When you are interviewing, questions to ask are an important part of your preparation strategy. Employers expect you to interact with them, not to simply answer their questions about you. To really impress the hiring manager, show how interested you are in the job and the company by writing down these important interviewing questions to
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An opportunity for an interview is hard to come by, and you need to excel in all areas in order to get the job you want. Below are a few interview bloopers you should avoid. 1. Poor Handshake Your interview starts with a handshake that reflects half of your personality. If you deliver a poor
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Getting an ‘Overqualified’ Response During more than a year of actively seeking a full-time job, Noluthando Crockett-Ntonga landed lots of interviews — sometimes second and third interviews. But she received no offers for the communications or project management openings she sought. Instead, the former NPR White House correspondent heard repeatedly from recruiters and hiring managers
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Looking for a new job can be a costly affair especially if you are unemployed and looking as opposed to employed and looking. However with some planning and prioritizing, you can keep your expenses down to a minimum. Here are some strategies to help you. Don’t give up the day job If at all possible,
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Everyday we hear about more layoffs. You will want to be proactive by starting a job search before it happens. That is a smart move but you must be careful. If your current boss gets wind of it you might be the first to be laid off. Of course if you have already successfully lined
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Basically it depends which side of the Atlantic you are on — even though both words actually originated from Europe. Back in the USA… There is some difference between them in the US. At only one to two sides of A4, a resume tends to be shorter than a CV, which can take up two
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The job outlook for the health-care industry is looking so bright that you will have to wear shades when obtaining one of these promising careers. The health care industry is literally booming with new hospitals being built in the United States every day. With people living longer than ever, and with baby boomer’s moving into
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With the stock market crashing and companies laying people off left and right, now is the time to reinforce your position and get noticed for the right reasons. Remember this, when it comes to laying people off the slacker, the gossiper, and the always late people are the first to go. I’ve listed a few
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Put the frosting on the cake by not only being mentally and emotionally prepared for your next interview, but by being visually prepared as well prepared too. Well, maybe visually isn’t the right word – collaterally prepared? The important thing is to make sure you bring along a visual display of your professional history. The
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There are a number of ways that you can acquire the job you want. You can go the traditional route of finding an ad and applying for the job, or going through the temp agency where you can get your feet wet in certain fields. But another great way to get a job is through
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In this day and age it is quite common for people to change career at least once in their working life. It’s an important decision though – one which will affect you and can affect your close family. In order to help you to decide whether this is the right move for you consider these
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Too much stress can have a negative impact on your well-being. Stress can not only cause anxiety and depression, but can also have a negative impact on your health. Most people have filled days with little time to spare. Bad and unforeseeable things come up here and there, and the To-Do list keeps on getting
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I admit, at first I thought the idea of Facebook, MySpace, Naymz and other networking sites were, well… silly. It seemed juvenile and strange, not to mention an invasion of privacy. Why would anyone put pictures of family members on a site where virtually EVERYONE could look at them? I didn’t get it and ignored
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LinkedIn and What Color Is Your Parachute? – A Practical Guide by Zale Tabakman A practical manual for job-hunters and career-changers – Through my course LinkedIn for Job Hunters I am being asked frequently about how certain books and ideas apply to Job Hunters and LinkedIn. One book comes up more frequently than any other.
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Unless you are a professional resume writer, creating a winning resume is not easy. Writing a good resume takes time and effort, but writing a poor resume, one sure not to get read and end up in the trash is easy. In fact the easier you found writing your resume, the greater the chances are
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