The Cure for Career Confusion
You’ve put a lot of effort into your job search and interviewing – don’t leave your references to chance. Be prepared to provide perfect references by using these strategies…
Being able to think on your feet, to gather your thoughts quickly, and deliver your point convincingly is an essential interviewing skill. Here’s how to do it…
An interview is a two-way street. Asking appropriate questions is a great opportunity to set you apart in a positive way from other people being considered for the job.
You just learned that you won a job interview for a position that excites you — but there might be a slight catch.
Your first interview likely won’t be face to face. Instead, you’ll probably have a phone interview. If you do well in the phone screening, it’s likely you’ll be invited to meet with employees in person for the next interview.
Many companies use phone interviews as an initial employment screening strategy. Because they’re generally brief, phone interviews save companies time. So the chances are pretty good that, at some point in your job hunt, you’ll be asked to participate in 20-minute or so phone interview with either one or several employees.
In many ways, the way you prepare for a phone interview isn’t all that different from the way you’d get ready for a face-to-face interview — except for a few slight changes to your preparation tasks.
Here are those tasks…
There are techniques you can use to close an interview so the hiring manager will know that you want the job and you’ll be able to leave knowing the next steps in the hiring process.
The way you close an interview should be tailored to the position, your personality and interviewing style, and the interviewer. Here are some key points to keep in mind:
The purpose of this module is preparing you to comfortably answer one – and only one – question: “Who are you?”
If you are unprepared to succinctly answer this question in a way to demonstrates your fit for the position, you’ll lose an important opportunity to make a great impression at the
Here’s how you can create a strong answer…
Executive recruiters get paid a fee by employers to find the right candidate. The more you earn, the higher the fee is for the recruiter.
If you discuss wanting a higher salary offer with a recruiter, they might tell you something like this: “My fee is based on your compensation. We are in this together!”
Should you believe them? The answer will surprise you. Watch this video to learn more…
Your goal is to stall salary discussions until the company makes a job offer to you, because that’s when you have the upper-hand in salary negotiations.
Here’s how to do that…
Your goal is to stall salary discussions until the company makes a job offer to you, because that’s when you have the upper-hand in salary negotiations.
Here’s how to do that…
Here’s how to handle requests for salary information online…