interview
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10 Good Ways to ‘Tell Me About Yourself’
I love this article because it gets straight to the heart of the interview process. Skills, work history and so forth are important but only in terms of getting you to the plate. Ultimately, the interview is where you have a chance to hit it out of the park. Being prepared, asking the right questions and engaging the interviewer are all critical to your ability to land the role you really want. Each of these ...
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The Counteroffer: Why and How to Avoid This Losing Proposition
By Gregory Saukulak - Originally posted on recruitingblogs.com. To see the original article click here. When an employee informs their supervisors of their resignation, they are sometimes confronted by what is known as a counteroffer - an employer’s “rebuttal” to the resignation in the form of a proposed salary increase or other perceived benefits. Many misinformed professionals have no hesitation in considering a counteroffer. In fact, many will reason that a salary increase in their ...
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Phone Interview-How to avoid being screened out
Telephone interviews are becoming more and more common these days. Travel can be expensive and companies are practicing tighter expense management. The phone interview is now seen as a valuable tool to help in narrowing down the playing field. Job hunters should keep one key thing in mind as they prepare for a phone interview. This is your opportunity to advance to the next step, the face to face interview, so make every second count! ...
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Develop Your Personal Brand
Having a good professional reputation is an obvious key to success, but many people don't take the time to nurture it, or they don't know how. We find it helpful to think about a reputation as a personal brand. Developing your own unique brand is considered not a luxury but an essential for future employability and success. We work with corporate clients in the area of brand development, and we've identified the DNA that makes up ...
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Top 10 List-Candidate Dumb Answers/Mistakes During Interviews
Most of us take interviews quite seriously. Some don’t. Being that we talk to quite a few clients and we debrief quite a few candidates after their interviews, we have heard a lot of the “dumb” interview mistakes, but I’m sure we’ve not heard it all. I thought for this article we’d list a few of the “dumb” candidate answers or mistakes we’ve had the opportunity to witness, or hear about. We’ll list it like ...
