Geysers, Grizzlies, an Active Volcano—and Job hunting!
Yellowstone National Park . . . what image, what brand, immediately comes to mind when you hear these words? For most people it’s the geyser “Old Faithful.” A few others will think of bears and bison, the Great Outdoors, still largely unspoiled by modernity. That’s the image, the brand, of Yellowstone National Park. That’s what …
How to Answer the Dreaded ‘Salary Question’
It’s a question that you can expect to be asked sooner rather than later during a job interview. It’s a question that seems to be a “loaded” one in every sense of the word, and usually that’s in fact what it is. It’s a “trick” question too. It’s designed to quickly and efficiently eliminate as …
SECOND Most Used Website By Recruiters And Companies
Chances are, many if not most of you reading this blog already have your professional profile posted on LinkedIn, the Number One site used today by both recruiters and companies to locate highly qualified people for their open positions. Another site you certainly won’t want to overlook, however, is ZoomInfo (www.zoominfo.com), the SECOND most used …
What ‘Angry Birds’ Can Teach You About Getting Hired
Author’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of blogs in which author of the best-selling “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever! and professional “headhunter” Skip Freeman draws an analogy between “Angry Birds,” the wildly popular online game, and …
SIX Mis-Branding Mistakes That Ensure You WON’T Get Hired!
As a professional “headhunter” who deals with candidates and hiring managers each and every business day, I see the same “mis-branding” mistakes being made over and over by candidates every single day. (You can be assured that other “headhunters,” hiring managers and Human Resources professional also see them, each and …
What Angry Birds can Teach you About Getting Hired
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of blogs where author of the best-selling “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed . . . Forever! and professional “headhunter” Skip Freeman draws an analogy between “Angry Birds,” the wildly …
What ‘Angry Birds’ Can Teach About Getting Hired
Those bouncy, chirpy, flipping birds . . . what’s got them going so and why do we care? The pigs have taken the birds’ eggs and are holding them in their lair, which is surrounded by various barriers to prevent entry. Our mission is to get the eggs …
What Can “Angry Birds” Teach You About Getting Hired?
What in the world can “Angry Birds,” the ubiquitous, phenomenally popular game for hand held devices by Rovio Mobile, teach you about getting hired? You might be surprised to learn that the answer to this question is PLENTY!
“Angry Birds” just passed the 100 million downloads mark. If you have …
How Do You Get Hired? First, Don’t Lose!
In the Amazon.com bestselling job hunting book “Headhunter” Hiring Secrets: The Rules of the Hiring Game Have Changed….Forever! we teach you how to approach getting hired using game theory. In other words:
Hiring is definitely a game It has rules (which have dramatically changed since 2009) And there are strategiesAnd when you approach going …
2011 Job Market to Become Even More Competitive
If you thought last year’s job market was tough—and it certainly was!—then brace yourself for the 2011 job market because it could shape up to be a whole lot tougher! To effectively and successfully compete in the 2011 job market you’re really going to have to “up your game”!
Applicant-to-job ratioYou’re probably familiar with …