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Last week I had the great privilege of speaking at a breakfast hosted by the Women’s Roundtable for recent graduates of N.E.W– Nontraditional Employment for Women– and 12 potential employers. Among the topics I covered was the importance of giving the “because” behind any answer you offer in an interview (and elsewhere, for that matter…) [...]
Some people herald spring with daffodils and violets. Here in the Wow World, spring is the time of year college graduates nationwide send me their cover letters for review. Based on what I’ve seen popping up, I put together the following list of 3 things every soon-to-be college graduate should keep in mind: 1. HR [...]
I’m doing a webinar on Wednesday on wowing your next job interview. You (or your friends—feel free to forward this to your friends!) can sign up here. Below, a quick hit of the kind of information I’ll be covering:There are three things my clients worry most about in an interview: • being asked a question they don’t [...]
Summer’s just about over and– for those of you who’ve delayed your entry into the real world for one last summer of being a lifeguard/camp counselor/kite-boarding instructor and the like– this means it’s time to trade in your board shorts for the boardroom. With this in mind, I’ve put together three ways to help you [...]
Hello hello, I received the below letter from a frustrated job seeker—and it echoed the sentiments I’ve heard from a lot of you. She found my response helpful, so I thought I’d send it out as a Wow as well: Hi Frances, I, and MANY friends, have found that after applying to a job (both [...]
Join Frances Cole Jones, author of “How to Wow” and “The Wow Factor”, and learn how to: Expand your current network and build upon your existing one Ensure you stand out at job fairs and networking events Maximize the all-important informational interview (not to mention learning how to get the interview) Optimize all three elements [...]
In today’s economy, you might be feeling lucky you even have a job—asking for a promotion could seem like tempting fate. “Better to sit tight,” you might be thinking. “Not make waves. Keep my head down.” Possible. But Leonard Lee, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Columbia University, did a study showing that people given coupons before [...]
By Trae Bodge You got the interview, now what? Congratulations – you’ve landed a job interview! In today’s market, where every job listing generates unprecedented floods of applicants, being granted an interview is a coup in and of itself. And given the scarcity of interviews, it’s crucial that you give each and every one your very [...]
by Maria Hanson, LiveCareer Scored a job interview? Congratulations! Want to stay in the running and make it past the first interview? Then avoid asking these alarmingly common deal-breaker questions. We all know how important it is not only to intelligently answer the hiring manager’s questions, but also to ask our own questions (so we seem engaged and [...]
Originally published on San Francisco Employment Jobs Careers: Even in a world of gee-whiz technology, some old-fashioned ideals — like manners — aren’t outmoded. Business etiquette in general, and netiquette in particular, are crucially important to your career. Why? Because in an intensely competitive job market and with all other factors being equal, the candidate with better [...]