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3 Tips For Your Interview

People who interview well seem to do so effortlessly. While the rest of us waste time studying single-use, canned answers we’ll probably never use in the actual interview, these lucky few come in and rattle off brilliant responses without any preparation at all. Prospective employers can present these breezy interviewees with surprise panel interviews, hairy [...]

Your Cover Letter, Better in 4 Steps

Cover letters are often the most difficult part of initially applying to a job. This is especially true for those of you who are recent grads or are otherwise relatively new to the job market. It can be hard to pin down your accomplishments and why you are a perfect fit for the job without [...]

Optimize Your Staffing Decisions by using In-depth Work style & Personality Assessment Tools – Part 2

As was mentioned in part one of this article, the wrong hiring decision can cost your company well over two to three times the individual’s salary according to Barry Deutsch, Impact Hiring Solutions. This figure may be a conservative estimate because of factors like training, evaluation, termination, re-initiating the hiring process, and lost opportunity costs. [...]

Optimize Your Staffing Decisions by using In-depth Work-style & Personality Assessment Tools – Part 1

The wrong hiring decision can cost your company well over two to three times the individual’s salary according to Barry Deutsch, Impact Hiring Solutions. This figure may be a conservative estimate because of factors like training, evaluation, termination, re-initiating the hiring process, and lost opportunity costs. There is also an emotional factor involved in a [...]

Rejection Letter: How Should You Act After Getting One?

We all hate rejection and especially rejection letters.  It makes us feel bad that someone doesn’t really like or want us.  When you see you’ve been rejected in black and white it’s can take the wind out of our sail as a job seeker.  After we get a rejection letter and recover our balance the [...]

How to Create Your Career Development Plan in 3 Steps

If you are pondering your career direction and how to get where you want to be, there are some simple steps you can take that will help you come up with a plan.  Let’s not be confused by the word “simple”.  Sometimes the simplest of concepts or steps can be tough to do, because they [...]

Your Interview Behavior and How to Create Fast “Likeability”

The impression you make on the interviewer is more than delivering a great response to a question.  The impact you make on them will come as a result of your own behavior and interaction with them.  People want to hire people that they like and share similar values.  While all of those things can’t possibly [...]

Work Gaps – Can You Really Hide Them?

Work gaps continue to be job seekers’ biggest worry.  It’s little wonder; we still carry a certain amount of stigma associated with a gap – never mind what it might do to the bank account.  I am continuously asked, “How do I lay out my resume to minimize the effect of a gap?”   Sure, you [...]

Job Search Priorities – What Should Yours Be?

“What should my job search priorities be?” I am frequently asked that question; and its music to my ears.  I love the fact that some job seekers are interested in ensuring the time they spend on their job search is going to be the highest return on their time investment. There are many moving parts [...]

How to Make the Most of References

  Kathy Keshemberg The  references you provide and how well you prepare them can play a huge role in your chances for a job offer. Here are a few tips to keep in mind. 1.  Choose people you trust and who can articulately vouch for the work that you do. Supervisors or others who have [...]

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