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I'm trying not to get too far ahead of myself here. I have made it to the second round of interviews for Highland Homes working as a Warranty Manager.
Background:
A guy who works with me at Cavender's (worked as an assistant manager until he got this position) is working as a Construction Manager for them. He had been employed with Highland Homes before he was let go when the bottom fell out of the housing market. Again, he has rejoined them and is now a construction manager and very well respected within the company. His boss asked him if he had anyone he thought my be a good candidate to fill an open position. He put my name out there and I have since made it to the second round of interviews, 8 candidates down to 3. I go tomorrow morning for a trio of interviews with other area managers so that they can compare notes on the 3 candidates and decide who gets to sit down with the Vice President for final consideration.
My Background:
I have no background in building houses. My strengths for the position come from working with the general public in direct customer service my entire professional (if you can call it that) career. The majority of it has been in retail, the last 3 years in retail management. There was also about a year and a half spent as a bar manager at 2 different locations. These are the strengths I plan to play through the interview process, customer service and conflict resolution (irate home owners).
My inside contact said I shouldn't sign for anything less than $40K, though he seems to think they will probably hit me at $35K and go from there. These types of negotiations are foreign to me. I've never been considered for a salary type position so I am not sure how to approach it if the time comes.
Background:
A guy who works with me at Cavender's (worked as an assistant manager until he got this position) is working as a Construction Manager for them. He had been employed with Highland Homes before he was let go when the bottom fell out of the housing market. Again, he has rejoined them and is now a construction manager and very well respected within the company. His boss asked him if he had anyone he thought my be a good candidate to fill an open position. He put my name out there and I have since made it to the second round of interviews, 8 candidates down to 3. I go tomorrow morning for a trio of interviews with other area managers so that they can compare notes on the 3 candidates and decide who gets to sit down with the Vice President for final consideration.
My Background:
I have no background in building houses. My strengths for the position come from working with the general public in direct customer service my entire professional (if you can call it that) career. The majority of it has been in retail, the last 3 years in retail management. There was also about a year and a half spent as a bar manager at 2 different locations. These are the strengths I plan to play through the interview process, customer service and conflict resolution (irate home owners).
My inside contact said I shouldn't sign for anything less than $40K, though he seems to think they will probably hit me at $35K and go from there. These types of negotiations are foreign to me. I've never been considered for a salary type position so I am not sure how to approach it if the time comes.
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