Career moves call for research, preparation Statistics reveal that a person will change careers three to seven times in a lifetime. The last thing anyone wants is for the job-changing process to be an emotional roller coaster ride, full of worry and fear, particularly if the candidate is holding down a current job that must
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Path to finding a new job goes online Jeanni Dennis quickly learned that the job-search process is a lot different now than when she applied for an administrative assistant position four years ago. Dennis, 52, was laid off in March from an educational services company in Wilmington, Del. Since then, she has been visiting the
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Salary Negotiation Mistakes To Avoid by C. Vaughan You’ve done it! You have gotten your first interview out of the way, and they want to hire you. Now you have to work out the fine details of employment. When it comes to salary negotiation, beginning the process by saying as little as possible is very
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5 Tips for Customizing your Resume Gone are the days of the bland, generic one-page resume. Employers these days are more impressed by a resume that is customized and they tend to give jobs to interviewees that have a bit of knowledge about the company. By doing your research, you’re showing initiative, which impresses potential
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Keeping the Momentum at the Interview With a must-have job on the line, you have done all of the pre-interview preparation: printed copies of your résumé, practiced your responses to popular questions and dressed to impress. But so has the competition. Can you give yourself an advantage over other qualified candidates? You can, experts say,
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Are You Dressing Right for Your Job Interview? When going for a job interview, it is important to keep in mind that your first impression could turn into your ONLY impression all too easily. For this reason, what you choose to wear is of the utmost importance. The impression that the interviewer has of your
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How to Be a Great Salesperson – By agentsully This article is for everyone, even for people who are not technically in sales. Why? Because we are all in sales. Anytime you are trying to influence someone’s actions or thoughts, then you are selling. The best selling happens when you are trying to meet someone’s
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More working adults using networking Web sites to find jobs, trade money tips Take a spin on MySpace and Friendster and most adults find amusement in the concept and technology, but relatively few practical reasons to keep coming back for more. They’ve been a boon to a mostly younger set of users looking to meet
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Social Networks And Job Seekers Job seekers are using social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn to attract attention of employers. Adecco, a workforce solutions firm, says job seekers can use the Web for a successful job hunt, while preventing social networks from hindering their search. “Because social media and online job searching
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Jumpstart your career in five hard lessons by Steve Tobak Think you’ve got what it takes to become a hot-shot executive but your boss is holding you back. Or maybe you’re just sick and tired of working your butt off while everyone else gets ahead. Well, quit your whining and do something about it. No,
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Jumpstart your career in five hard lessons by Steve Tobak Think you’ve got what it takes to become a hot-shot executive but your boss is holding you back. Or maybe you’re just sick and tired of working your butt off while everyone else gets ahead. Well, quit your whining and do something about it. No,
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Your CV Is Not A Work History – It’s Your National Advertising Campaign Think about it. Your CV is your first impression. And we all know about first impressions. Fail here and all other preparation you make will be in vain. They will never get to see your bubbling motivation, hear your tales of glory
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Job Seekers Show Rather Than Tell Leveraging one of the Web’s most popular new formats, job hunters and corporate recruiters are adding online video résumés to their arsenals. More start-ups make these high-tech résumés possible. WorkBlast near Phoenix and MyPersonalBroadcast in Atlanta just launched services. HireVue in Salt Lake City lets candidates record themselves answering
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Acing the employment interview by Connie Glaser When we think about interview situations, we typically think of ourselves as the applicant. But what happens when you’re the one conducting the interview? Are there strategies you can use — as a manager — to ensure you get the most out of the interview process and select
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How To Be Successful At Interviews The key to success is to treat the interview as a project, for which you must gather information, make decisions on feasibility, set objectives, identify the resources needed, draw up a plan of action, and manage the project carefully through to closure. In simple terms, you must be professionally
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