Company does not hire qualified candidate. Reason? Candidate applied there before, for a different job, and was not hired. What to do in this case?
Categories: Career Advice, Funny, Job Search
You pass a homeless person and something about him makes you want to give money. Others – you want to run away from. How similar is this to a job interview?..
Categories: Career Advice, Interview, Job Search
Having a gap in employment dates often raises red flags with recruiters and hiring managers. There are things one can do to minimize potential damage.
Categories: Career Advice, Resume Writing
You can think that you have a winning resume, but if it is not getting interviews, is not a winning resume. One simple question can validate your resume’s relevance.
Categories: Career Advice, Job Search, Resume Writing
Companies big and small do not need help developing their products and services – it is their area of expertise. However, most resort to services of marketing professionals for promotion efforts. Your resume is your marketing material. Do you need help tuning it?
Categories: Career Advice, Job Search, Resume Writing, Services
References provide additional reinforcement to your candidacy with the hiring company. As such, they need to be as strong as possible, so that you wow potential employers not just with your resume, cover letter and interview, but also with all the good things others say about you.
Categories: Career Advice, General, Interview, Job Search
Since your cover letter is the first recruiters see, you should use this opportunity to entice them to look further, where you really want their attention – your resume.
Categories: Cover Letters
An interview is your chance to evaluate the company, just as they are evaluating you as a candidate. Look, listen and learn as much as you can. And beware: interviewers make mistakes, consciously or unconsciously. Some are easy for you to overlook and even use to your advantage, others… just be careful!
Categories: Career Advice, Interview, Job Search
If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be? If you were a car, would you be a domestic or an import? These and other interview questions are not uncommon. How can you answer them in a manner that makes you stand out from the crowd? Read on…
Categories: Career Advice, Interview
What makes a resume successful? A perfectly balanced mix of what the hiring manager wants to see, your past experience as a proof that you are capable, your promise of delivering in the future, and a personal touch of you, in a format that catches attention.
Categories: Career Advice, Resume Writing, Services
