THE Question You MUST Get Right in the Interview!
As discussed in a previous blog (Winning the Face-to-Face Interview by “leading the Witness“), in an interview you actually have much more power than you might think. Still, during the course of the typical job interview, either on the telephone or face-to-face, you can expect to be asked a series of “standard” questions and it …
Going on an Interview? Watch ABC’s ‘Shark Tank!’
Want some good advice on how to gain an added measure of preparation for an upcoming job interview? Watch ABC’s Shark Tank! This “reality” TV show, which features a panel of five wealthy entrepreneurs (“sharks”) considering investment proposals presented by a group of would-be entrepreneurs, can strongly and powerfully elevate your awareness and genuine appreciation …
Why Job Hunting Just Became Easier (and Safer)!
Yes, you read the headline correctly! Job hunting did in fact just become easier—and safer!
I know what you’re probably thinking . . . Skip, have you completely lost your mind?! Don’t you know what’s been happening on Wall Street?! Don’t you read the bleak “jobs reports?!” Don’t you know there is genuine fear that …
How Today’s Job Seeker is Like a SEAL Recruit
Most people today certainly know who the U.S. Navy SEALs are . . . one of the most elite warrior groups in the U.S. Armed Forces. You don’t become a SEAL simply by raising your hand at morning roll-call and volunteering to join. You have to earn the title SEAL, by successfully completing an unforgiving, …
‘Headhunter’ Secrets for Getting Your Emails Opened. . .And Read!
Editor’s Note: This week’s blog features one of the many “headhunter” secrets contained in the international best-selling job hunting book “‘Headhunter’ Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever!,” by professional “headhunter” Skip Freeman.
No one answers the phone anymore. Certainly no one responds to your voice mails. And—surprise!—no …
The Daily Misogi: Helping You Establish, Maintain Your Brand
Editor’s Note: This blog is an adaptation of a chapter in “‘Headhunter’ Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever!” by Skip Freeman.
In previous blogs we’ve examined a variety of the substantive, “nuts and bolts” methods and approaches you can use to create and maintain the “brand” that …
Powerfully Branding Yourself to Lose the Job Interview
In last week’s blog we examined how you can win at the face-to-face interview by effectively employing the “leading the witness” method/approach. This week we’ll take a look at how you can just as quickly and just as easily lose the interview if you unwittingly brand yourself as a “run-of-the mill,” “me-too” candidate.
To position …
Winning Face-to-Face Interview by ‘Leading the Witness’
In “‘Headhunter’ Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever!” I make the following statement, right up front, in the Introduction & Overview:
“. . . as we enter the new decade, there actually are two sets of rules being used to play the (hiring) game:
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If you’ve read “‘Headhunter’ Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever! or any of the hundreds of articles and blogs I’ve written over the last several years, you already know that I strongly caution against making online job hunting the major focus of your job hunting efforts and …
Job Hunting? Don’t Let the Media ‘Paralyze’ You!
As a job seeker, if you take everything the media has to say about the current job market literally, you’ll quite probably feel like skulking away and hiding in the nearest hole until things get better. I’m here to tell you, though, if you are job hunting, you shouldn’t let what you read or hear …