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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 [...]
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 [...]
Originally published on TheJobVault.com: 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 [...]
At the moment, college graduates nationwide are sending cover letters far and wide—many of which came to me for pre-sending inspection. Based on what I saw, I put together the following list of 3 things every college graduate should keep in mind: HR Directors aren’t there to make your dreams come true: Don’t begin by [...]
Everyone’s looking for that seemingly indefinable “something” that will make a management candidate stand out from the pack. I sat down with John Rodenburg, Managing Director of Gunderson Partners, LLC, a premier recruiting firm in New York City and together we hammered out the top ten list, below. Find a candidate with even 6 or [...]
By Heather O’Neill from CityTownInfo.com: Whether you are a recent graduate, between jobs because of a layoff, or reentering the workforce after taking time off to be a stay-at-home mom, these are tough times to be looking for work. While the busywork of unemployment–like rewriting resumes, learning to use social networking sites, and finding productive [...]