C-Suite Executive
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8 Most Common Interview Questions – With 8 Best Answers
The following is a nice article that highlights some of the questions you might be asked through the interview process. The questions are rather generic but I like that because they are often asked in a variety of ways and the generality used here should help spur thoughts about other ways they might come up. Just make sure to practice your responses to each. You get one shot…nailing the answers to these questions could really ...
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So, What Is Wrong With Polyester Shorts and Tube Socks Anyway?
A few months ago, I was forced to go through some dresser drawers that I hadn’t touched in a long – ok, a long, long time - and what I found was shocking! There, in the bottom of the drawer were some old tennis shorts and tube socks I had worn when I played competitive tennis many years ago. I had to laugh because I could not believe we actually wore that stuff back then. ...
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Resume Objective Statements That Kill Your Hiring Prospects
Article from JobMob.com How to know if your resume has an objective statement that helps or harms. Does your resume have an Objective Statement that starts with something like, “A responsible position allowing me to fully utilize my professional skills and which provides me with an opportunity for professional advancement”? If it does, consider that you’ve just asked a potential employer to read 20+ words that say absolutely nothing and risked having that person close your ...
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7 Assumptions that Stall Your Job Search
By Alesia Benedict, CPRW, JCTC GetInterviews.com What old assumptions about resumes and job searches are holding you back in your job search? Many job seekers fall into the trap of thinking about resumes in ways that are no longer standard practice. Approaching today's job search with old-style strategies is not going to drive your resume to the top of the "must-call" list. Take a few minutes to review your resume and ...
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What Does Your Online Reputation Say About You
What does your online reputation say about you? Have you “Googled®” yourself lately? Perhaps there was a time you did a search for someone that you were or have been close to. Were you shocked at some of the information you turned up? The internet is an amazing source of information, but the internet also doesn’t forget much. It’s like that saying, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas,” unless it was put on Facebook®, Twitter®, YouTube®, etc. Nothing at all ...
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Your Resume Shouldn’t Play Games
Why unconventional resumes drive hiring managers and recruiters nuts. By Lisa Vaas Steve Silberberg is into a lot of things: certified Wilderness First Responder; published in scientific journals; and, according to his database-driven, configurable, searchable online resume, maintains a collection of over 2,100 air sickness bags. Everybody hates this resume. Only about five hiring managers over the years have refrained from requesting a standard Word resume, “even though I wrote an RTF generator ...
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We can’t all be Robin Williams
Robin Williams turns 60 on Thursday and I nearly died laughing watching the five minutes of his segment on "Inside the Actor's Studio" — all before James Lipton got a chance to ask his first question: Click below to watch the segment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evq8wnvTC3M&feature=player_detailpage#t=96sfirst I've written before about the importance of smiling on the phone, or psyching yourself up before an interview, or getting a mirror so you have someone to smile back at you ...
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Are your emails ignored? Try This-
Most people get blown off because their e-mails are shabby, poorly written, meandering, and a waste of time. And that's because most e-mail ignores the needs of the audience and fails to answer the simplest question: why should the recipient of this e-mail care, understand, know, and agree with what you're saying? It's probably no surprise that this is the case ...
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Setting Goals
We know it’s important. So why do many people think the act of setting and successfully achieving goals is so difficult? It is an extremely powerful skill to have. The key to setting an important and long term goal is to break it down into smaller, do-able action plans and work your plan. Basically we all set goals to achieve what we truly and internally want to accomplish. Often times we set these goals ...
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Do You Need More Training?
If you feel as if you've looked at every job posting on earth and you still can't find one your skills match up with, then it's time to develop some new skills. This may be the perfect opportunity to go back to school, or at least add some challenging night classes. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough we must do. - Goethe Building career skills: Look internally first. Are ...
