To ace a phone interview and get that follow-up sit down interview you have to be prepared. Let’s learn what it takes to ace a phone interview. Do your Homework Find out who you will be interviewing you prior to your phone interview. Write down the names of the people you will be speaking with
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Creating a 30/60/90-day plan is one of the most effective things you can do to impress a hiring manager and win a job offer. Basically, it’s a “to-do” list for what you’ll do as a new employee for the first 3 months you work there. Creating one before your job interview requires research on the
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With the United States economy in a recession and jobless claims rising every month, it is important when you are searching for a job for you to differentiate yourself from the competition. You need to let your potential employer know why you deserve the job rather than that other guy sitting neatly in a suit
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Before you begin creating a good resume, make sure you focus on the needs of the employer you are looking to work for. A resume which is not tailored to the employers needs will not reach the grade and will more often that not get binned. Remember, most hiring managers spend only 20 to 30
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Is it at all possible for employees to negotiate their salaries these days? A global recession has conquered most of the world, companies are downsizing, if they are not going bankrupt or seek protection under reconstruction legislation. Unemployment figures rise every week. The salary is the price for labor. Prices obey the laws of demand
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Job search in a tough job market can be grueling. Job seekers apply for position after position, talk to employer after employer, and are not hired. Is it any wonder that some candidates enter job interviews demoralized, tentative, or desperate? As a job seeker you should take every possible opportunity to differentiate yourself from the
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Often, just rereading and refreshing some basic interview guidelines can make you more confident and help you be at your best. Always remember that no matter what type of position for which you’re interviewing, it is (whether you’re in sales or not) a sales call. You are in a sense “the product” and your future
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The importance of an effective resume cannot be overemphasized in writing an executive resume. A very good senior executive whose resume is poorly written could lose out to a candidate of lesser qualifications with a better resume. So how do you write an executive resume? Below are some tips that can help you do it:
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A dynamic cover letter indicates specific details of the target position, name of recipient and enumerated qualifications of the applicant. Writing letters is a very effective tool of communication. The good thing about this means of communication is that it avoids impulsive and spur of the moment utterance without thinking first. With letters, you can
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Do you know Karynne Prouli? She is immensely successful with impeccable credentials. The corporations she has worked for rank on everyone’s “A list” and appear regularly in the news. Karynne has excelled at every position she’s held, with the requisite increases in responsibility (and bonuses) that continual promotions entail. Even raising two children didn’t set
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If you have been living under a rock for the past year, you probably have not heard about Twitter. Twitter is an information networking site that allows users to share microblogs (short messages of 140 characters or less) with their followers. Some people tweet by taking literally the “What are you doing?” question that appears
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In todays employment market a company with a help wanted ad running in a major newspaper might get a thousand applicants, or more. They usually put a blind ad in, that is one where you send your application or resume to a post office box. This is a matter of self protection since they really
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If you’ve gotten through the first job interview and you’re moving on toward the second one, the odds of being hired have just gone up. With that in mind, you really want to be prepared for that second job interview. The questions will be tougher and things will be more complex in a second interview.
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Parents often think they are protecting their children’s emotional stability by keeping bad news from them, such as the decrease in the family income they’ve lost their jobs. But what they are really doing-if they keep reality a secret–is denying their children a valuable opportunity to learn how to solve problems and adapt to changing
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