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Career Advice: There Are At Least 14 Ways To Sabotage An Interview

After all your efforts--networking and distributing your resume--you've landed an interview for a job that looks just like the spot you've been looking for. It's a good fit between your qualifications and the requirements of the opportunity. You feel confident it will be another step on your career path. Now, it's up to you to conduct a winning face-to-face interviews with those persons who will make the final hiring decision. It's time to sell the total package that is you and the benefits you… Continue

Added by Ramon Greenwood on November 14, 2009 at 12:56pm — No Comments

Cashing In On Psychic Income

In our September 14 posting, Managing Your Emotional Investments In A Job Search, we talked about the gambler’s fallacy as it relates to job hunting… Continue

Added by Pedro S. Silva II on November 11, 2009 at 6:10pm — No Comments

The Ultimate Interview Secret

How many interviews would you say it takes to secure a job? 1, 2, 5000? The truth is that when it comes to securing a job, the interview doesn't end until your last day at the company. Everyday that… Continue

Added by Pedro S. Silva II on November 3, 2009 at 11:55am — No Comments

The Inteview of Tomorrow

Someone referred me to an article in Time Magazine entitled How Skype is Changing the Job Interview. The title gives it away: the article is all about how Skype is seeing a lot more action in the interviewing process for organizations. After all, it’s free to use (so long as both parties have it) and it simulates an actual face-to-face meeting. Seems like a logical step, right? Video conferencing is becoming more and more prevalent in businesses for internal communication, especially now with co… Continue

Added by Jessica Miller-Merrell, SPHR on November 2, 2009 at 6:41pm — No Comments

Job Seekers Iron out the Wrinkles

Job seekers can now add Botox to the job search checklist just after resume and coverletter. In an increasingly youth-obsessed culture, job seekers look to physical enhancements to appear more confident and youthful in the job search. These enhancements vary from hair coloring, weight loss, Botox, and even plastic surgery. And as the number of unemployed climbs above the 16 million mark, job seekers are becoming more conscious of ways to differentiate themselves from other candidates beyond exp… Continue

Added by Jessica Miller-Merrell, SPHR on October 20, 2009 at 5:10pm — No Comments

How To Overcome The Need For Closure

This isn't the first time that the subject of closure has come up on this blog. In a previous post entitled Handling Non-acceptance… Continue

Added by Pedro S. Silva II on October 20, 2009 at 4:22pm — No Comments

Embarrassing your kids can reap unexpected rewards

Last week while shopping with my daughter for a homecoming dress, I began to talk with the sales associate outside the changing room. How did she like her job? How did she get hired? What did she enjoy about working there? My children hate it when I approach perfect strangers like this, but we had a great conversation, and I found out that she was friends with my other daughter's boyfriend. One thing led to another and the next day my daughter met with the manager for an interview. Another time… Continue

Added by Ginger Korljan on October 12, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Job Seekers Aren’t the Only Ones Who Need to Worry About their Online Image

We’ve heard so much lately about the importance of the online image of job seekers and why it is imperative for them to clean up their reputations before any potential employer searches them out. Niche businesses have even cropped up to help with this process and to turn a negative image into a more positive one. Many companies are also spending significant resources to monitor and “fix” their online image, overcoming negative customer reviews and competitor backstabbing. Nevertheless, although… Continue

Added by Steve Van Vreede on September 24, 2009 at 12:46pm — No Comments

Rules of Engagement In a Job Search

In military terms, the Rules of Engagement determine when and how much force should be applied to a given situation. The amount of force applied varies with increasing intensity depending on the level of resistance that the troops are coming up against. An example of how to respond to a level 3 resistance according to the US Marines' ROE goes as follows: Level 3: Resistant (Active). The subject initially demonstrates… Continue

Added by Pedro S. Silva II on September 23, 2009 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Managing Your Emotional Investments In A Job Search

You just walked out of your third interview with XYZ Company. It ended with lunch at a fancy restaurant with the CFO, a Director, and a manager. Everyone was smiling as you shook hands and said farewell. And to top it off, the last thing that the CFO said to you was, "We'll be in touch." You're feeling pretty good. In fact, you feel great. Based on the number of interv… Continue

