Interview: Can You Work Overtime and Weekends?
Of course, you can work overtime and weekends. The real question is: WILL you work overtime and weekends, WITHOUT being resentful? Will you work those nights and weekends with the same energy, diligence and good attitude that you are promising you’ll bring to the job every day?
Wow, you might think. They haven’t even hired …
Avoid Interview Blunders… aka: Don’t Mess Up!
Interviewing can be a nightmare! Ok, there are probably some of you out there that may be thinking “what’s she talking about… I love interviewing!” But you are few and far between – if that’s you… read no further. But, if you’re within the norm, like most of us, we are usually running scared when …
Increasing Your Calls from Recruiters
As my friend Skip Freeman noted in his excellent post titled SECOND Most Used Website by Recruiters and Companies, it is important that job seekers work to improve their ability to be found and professional presentation on LinkedIn and Zoominfo. If you are actively looking for a new job or simply would like to have …
6 Tips for Writing Effective Job Descriptions
Writing an effective job description isn’t exactly rocket science, but there are some key things to keep in mind for maximum effectiveness. After all, your overarching goal is to attract high quality candidates and avoid those who need not apply. This can only happen if your job description is approached with the right attention and …
Keywords in Résumé Lead to Interviews
Eighty percent of all submitted résumés (and 100 percent of résumés sent to Fortune 1000 companies) get scanned by software commonly known as an applicant-tracking system (ATS), and such scanned résumés are stored on a server in a digitized format. Humans are seeing your résumé only if it resurfaces based on a query. That’s why …
Why Should Companies Hire International Candidates?
Companies should hire international candidates because sometimes it is very difficult to find some of the skills that they are looking for among the domestic ones. Therefore, they should hire international candidates to fill that skills gap.
For example, statistics show that there aren’t many domestic computer science students studying programming in Java. Consequently, employers …
Interview: Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?
Among the silliest questions you get in a job interview, is the one that won’t die: “Where do you see yourself in five years?”
If you’ve written a business plan, you know your five-year forecast is the least reliable outcome you “predict.” Same thing when you ponder your investment portfolio, the height of your infant, …
How Young Professionals Should Prep For An Interview
A great resume isn’t going to get you hired but a great interview will. Whether you are a recent college graduate or a seasoned professional preparing ahead of time can make all the difference.
“Being prepared for the interview will give you an edge over the competition,” says Pamela Skillings, co-founder of job coaching firm …
Negotiating for What You Want
Negotiating for what you want, and rarely is money, the most important!
Before you can start negotiating, you have to know what you want. Most people think this is about money. I say bull hockey. Think for a moment, what have been the most critical things that have made you happy in your past jobs?…
Passion May Come After a Zig Zag Career Path!
I think it would be worthwhile sharing a bit about my background as it sheds light on how a person can find their passion. My career path zigzagged and it wasn’t clear to me until now that every experience was necessary for me to arrive at my passion, which is what I do in my …