Tag Archives: interview advice

Six interview blunders you want to avoid

Posted: March 20, 2017 at 9:00 am

Share and Help your Friends With Their Job Search! It’s hard for job candidates to get honest feedback about how well they do on job interviews. Here are six frequently mentioned complaints recruiters and hiring managers have voiced over the years about the ways job seekers behave in their interviews. 1. Arriving late. Recruiters and hiring… Read More »

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Hard Skills vs. Soft Skills: What’s the Difference?

Posted: March 6, 2017 at 9:00 am

Share and Help your Friends With Their Job Search! Although most job seekers don’t think about the difference between hard and soft skills,  hiring managers think about it all the time. Hard skills include computer skills like Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint; bookkeeping and accounting; software development; foreign languages; mathematics and statistics; project management; and… Read More »

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What is an Informational Interview?

Posted: January 23, 2017 at 9:00 am

Share and Help your Friends With Their Job Search! What’s the difference between an informational interview and a job interview? According to Wikipedia an informational interview is a meeting in which a potential job seeker seeks advice on their career, the industry, and the corporate culture of a potential future workplace; while an employed professional learns… Read More »

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How to Explain Why You Left Your Last Job

Posted: December 27, 2016 at 9:00 am

Share and Help your Friends With Their Job Search! There comes a time in almost every employment interview when the hiring manager asks, “Why did you leave your last job?” It’s often a tough question to answer. People leave jobs because something didn’t work out. They got fired. Or they quit because they were afraid… Read More »

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Getting Hired Over 50

Posted: December 12, 2016 at 8:30 am

Share and Help your Friends With Their Job Search! Let’s face it. Americans are obsessed with youth. All things being equal, most hiring managers tend to choose a younger person instead someone over fifty. There are many fields, like advertising and fashion that target younger buyers, where employers assume

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Why every job seeker should use LinkedIn

Posted: November 28, 2016 at 8:30 am

Share and Help your Friends With Their Job Search! You don’t have to be a “professional” to to take advantage of LinkedIn, the “World’s Largest Professional Network.” Even if you work as a night stocker, mail clerk, front desk coordinator, housekeeper or any one of the thousands of jobs that are ordinarily not considered professional, you can… Read More »

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How to Handle Job Search Rejection

Posted: November 14, 2016 at 8:30 am

Share and Help your Friends With Their Job Search! It’s hard to handle rejection when you’re looking for a job. And it really stings when you get all the way to the job interview, but then find out that someone else got the job, not you. Here are some strategies to keep your job search… Read More »

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Research Employers Before You Interview

Posted: September 6, 2016 at 8:22 am

Share and Help your Friends With Their Job Search! You might not realize just how important online research can be in the interviewing process. Internet research gives you insight into into the company that you’re interviewing, and what they are all about. It’s a real confidence builder too. The more you know about a company,

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7 Job Interview Questions You Should be Asking

Posted: August 8, 2016 at 9:46 am

Share and Help your Friends With Their Job Search! You should always prepare yourself for the questions you might get asked in a job interview…and how you are going to answer them. Doing your homework will give you confidence and help prevent embarrassment. But beware. If all you do during your interview is answer questions… Read More »

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