job interview Archives

Six Tips to Keep You Motivated in Your Job Search

6 Tips to Keep Up the Momentum in Your Job Search Whether job searching for the first time or re-entering the workforce, job hunting can be exhausting. Discovering your...

What to Do After the Final-Round of Job Interview

You made it through the final-round job interview, and now you’re waiting to hear whether or not you’re hired. This stretch of time can feel like agony, so what should...

5 Tricky Questions and How to Answer Them

You’re dressed head-to-toe in your best professional attire. You’ve got a freshly-printed, top-notch resume in hand. You’re called into the executive’s office and you greet them with a warm smile...

How To Approach The Weakness Question In A Job Interview

When it comes to job interview questions, the classic “What are your greatest strengths?” is a softball. It’s an invitation to shine a spotlight on all the skills and experiences...

One of the ultimate paradoxes of the hiring process

When I was finishing grad school in May 2014 and started going on a bunch of interviews with companies of about 250 employees all the way up to places like...

A brief examination of candidate and employer “ghosting”

Seems like “ghosting” has been a hot topic of late in recruiting circles, so it felt wise to cover it, albeit briefly. Most discussions of ghosting seem to focus...

It seems people are confused by what “strategy” means

Here's a new article where, seemingly, some Australian consultant gets a bunch of top dogs (execs) in a room and asks: “What is your broader strategy?” They go off and...

Video Interviews and Personalized Hiring in the World of Automation

LinkedIn, for its 2018 Global Recruiting Trends report, surveyed 8,815 talent acquisition professionals and hiring managers about their recruitment activities, their recommendations and the prominent, effective trends they were seeing....

5 Mistakes Candidates Make When Speaking With Recruiters

With insight into the process, you can leverage your skills and set yourself aside from the competition that is still shooting blindfolded. Like any journey, you can’t get anywhere without knowing...

What 5 Things Must You Do to Ace the Interview?

If your resume made the cut and you got called in for a job interview, it's time to get prepared. After all, you only get one chance to make the...