The University of Florida’s head football coach Urban Meyer just signed a six-year contract worth $4 million per year! This made him the highest paid coach in the SEC (Southeastern Conference). This was despite the university recently announcing $42 million is budget cuts and the layoffs of nine faculty members and 49 staff employees! Why is this important for interview preparation?
An implied lesson to you in interviewing is to put your best foot forward. Florida did not give Urban Meyer $4 million a year out of the goodness of their heart. Instead, he was rewarded for making the university a lot of money. The football program is a major moneymaker. Especially when you have won two national championships in the last three years as coach Meyer has.
What this means for your job interviews is that you need to stress how you have made money for your past employers and how you will continue to make money for this employer if they hire you. To do so you need to share quantitative examples of your accomplishments. Bring a nicely bound, ringed notebook that has letters of recommendations, pictures of new products you have developed and quantitative accomplishments. The key is even in this tough economy, candidates that can return major profits for their employers will be hired!
