Job interviews can be terrifying. You’re usually judged by a stranger who knows nothing about you and observes your body language with little or no knowledge about your “baseline” behavior.
What is more, employers famously make up their mind about a candidate within the first five minutes of meeting them. Your CV might have got you [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Job Seeker Tips’
March 10, 2010
How to give a good job interview
March 10, 2010
Quick resume tip: Lead with your skill set
There are a couple of good reasons you should be using a skills-based resume. For one, you want potential employers to focus on what you know rather than where you’ve worked. Another is that your work history, like that of many people in the current economy, may be spotty, and you’d like to show that [...]
March 4, 2010
Ten Time Saving Tips to Speed Up Your Job Search
Is your job search off to a slow start or getting stuck? Here are some quick time-saving job search tips that will help your hunt for a new job go smoothly.
Be Prepared. Have a telephone answering machine or voice mail system in place and sign-up for a professional sounding email address. Put your cell phone [...]
February 22, 2010
How do I prepare for interview questions that come out of left field?
Q: I know there are job interview questions that are commonly asked (“Where do you see yourself in five years?”, “What’s your greatest weakness?” and so forth). But how do I ready myself for queries that come way out of left field? I want to be able to score with every answer I give.
A: In [...]
February 22, 2010
Cover letter tips that could help new grads land a job
This is not going to be a banner year for new grads to be job hunting, so every advantage to stand tall helps.
Career experts and resume writers Wendy Enelow and Louise Kursmark teach that in the fourth edition of “Cover Letter Magic: Trade Secrets of Professional Resume Writers” ($16.95; JIST Publishing).
Here are their five tips [...]
February 17, 2010
How Are You Conducting Your Job Search?
Traditional methods of finding jobs include reading the Situations Vacant columns, registering with job sites and recruitment agencies.
There are better ways.
They are more efficient and they work because 99% of people don’t do this…
Speaking as a professional recruiter, you’d probably expect me to say that registering with a recruitment agency is a great thing to [...]
February 10, 2010
Behavioral interviews require answers, not your questions
Adapted from a recent online discussion with career advice columnist Lily Garcia.
Arlington: I have a behavioral event interview coming up next week. I understand the general ideas behind a BEI, but does that format allow for me to ask questions about the organization?
Lily Garcia: Behavioral interviews are based on the principle that the best predictor [...]
January 27, 2010
Interviewing Is Not My Favorite Activity
Many people find interviewing to be very stressful. Typically it is because they don’t know what to expect or understand how to give the interviewer the information they are looking for in the format that is desired. Most companies have moved to a behavioral style of interviewing that focuses on understanding how you have handled [...]
January 22, 2010
How to Overcome Interview Nervousness
Interviewing has always cause most people some anxiety…
Well, we’ve been busy here at LocalJobPods.com looking for quality nuggets of advise on what to do to help ease your interview anxiety. Tell us what you think!
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January 19, 2010
Network, Network, Network
I am sure you have heard this numerous times and here comes one more, success in the job search is all about networking. Many people tell me they are networking and do not understand why they are not getting any results. The reason is they are not networking EFFECTIVELY.
So what is effective networking? To have [...]
