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 …
6 Job Search Tips for Millennials
Frank Jacobsen shares tips related to career development, job hunting, small business, and economic policy.
If you’re a millennial currently looking for a job, you’ve got your work cut out for you. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for people age 16 to 24 is 16.2%. The economy is getting back …
Résumé Keywords Are the Keys to Be Found
Most of the résumés employers receive, either as hard copies or that are uploaded electronically, reside in databases. If those databases were in graphic form, each résumé would resemble a lonely tombstone in a cemetery. In the majority of cases, submitting résumés is futile because they get resurrected only if they include keywords—specifically, those keywords …
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 …
Can You Have the Career of Your Dreams?
I have several quotations on the wall in my office that I point out to my clients. In my previous two posts I discussed these two:
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” (George Bernard Shaw) and
“What would you do if you knew you could not fail?” (Minister Robert S. Schuller)…
From Blah to Bold: How to Make Your Resume Stand Out
In its most basic form, a resume is a professional list of your experience and accomplishments. It represents the best of who you are in an easy-to-follow format. The problem, of course, is that while many of these accomplishments may have been really exciting for you in real life, they read rather dry in a …
The Interview Process Needs to Be Understood
Many interviewers don’t know how to interview, and the majority of candidates are not sufficiently prepared for the test. Because that situation is a given, a candidate can improve the chances for hire by better understanding the interview process itself and the emotional aspects of the interview.
Conversely from what our instinct might tell us, …
How to Create Better Content for Your Personal Brand
A common misconception shared by job seekers is that personal branding is “all about me.”
The reality: your personal brand is about showing your network how you can help them with your skills and expertise. Your offering as a professional is the reason why people connect and engage in conversations with you.
If you’ve spent …
20 Most Asked Interview Questions
It is important to be prepared before going to an interview. Many of the behavioral interview questions are standard questions that are asked by almost anyone. Therefore, it would be to your advantage to write down your answers and read them out loud to yourself in front of a mirror or to practice your answers …