‘Winging’ It In Job Interviews Is For The Birds!
If I have heard it once, I have heard it at least a thousand times from candidates over the years. Whenever I counsel job-seekers about the absolute necessity of developing, memorizing, and then effectively delivering scripted answers to key questions that quite likely will be asked during important phases of a job interview, I usually …
Use Of ‘Militaryspeak’ Can Seriously Hamper Job-Hunting Vets
Editor’s Note: This week’s blog is an adaptation of an article Skip Freeman is soon publishing on VeteranCentral.com, a dynamic new website for the veteran community and those who support our veterans, including prospective employers. Skip, a veteran himself, is a distinguished graduate of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, and later was …
Real Goal Of The HR Interview: To Eliminate You!
Great news! The Human Resources Department of a company to which you recently applied, and which may have already successfully “screened” you as a potential candidate with a preliminary telephone interview, now wants to set up a face-to-face interview with you at company headquarters! The company must really be serious about you as a candidate, …
The Trick To Answering ‘Trick’ Interview Questions
It is hard enough to get interviews in today’s extremely challenging job market, so when you do get on the field of play, it is absolutely critical that you make it count! Notice I said, “field of play.” If you have been following my blogs and/or have read “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the …
7.4 Million Jobs Available – Find Your Dream Job NOW!
As this article is being written, there are over 7 million jobs available each and every month. Yes, you read that correctly . . . over 7 MILLION jobs are “open” each and every month today! So, now may well be the best time in the last several years for you to go looking for …
How to Get ‘Call-Backs’ to Job Hunting VM Messages
Yes, the economy is improving and you are among the 75 million or so people who want a new job . . . your career is stalled . . . you are frustrated . . . you are underpaid and you want a fresh start! So, you do what 90% of most job seekers do …
9 Cover Letter Secrets That Can Get You Hired!
If you have been in the job hunt any time at all you already know that, if you go through “normal” channels today during your job hunt, e.g., online postings, applications sent directly to Human Resources, etc., chances are, your application will end up in some “black hole” and your efforts will largely be in …
‘Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire’ Résumés Can ‘Burn’ You!
Is it ever a good idea to outright lie on your résumé, or even to significantly “fudge” the truth regarding your work history and/or accomplishments and achievements? The short answer to this question is “No!” because it can definitely come back to “burn” you! Nonetheless, this is a moral dilemma many job seekers wrestle with …
Job Hunters: Consider Branding Yourself as a ‘Purple Squirrel’
Do you have the “Sunday night blues”? You know, that growing sense of unease, that creeping feeling of dread, at the prospect of having to return on Monday morning to begin yet another week in a job you’ve come to loathe. Or, maybe, your feeling of dread is fueled by the fact that you’re still …
‘Online Applications ONLY’: A ‘Lose-Lose’ Proposition for All!
In last week’s posting (Corporate America: Your Hiring Processes are Branded as “Broken”!) I pointed out the tremendous disconnect that exists today between job seekers and the companies that seek to hire them because of certain current hiring processes in corporate America. In this week’s posting I am going to examine one of those processes …