Articles tagged with: hiring
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 …
Career Advice, Consulting, Education, Job Markets, Job Search, Job Tips »
In today’s market, the majority of unemployed individuals have been on the bench for months, if not years. If your financial reserves haven’t already dwindled, they are on their way. However, there are worse things than not having money today. If you have been out of work for too long, you may appear unemployable by many hiring managers. In these cases, contracting can prove to be a viable alternative to full time employment. However, making this decision can be career changing and could get in the way of landing your …
Job Interviews, Job Tips »
The job of any good interviewer is two fold. First, it’s the interviewer’s job to sell you on the job and the company. Second and most important, it’s their job to protect the company and existing employees from a “bad” co worker. The easiest way to do this, is to make the job seeker comfortable & excited about the opportunity, then to follow with questions designed to make us all sweat a little. Preparing for these tough questions is the best way to ace your next interview and move one …
Job Search, Job Tips »
Every month, there are conferences running all over the country in virtually every profession. Depending on your career path and industry, you may even be able to find free conferences. Attending these conferences can increase your chances of landing that next job, if you plan our attendance wisely.
Be picky when choosing a conference:
To get the most out of networking at conferences, you must first choose conferences wisely. For most people, job focused conferences are not going to be very rewarding. There are simply too many attendees and too few jobs. …