Probing for Pain Points in an Interview
Probing for Pain Points?
Probing for pain points should be one of your first steps in an interview. Every business has problems. Your first job is to ask probing questions to uncover those pain points.
Initial Phone ScreenMost of the time in the interview process, there will be an initial phone screen with either …
What is Your Current Salary?
What is your current salary?
I’m sure you have been asked early in the interview process, “What is your current salary?”
If it was up to me, I would have everyone respond indigently—None of your %^%#(& business!
However, that does not work in our current work environment.
So, how should you answer the question, “What …
Battling Age Discrimination – Young and Old
Age discrimination is a reality in the current job market. It affects two vastly different groups:
Young – The young men and women graduating from college over the last five years have had it tough. In fact, this generation has the highest unemployment in the last fifty years. Age discrimination is rampant because this generation…The Purple Cow Job Description – Should I Apply?
Purple Cow Job Description?
I guarantee you have read a purple cow job description. It’s one of those that, when you finished reading it, you said to yourself:
I am not qualified for this job but… is anyone?
They are looking for the purple cow. The ideal candidate does not exist!
I am going out …
Understanding the Hiring Manager Prior to the Interview
Who is the hiring manager? Who are they really?
You are scheduled for an interview with the hiring manager. Who is this person? What do you have in common?
The more you know about the hiring manager before the interview, the more you can do to work on building a relationship during the interview.
Remember …
Workplace Communications – Generational Differences
Workplace communications has changed dramatically in my lifetime.
When I started working as a programmer in Chicago in the mid 1970s, I had a phone on my desk. If I wanted to talk to my boss, I would call him and his secretary would often answer his phone. If he was not there, she would …
Evaluating the Job Offer – What is Missing?
When you get a job offer what is the first thing you look at?
The Money!
If all you are looking at is the money in the job offer, you may end up very disappointed a few months down the road.
I wrote about determining what you want in non-financial terms in a previous post. …
You Did Not Get the Job! Now What?
You did not get the job! What do you do now?
You just got the rejection notice that said you did not get the job you really wanted.
What could have happened:
There was a more qualified candidate than you for this position. You did not demonstrate one or more attributes that they were looking…Promoting Your Brand Using LinkedIn Publisher
LinkedIn Publisher is coming!
LinkedIn Publisher was finally made available to me last week. LinkedIn Publisher is being rolled out to the entire LinkedIn community in phases. I posted my first article.
What is LinkedIn Publisher?LinkedIn Publisher is the blogging platform that LinkedIn Influencers have been using for the last year or so. LinkedIn …
Inertia and Persistence as it Relates to Your Career
Inertia and Persistence.
Inertia inhibits us from moving forward in our career—persistence is what we need to keep us moving forward in our career.
InertiaI am a baby boomer!
I was raised to be an employee to go to work for an employer who would take care of me.
We were also raised to …