Phone interview tips to get hired A while back I started a blog series on how to improve your chances at each stage of the interview process. In the first two parts I focused on the top of the funnel – specifically, how to make your application and resume jump out of the applicant pool […]
How to negotiate salary Despite the best efforts of HR departments, I’m often surprised by the wide variance in the salaries people earn in similar positions and at similar companies. The higher you go up in the corporate ranks, the wider that variance seems to become. I think there is a misconception among job seekers […]
Job search strategies – the multi-channel application Without question, the biggest challenge I hear about from the people I lead and coach, is how difficult it has become to stand out from the massive crowds of people applying for every job. How to find a job? Well, the internet, frankly, has made it a lot […]
Weaknesses for job interview: How to answer the dreaded question I’m a little surprised to be writing about this topic because it has been written about many times before. But I recently participated in a couple of interviews where this question was asked, and I was quite shocked to see candidates so unprepared to handle […]
How to negotiate a job offer I get asked a lot of questions about how to negotiate a job offer. The same advice really applies to new job offers, internal promotions, annual increases … all of it. Negotiation can be extremely uncomfortable and feel too risky for many of us. I can totally see why […]
Group interviews – How to avoid consensus hiring Consensus hiring can kill a company. That sounds a bit dramatic I know, but I mean it. I don’t know exactly when it began, but these days most corporate hiring processes include groups of at least four or five people that interview, assess and weigh in on […]
How to jump out of the job applicant pool – 5 secrets from a hiring manager This is part two in a series of blogs I felt compelled to write after hearing story after story from friends and family members about the escalating challenges in the current job search environment. In the first blog I […]
Is It Time to Quit Your Job? The 4 Most Important Considerations Q – I’ve been with my company for 3 years now and part of me thinks it is time to move on to pursue new opportunities. I’ve become extremely frustrated with my boss lately and I don’t see a clear career path for […]
4 Interview Questions To See the Truth in Every Candidate I want to become a better interviewer. In fact, I’m quite obsessed with it at the moment. The irony of this is that for the longest time, I placed little or no value whatsoever in the practice of interviewing … I honestly didn’t think it […]
Are Cover Letters Still Important I’ve been getting asked this question a lot lately. Every job seeker wants to optimize the search process to give themselves the best chance of getting hired. But they also want to focus their limited time and energy on the strategies and tactics most likely to result in finding a […]
