WHAT I WRITE ABOUT: ‘Job Interview Tips And Questions’

I don’t know how many times a client (or a candidate in my search days) would return from an interview with the feedback: “It went really well” — usually followed by “I knocked all the questions out of the park.” We learn later than they didn’t make the cut to the next round. So what [...]

The day has come. You’ve scrubbed behind your ears, ironed your suit, shined your shoes, and re-read all of your research and background information on the target company 1,000 times.  It’s now show time.  This is a guest post by Dawn Rasmussen. Time to knock the interview out of the ballpark. Entering into the interview [...]

Much of the available career transition rhetoric focuses upon how to create a powerful resume, develop a social media presence, get an interview, convince the hiring officials that you are “the one” and be savvy enough to outwit the competition. Yet, there’s so much more to creating a winning strategy that taps into our presence, [...]

This is a guest post from Eric Olavson @GiraffeResume. Great! So you’ve made it past the difficult resume screening process and have now reached round two: the Skype interview. In addition to learning how to interview, there are a few additional nuances that you should know about if you are interviewing on Skype.  Installing Skype [...]

There you are, at home or the office.  You pick up the phone and the voice at the other end says:  “Hello.  My name is ______ and I am an executive recruiter.  I am looking for _____________.  I would like to talk to you about this opportunity.” “Today the blog features a guest post from [...]

The hiring decision is final.  You didn’t get the job. And there’s a whole flurry of emotions that start coming soon after you hear. First of all, you feel angry – the company clearly made a mistake in this hiring decision. Second, you are embarrassed – the company led you on and got you mentally [...]

Job offers just flat out sound great to job seekers. Problem solved. Back to easy street. No more networking. It’s like some nice girl offering you a hand-picked bouquet of flowers. Ah, but not so fast. There’s much to do and much to think about, right? After all, there’s still the issue of final reference [...]