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Arriving late. The biggest interview sin.

Arriving late for an interview is one of the biggest tell-tale indicators for any employer.

It tells the interviewer:

You are disorganized.
You have poor time management skills.
You are not really serious about in the job opportunity.
You just have ‘bad manners.’
Worst of all, you are rude!

If you know you are going to be late, (and you would know long before the actual time of the interview) why wouldn’t you call, text or email ahead to let the employer know you will be delayed.

Saying you are sorry doesn’t count…..you are still late.

Remember, employers have choices. Why would an employer hire a person who demonstrates this bad behavior?

They won’t.

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markewicken: Mark Wicken is a marketing professional with over 30 years of advertising, communications and strategic planning experience within the retail and packaged goods industries. He has been a senior member of agency management teams with both account and brand management responsibilities. His strengths have always been on innovative thinking, solid organization and strong interpersonal skills. Starting in the advertising agency industry, Mark held senior account management positions at several multinational agencies including Leo Burnett, Foster, Caledon, Vickers & Benson and Saffer Advertising, and has been responsible for the management of accounts like IBM, McDonald’s, Esso and General Motors. Mark moved from his agency roles to the Client side and held the position of Divisional Vice President of Marketing for Domino’s Pizza International and Director of Marketing for KFC, Hardee’s and Sbarro restaurants in the Middle East. In 2002 he established The Mark Wicken Group, a business specializing in executive search, training and consulting within the marketing, advertising and communications industries. In addition to executive search, Mark has devoted much of his lifetime to teaching, education and youth development. He is President of MusicFest Canada ‘The Largest Annual Music Festival in North America’ and has been an instructor at the International Academy of Design and The Toronto Film School since 1998. Mark graduated from The University of Toronto, took post-graduate studies at Northwestern University, and is married with two sons.