Articles tagged with: hiring managers
Job Interviews, Job Tips »
The heart of any interview is of course the Q&A Session in which the interviewer asks about your experience and gives you a chance to ask about the job or the company. In a one hour interview, this stage of the process usually takes between 30 & 50 minutes. It is by far the most focused part of the interview and is your best chance to shine. To ace the Q&A Session follow these simple tips:
Stay on task: Remember, the whole interview has led to this point. Your purpose for …
Job Tips, Resume Help »
Most people have never been involved in hiring an employee, so it is understandable that many have no idea what the hiring process looks like from the employer’s perspective. Even for those of us who have hired a employees in the past, it can be hard to remember the key points of the process when preparing a resume. The following points will help you optimize your resume to be the most effective resume possible.
Employer’s time: Most hiring managers will spend less than 3 minutes per resume. Many of them won’t …
Job Search, Social Media, networking »
Selling a company on the advantages of hiring you is just like selling any other highly valuable products. At any given time only a small percentage of individuals are ready to buy this product at this time. In other words, only a limited few would be able to hire you even if they wanted to. The big trick is to find those few people, but how? Filling your sales pipeline with massive number of potential buyers I.E. potential employers is the only way to find them. These 6 tips will …
Job Interviews, Job Tips »
No matter what you think of a company or hiring manager, bad interviews just happen. It’s unavoidable. In the current recession, the number of interviews required to land a job is abnormally high. This means, that your odds of landing a bad interview are equally high. Most of the time, a bad interview has less to do with you and more to do with the interviewer.
Hiring managers get busy just like everyone else. The fact that they are hiring is a sign that their currently understaffed. When interviewers get busy, …
Career Advice, Consulting »
When a recession sets in, the first employees to go are highly compensated executives that can be replaced by much lower cost managers who are eager to make a name in the company. Unfortunately many of these executives are overlooked when applying for jobs because of their age and past accomplishes. Hiring managers are either intimidated by their experience or doubtful of their capabilities because of their age. Unfortunately these misconceptions can make it very hard to find a new job and contrary to popular belief the career as an …