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Great Interview But No Offer: Why You Didn’t Get the Job
Tweet Share on Facebook October 29, 2010 Comment (11)You’ve had several interviews and haven’t landed the perfect job yet. The interviews seem to go well from your perspective, but then, surprisingly, you find yourself without an offer.
Here are five reasons that might explain why you didn’t get the job:
1. You sounded desperate.
Hiring manager and recruiters can tell when someone is genuinely interested in their position or in any position. Knowing as much as you can about the opportunity and asking smart questions during the interview will show the hiring manager you’ve taken the time to evaluate the opportunity.
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8 Ways to Energize Your Career Dreams
Tweet Share on Facebook October 28, 2010 Comment (3)Turning your career dreams into reality doesn’t just happen. It takes consistent, persistent effort. Sometimes you’ll feel like you’re making great progress, while other times you may feel mired down and stuck.
Here are eight ways to energize those dreams so you can take full advantage when your career juices are flowing and stick with it even when they’re not:
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21 Ways to Avoid Job Interview Anxiety
Tweet Share on Facebook October 27, 2010 Comment (1)Career experts often offer helpful tips for reducing job interview anxiety. But you don’t want to reduce job interview anxiety; you want to avoid it altogether. Before you say, “But that’s impossible!” let’s clarify: You don’t actually have to eliminate the anxiety. You only have to avoid letting it show.
Anxiety is a turn-off. In a job interview, you want to come across as confident, competent, and ready to go to work. Anxiety detracts from the strong, positive impression you want to make. It’s also contagious—your jitters can infect and distract your interviewer, making him less able to focus on you.
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5 Steps to Breaking Bad Work Habits
Tweet Share on Facebook October 26, 2010 Comment (5)We all have our own bad habits at the office. Maybe it’s gossiping or complaining. Or binge eating or nail-biting. Or checking e-mail incessantly.
Whatever the habit, we’d be happier without it. To break and replace those tendencies, follow these simple five steps:
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Does Your Career Need a Check-Up?
Tweet Share on Facebook October 22, 2010 Comment (3)When your career needs help, it won’t send a signal. You won’t feel a twinge in your stomach or a desperate thirst. You may continue on that career track for years without recognizing the need for change, failing to seek help because you don’t know it’s needed.
That’s why you should take time for a professional check-up. It doesn’t necessarily require an expert or consultant, and it may be as simple as an informal meeting with someone who’s trustworthy, experienced, analytical, frank. Someone who understands your industry.
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8 Ways to Dissolve Your Career Fears
Tweet Share on Facebook October 21, 2010 Comment (4)Thinking about making changes to pursue a career you love? When it comes to taking the leap, many of us run into one giant, seemingly insurmountable roadblock. The more seriously we think about taking a step in that direction, the stronger and more impenetrable it becomes.
What’s the roadblock? Fear. It’s a prime culprit in keeping us limited and stuck in our lives.
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20 Ways to Stay Motivated During Your Job Search
Tweet Share on Facebook October 19, 2010 Comment (5)The longer you look for a job, the tougher it becomes. Who could blame you for feeling despondent, discouraged, depressed—even bitter? Some days you may not even feel like getting out of bed.
Unfortunately, not only is depression, well, depressing, it also makes it harder to get out there and look. And the less you get out and look, the less likely a job offer will come your way. Even worse, prospective employers tend to be turned off by negativity. It’s the most dastardly kind of Catch-22.
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How to Avoid Giving Donations at Work
Tweet Share on Facebook October 19, 2010 Comment (7)The office is supposed to be a place where we make money, not spend it. But between Girl Scout cookies, holiday wrapping paper, office birthdays, and charity races, I’m constantly asked to crack open my wallet.
Sometimes I have the money, sometimes I don't; sometimes I want to give, sometimes I don't.
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When the Interviewer Doesn't Interview You
Tweet Share on Facebook October 18, 2010 Comment (2)If you go on enough interviews, you’re going to run into some bad interviewers. Plenty of people who interview candidates don’t do it enough to become good at it, and plenty of them are even nervous themselves--something job seekers tend not to consider.
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Why Open Recruitment for a Job Is Better Than a Greased Selection
Tweet Share on Facebook October 15, 2010 CommentThe complaint is familiar:
“Don’t waste your time applying for that job because everyone knows that the selection has already been made. They’re just going through the motions by recruiting.”
