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Does This Job Pass the Sniff Test? 4 Questions to Ask
Tweet Share on Facebook December 19, 2012 CommentJob seekers often feel intimidated or as if they're being interrogated during the interview process. However, when armed with questions, you can level the playing field and turn the interview into a mutually beneficial exchange of information. This should be your goal.
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5 Interview Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid
Tweet Share on Facebook December 19, 2012 CommentIf you're interviewing for jobs, you know the feeling of kicking yourself for hours after an interview because you flubbed an answer or got the interviewer's name wrong. But no one is perfect, and most interviewers don't expect candidates to give perfect interviews. However, there are some interviewing mistakes that are easily avoidable, and which you can navigate away from with just a little bit of thought.
Here are five interview mistakes that you can avoid if you know about them ahead of time.
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5 Key Networking Tricks to Help Land You a Job
Tweet Share on Facebook December 19, 2012 CommentAt this time of the year and all year long, networking is key to your job search success. You've heard of the hidden job market, but maybe you didn't know that it doesn't necessarily refer to hidden jobs. Rather it refers to how the most-successful job seekers connect with decision makers and convince them to create a job that doesn't already exist.
How can you take advantage? Debra Feldman, the "JobWhiz" and an executive talent agent skilled in helping people network with purpose to access hidden jobs, suggests these five tips to create your own "career insurance:"
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9 Signs You're a Crummy Boss
Tweet Share on Facebook December 18, 2012 CommentIf, as you storm through the office, instilling fear in the eyes of your staff, you're congratulating yourself on being an excellent boss, it's time to re-evaluate your opinion of yourself. If you can answer "yes" to any of these questions, it's time for some serious leadership training.
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5 Ways to Leverage Your December Job Hunt
Tweet Share on Facebook December 18, 2012 CommentWhile you might believe that the last couple weeks of the year are fallow, this season offers unique opportunities for job hunters. Here are some end-of-the-year tips you can implement now:
1. Keep your online network warm. Take advantage of the season to initiate communications with the people in your network. Review your first degree LinkedIn connections and reach out to them.
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3 Tips for Introverts in an Extrovert Workplace
Tweet Share on Facebook December 18, 2012 CommentAll too often, talented introverts are overshadowed by their louder, more gregarious and extroverted colleagues.
Susan Cain's recent book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, helps shed light on this issue. In an interview with NPR, she makes the point that American culture started idealizing extroverted personalities at the turn of the 20th century when we had the rise of big businesses. "It's quite a problem in the workplace today, because we have a workplace that is increasingly set up for maximum group interaction. More and more of our offices are set up as open-plan offices where there are no walls and there's very little privacy," she says in the interview. "The average amount of space per employee actually shrunk from 500 square feet in the 1970s to 200 square feet today."
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How To Identify A Great Company
Tweet Share on Facebook December 17, 2012 CommentGlassdoor, a jobs and career community, just released its fifth annual top 50 Best Places to Work list, with these five companies on top: Facebook, McKinsey & Company, Riverbed Technology, Bain & Company, and MD Anderson Cancer Center. But what makes a company a best place to work? And how can you determine if the company you think you want to work for is really a good employer… or not?
Consider these five tips when separating the "wheat from the chaff," so to speak:
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5 Awkward Holiday Situations at Work ... And How to Smooth Them Over
Tweet Share on Facebook December 17, 2012 CommentThe holidays at work can feel like an especially warm and festive time, but they're also prime time for awkward situations. With gift-giving, holiday parties, and alcohol in the mix, December probably has more opportunity for awkward moments in the workplace than any other month.
Here are five awkward situations you might encounter at work this month and what you can do to smooth them over.
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Why the Holidays Are the Best Time to Look for a Job
Tweet Share on Facebook December 17, 2012 CommentMost people stop their job search between now and the new year. They're swamped with holiday hoohah and figure most employers are focusing more on Ho Ho Ho than Hire Hire Hire.
But here are six ring-a-ling reasons why you should replace some of your holiday-shopping time with job-search time:
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Is the Holiday Hiring Lull Really a Myth?
Tweet Share on Facebook December 13, 2012 CommentIf you job seekers were thinking about taking time off from the hunt in December, that might not be the best idea. Many people think there's a holiday hiring lull this time of year, but that is, for most companies, a myth.
Many job candidates think because hiring managers are closing the books and wrapping up budgets that they can't hire this late to the end of the year. Or that companies are too busy focusing on the merriment of holiday parties and that they're not focused on bringing in new staff.
