point, just because I needed something to provide for myself and provide for my family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the reality is you have to be just as discerning as the company that you’re interviewing with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to interview your next employer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. Interview the company while they interview you <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You are interviewing the company just as much as the company is interviewing you. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as much as they’re trying to determine if you are going to be able to exceed at all the parts of the job description, if you’re reliable and if you have the character traits they want and all those things, it’s your responsibility to be finding out if this is an organization that supports people like you. If this organization aligns with the values that you have.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you\u2019re applying \u2013 ask the important questions:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n