Archive for January, 2010
The Power of Employment References and Job Referrals
Referrals and references remain the strongest tool available to job seekers.
Seventy percent of jobs are obtained via referral according to the U.S. Department of Labor and the article “How to Get Job References Without Asking,” on TheLadders.
Referrals do not automatically mean you have the job or that you will guarantee you an interview, but they [...]
How to Prepare for a Second Job Interview
The best way to set the bar for all job candidates is to formulate 60- and 90-day plans for the job you desire and clearly communicate that in the second interview, said career coach and recruiting expert Dean Tracy.
Tracy offers a step-by-step advice to craft a 60- or 90-day plan in the article “Round Two [...]
Prepare for Remote Job Interviews
Business are growing more accustomed to employees working remotely and recruiters are following suit, wrote Kevin Wheeler, president and founder of Global Learning Resources in a blog on ERE.net.
Job seekers should be ready to face the new tools of the trade such as remote interviews, Wheeler said.
Hiring managers may never meet face-to-face with a candidate, [...]
How to Appear Younger on Job Interviews and Around the Office
Despite age-discrimination laws, “interviewing younger” can make the difference in our youth-oriented culture. In the article “Take 10 years Off Your Image” for TheLadders, StephenViscusi details 20 rules to help freshen up job seekers’ presence.
It’s not all about how you look, Viscusi advises, although you should use teeth-whitening products and avoid clothes aimed at high-school [...]
When Job Promotions Are Hard to Find, Move Laterally
Want to position yourself to move up the corporate ladder? Consider extending your experience within the company by shifting titles and responsibilities laterally to another department, Cindy Nicola, a recruiting VP at video game company Electronic Arts (EA) told The Wall Street Journal. Opportunities for promotion usually occur when individuals leave a company or retire [...]
How to Tell If You Are Underpaid
The quickest way to qualify for a larger salary is to learn how to quantify the impact of your job, said recruiting and business development expert Brandon Gutman of Stephen-Bradford Search in the article “Show You the Money” for TheLadders.
How are you saving the company money? How are you improving sales numbers and the bottom [...]
How to Respond When Human Resources asks a Job Interview Candidate “Tell Me About Yourself”
When an interviewer for a prospective job asks “Tell me about yourself,” it’s not an open invitation to ramble about your life’s history or talk about every job you’ve ever had.
The open-ended question is an opportunity for the candidate to shape strengths and anchor positive traits about themselves, wrote career coach and author Lee Miller [...]
How to Reject an Offer and Save the Relationship
Can you mend relations with a company who offered you a job, but you then rejected? This question was recently asked to The Wall Street Journal by the wife of an individual who received two job offers, accepted one, but now believes he should have taken the other one.
The rejected company told her husband he [...]
What Human Resources Managers Will Learn from NBC’s Conan-Leno Fiasco
NBC executives handling the Conan O’Brien/Jay Leno ordeal are learning a lesson Human Resources (HR) managers know well: never guarantee promotions by contract, said Jessica Lee, a senior employment manager for APCO Worldwide, in a blog on Fistful of Talent.
Folks have argued whether you should tell your A-players, as a part of succession planning, about [...]
Bite Your Tongue In an Exit Interview
When it comes to the exit interview, bite your tongue, suppress your ego and stay focused on how you will be remembered, said Lee Miller, a career coach and the former head of human resources at TV Guidein the article, “Resign with Class,” on TheLadders.
Despite your inclination to talk about everything that might be wrong [...]
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