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Why You Didn't Get the Job
Tweet Share on Facebook February 25, 2013 CommentYou were perfect for the job and your interviewer seemed to love you—or so you thought. But you just found out that you didn't get the job, and now you're wondering why. Here are eight of the most common reasons you didn't get hired.
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Get Smart: Time-Effective Approaches to Boosting Your Thinking Ability
Tweet Share on Facebook February 25, 2013 CommentNothing is more key to career success than the ability to think: learn quickly, analyze situations, solve problems, and communicate intelligently.
Some of that may be hard-wired but here are ways to improve reasoning that seem, well, reasonable.
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How to Get Along With a Dreadful Boss
Tweet Share on Facebook February 21, 2013 CommentIf you constantly find yourself at odds with your supervisor, pause just a moment before you start looking for another job. It's not an ideal situation to butt heads with your boss constantly, but there are professional ways to handle the situation.
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The Exact Words to Use When Negotiating Salary
Tweet Share on Facebook February 21, 2013 CommentYou have the most power to negotiate a salary after you've impressed your future employer in interviews, but before you sign an official job offer. Most employees will informally offer you the job before they give you anything to sign, and this is a good time to talk about what you want.
Your new employer wants to hire you, received buy-in from other team members, and has no desire to keep interviewing. More than anything, they're anxious for you to start work. This is the time; ask for more money.
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Master the 5 Toughest Interview Questions
Tweet Share on Facebook February 20, 2013 CommentWhen it comes to your job interview, "hope for the best and prepare for the worst" is the best possible mantra. Walking into your interview positive and well-rehearsed is a surefire way to knock the interview out of the park. But preparation can be daunting. You have no idea what sort of interview style this hiring manager will prefer—behavioral? Situational? A mix?
Rehearsing your answers to the most common job interview questions is a given. But another great way to make sure you cover as many bases as possible is to practice answering the questions that make many of your peers and competition stumble. Here are five tough interview questions that frequently trip up job candidates, straight from hiring managers:
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Hone In on Special Skills to Find a Job
Tweet Share on Facebook February 20, 2013 CommentIdentifying what employers want and making the case to show why you're a fit is one of the most challenging things for job seekers. If you haven't looked for a job in a while, it may seem like what employers want changed a lot since the last time you looked for work.
Years ago, everyone seemed to prefer to hire Jacks-of-all trades—in other words, people who could do a little of everything. The goal was to cross-train, and people who were generalists could expect to be in demand.
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How to Assert Your Legal Rights at Work
Tweet Share on Facebook February 20, 2013 CommentDo you know what to do if your employer is violating your legal rights at work? Most people don't—and either threaten legal action too quickly or don't speak up at all because they're not sure what to say.
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7 Ways You Can Tap Into Your Inner Leader
Tweet Share on Facebook February 20, 2013 CommentBeing a leader doesn't mean managing people. You can lead yourself and even lead others without an official title. Instead of leadership falling on the shoulders of those with titles, what if each member of the organization took on a leadership role? What if the power to inspire fell on each of us? What if you jumped on the self-leadership bus today?
Management expert and author Tom Peters has defined leadership as an ability to make people better than they believe they can be. As simple as this sounds, it's incredibly difficult to achieve—and you know this, because you have witnessed first-hand poor leadership. This is your chance to embrace your career development and take action to make you even better than you could imagine.
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8 Career-Change Disasters to Avoid at All Costs
Tweet Share on Facebook February 19, 2013 CommentReady to take your career in a different direction? Whether your current job is a bad fit or you're looking for an industry with a better future, finding a new line of work can be both incredibly satisfying and personally profitable.
But switching career tracks can also be a high-stakes gamble. Before striking out on your own, learn how to avoid these classic career-change disasters.
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The 4 Keys to a Great Interview
Tweet Share on Facebook February 19, 2013 Comment"Good interviews are rare and they really stand out!" said Sue Dahling Sullivan, chief of staff for the Citi Performing Arts Center in Boston, during a recent gathering of the Career Counselors' Consortium Northeast. Over the years, Sullivan has conducted many hundreds of interviews for a wide variety of positions in both the profit and non-profit sectors. Here are four of her crucial tips for job hunters seeking interview success:
