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 …
How to Upgrade Your Resume, Part 1
Having reviewed and re-written hundreds of resumes over the last 12 years, it is likely I have seen all of the typical shortcomings of professional resumes. In this series of blog posts, I want to alert you regarding how to identify resume weaknesses and eliminate as many as possible so that this self-marketing tool is …
How to Prepare for a Job Interview
A job interview is the final step before getting the job. It’s the most critical step because if the candidate does not convince the decision maker of being the ideal candidate, the job goes to someone else. Preparing for the interview is not to be taken lightly. To win this tough competition, one needs to …
What is the Best Type of Organization for You to Work In?
Part of your personal branding is the type of company you choose to work for. Exciting small start-ups seem promising and progressive but on the other hand a legacy company offers proven systems, procedures and security. To compare and decide what is right for you, consider the differences:
The Small Start-Up FirmThis type of …
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 …
When You Should Say YES! to the Counteroffer
You have been on the interviews, the hiring company has done its due diligence on you, you have done your due diligence on the company… and the job offer is made!
You like what you see in the offer, you have discussed it with your family and friends and you accept. Over the next week …
Why Are Interviewers So Selective?
Unlike past scenarios, job interviews have become harder and harder. Employers have an abundance of very qualified applicants, many of them working with interview coaches to elevate their interviewing skills. The outcome is that it raises the bar for everyone. There are many books available to job seekers to read and brush up on interviewing …
Not Getting Results Using Social Media? Here’s Why
Three simple tactics for getting measureable business results using social media.
Approximately 73% of online adults use some form of social media. Chances are your next hiring manager, client, or strategic partner are either using social media, or one of their close connections are. As professionals, we now have previously unheard of free access to …
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…How Super Stars ACE the Job Interview!
Make no mistake about it, even though the job market is improving in key sectors, it nonetheless remains one of the most challenging, most competitive markets in recent memory. Even highly qualified candidates are still sometimes being subjected to an often lengthy and quite daunting job search process.
If you happen to have made it …