Added by Pedro S. Silva II on September 15, 2009 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Listen Attentively Respond Accordingly (LARA)

We are trying to start a new job search acronym that we hope goes viral and transforms interview rooms across America and maybe the world. That acronym is LARA. It stands for Listen Attentively Respond Accordingly and you can say you heard it hear first--unless you've heard it elsewhere. If you did, please let me know because I googled it and was shocked not… Continue

Added by Pedro S. Silva II on September 9, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Creative ways to get the interview (podcast)

Mike Ramer is a Career Coach and president of his own search firm, www.RamerGroup.com, in the NY/NJ area. His firm offers career coaching and job search consulting for professionals in transition or seeking to advance their careers.

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Added by Chris Russell on September 1, 2009 at 9:01am — No Comments

Are you prepared for your interview? 4 tips to help you succeed

Your job search has paid off and you have been invited in for an interview. Here are four tips to help you prepare for the interview and make it a success. Do your homework - One of the top complaints recruiters and hiring managers have about job seekers is in their lack of preparation for the interview. Do you research, visit the company's web page, make yourself familiar with the products or services that they provide. Read the latest press releases, pick out an interesting, recent fac… Continue

Added by John Walker on August 11, 2009 at 8:02pm — No Comments

Next-Day Job Interview - a review...

By Miriam Salpeter Keppie Careers I would be the last one to suggest you leave your interview preparation to the last minute. So, I hesitated when I saw the title of this book and its subhead: "Prepare tonight and get the job tomorrow." Hmm...Maybe not a good idea to suggest this tact to job seekers? In fact, the authors note that, ideally, you will spend a week or two preparing for an interview. However, I like the gist of the book -… Continue

Added by Miriam Salpeter on August 4, 2009 at 8:56am — No Comments

Practice Your Interview Answers Out Loud

As crazy as this may sound, it is really important to practice your interview answers out loud. You may have spent hours rehearsing the answers in your head but when you go to open your mouth, seldom does the answer that comes out sound like what you were practicing. Whether it is in front of the mirror, in a networking group, in a workshop or with your cousin Isabelle in Massachusetts over the phone, just do it. I had an actor in one of my classes who told us about the 3 steps actors use to… Continue

Added by Hannah Morgan on July 30, 2009 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

The First 5 Minutes. How To Kick-Off A Successful Interview

I'll be honest. I can tell pretty quick whether you are likely a good fit for a job.

And I can tell in the first 5 minutes.

If that sounds unfair,

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Added by Tim Tyrell-Smith on July 9, 2009 at 3:20am — No Comments

When Your Persistence is Too Much

We all hear about “persistence pays off” and “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again”. We are told to be persistent about what we want and if we really try hard enough, we’ll get it. But at whose expense? And when is it time to let go and move on? I’ve recently come in contact with someone who wants to sell me something. This is some… Continue

Added by Erin Kennedy, CPRW, CERW on July 6, 2009 at 8:55am — 2 Comments

Informational Interview is Networking

People have asked me why I don't talk about informational interviews in my networking workshops. The answer is that they ARE a form of networking. Networking is simply having conversations with people you know. As job seekers, networking becomes defined as looking for a job. It is absolutely more than this. An Informational Interview, probably a better term to use would be Informational Meeting, means talking with someone about what they do and/or what their company does to learn and get quest… Continue

Added by Hannah Morgan on June 3, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

Job Search: The Verb between the Resume and the Interview

Reposted from The ResumeWonders Blog. You’ve got an awesome resume you had written by a professional resume writer and now you’ve posted it on Monster, CareerBuilder, Indeed, and Simply Hired. Feeling very confident you’ve even signed up to LinkedIn and developed a pretty savvy p… Continue

Added by Kris Plantrich on June 2, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Nontraditional Interview Styles: Tips for Success

Reposted from The ResumeWonders Blog. With the current economic conditions, most companies are looking for ways to cut corners and save money. One way companies are saving money is by how and where interviews are conducted. For many companies that are looking at candidates outside the local area, the interview process can be an expense one. In the past would have had to bring candidates to their location for interviews which mean covering travel, hot… Continue

Added by Kris Plantrich on May 26, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments