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Researching &
Planning Your Job Search
The Organized Job Search - An expert in organizational and time
management matters explains why and how to organize your schedule, your
workspace and your contacts during and prior to the job search.
Conduct an
Informational Interview - An informational interview can be very
enlightening in your job search. You may learn about job expectations
and duties, salaries and key people in the industry or at that company.
An expert tells you what is an informational interview and how to
conduct one.
Avoiding 10
Deadly Interview Mistakes? - Prepare for your next job interview by
knowing about these 10 job interview mistakes you could make---so you don't!
Writing Resumes
The Interviewable Resume
- If your resume doesn't get you called for an interview, it's useless
in your job search. Learn how to write a resume that stands out from the other
300 resumes in the employer's "to read" pile.
Three Steps to Writing Your Own
Resume - You can hire someone to help you write your resume. Or you can
write your own resume. If you choose to write your own resume, follow this
expert advice so it looks professional and gets you the interview because
it's a "strong" resume and not just "okay".
Writing Cover Letters
Nuts
and Bolts of Effective Cover Letters - A strategically written cover
letter increases your chances of being interviewed and lets you highlight your individuality.
Here's how to add substance to your cover
letter.
The Not-So-Effective Cover
Letter - Cover letters can win job interviews. But not if you don't know
how to write a persuasive, targeted, and commercial-like cover letter. Read
onward to learn how to do just that with this expert's step-by-step advice.
Interview Types
Job
Interviews: Succeeding With Panel Interviews - These days, job
interviews often consist of a panel of three-to-six interviewers. Panel
interviews are beneficial for the employer, but they can also be beneficial
for the job seeker. Here's how to make the most of them...
Mastering the
Lunch Interview - Doing lunch with an interviewer or prospective
boss is not the same as doing lunch with a friend. Here is how to do the
lunch interview with a job recruiter the right way.
Tips for
Terrific Telephone Interviews - Here's how to prepare for a phone
interview so that it leads to an in-person job interview.
10 Steps to Getting the Most Out of Job
Fairs - Can you get the job of your dreams at a job fair? Maybe. As with
any job interview opportunity though, you need to prepare. Do research
ahead of time, prepare and bring resumes, dress appropriately and much
more. Here are the details.
Making a Great
Impression During the Interview
Interview Skills That Attract Offers
- An interviewer’s mission is to assess your qualifications compared to the
other candidates. Asking you questions is their way of
accomplishing that mission. Preparing meaningful responses in advance is
your way of impressing the interviewer. Here's how to attract offers.
The Likeability Factor – Do
You Have It? - Making a good first impression during the interview
process is vital to getting the job. Would you give someone a job based
on their resume skills if you met them and they made a terrible first
impression? Could you take that chance that they'd be
different on the job? Read onward to
learn how to fine-tune your likeability traits during the interview.
More Companies Using Job Interview Phone
Screening - Human resource directors and job recruiters use
telephone interviews as screening tools to save time and money. The
interviewer asks key questions that determine whether or not it's worthwhile
to pursue you further as a candidate. Be prepared for that phone ring.
Job
Interviews: Plan Your Appearance to Make a Great First Impression -
Learn how to dress for a job interview so you make a good first impression
and so you don't do anything to harm your chances at getting the job. Don't
just be yourself. Appearances do count.
Interview Questions &
Answers
So, Why Don't You Tell Me About
Yourself? - It's a question that most interviewees
expect and the one they have the most difficulty answering. Since
interviewers use the interview process as a vehicle to eliminate your
candidacy, you should be prepared to answer this question right. Follow the
four easy steps outlined here.
The Inevitable Job Interview Question: Why Did You Leave (Are Planning To
Leave) Your Last Position? - This is a question that you can almost
count on being asked at your next interview. The answer you give could
set the tone for the rest of the interview. Learn how to answer it so
that you make a strong impression in a good way.
What Is Your Greatest Weakness?
- What is your greatest weakness? It's a question you're sure to hear in the
interview. Only it might be phrased differently. Learn how so and how to
respond to questions about your weak side.
Why
Should we Hire you? - Have a good reason or a unique reason;
otherwise, why shouldn't the boss hire the next candidate or the one before
you. Here is some help in answering this question.
Questions You Can
Ask During an Interview
Now, Do You Have Any
Questions?- During a job interview, make sure you ask questions. And
make sure those are the right questions. The way you approach the Q&A
session will have a direct impact on the interviewer’s perception of you.
Here are a few things
you might like to ask your prospective employer.
Interview Questions: How To
Stump The Interviewer - Job interviews are two-way streets when it comes
to questions. Be prepared to answer questions with answers you've thought
out before the interview. Also be prepared to ask questions you've
contemplated before the interview. If the employer answers your questions
wrong, you may not want this job offer.
How to Ask for
the Job - If you're in a tight competition for a new job, at least one
thing can make you stand out as the better candidate. That one thing is if
you ask for the job and your "opponent" doesn't. Learn how to speak up
properly to make the ask for the job. It could be the deciding factor in who
gets the job.
Job Interview Success System
If you want to master the secrets to acing any interview and winning a
new job whenever you want, then spend 5 minutes reading this eye-opening
report.
Prepare for the Interview
Six Factors That Can Cost You the
Interview/Job - There are lots of little mistakes that can prevent
you from getting an interview or job. But you can prevent these simple
mistakes with preparation. Here are six mistakes that you don't want to
make.
How to Give Job-Winning Answers at
Interviews - Anticipate
questions, prepare answers and practice responding. You can't anticipate
every question word-for-word that an interviewer will ask you. But you
can prepare background materials/answers to use in answering any
question.
Overcome Objections
During the Interview
Job Interviews -- The Four Worst Objections
You’ll Face and How to Deal with Them - Expect tough questions and
objections during interviews. Just plan ahead to deal with them. Here are
four common ones you may encounter and how to deal with them.
How to Overcome Being "Overqualified" - Before you pull out your
hair or insult the interviewer who says you're overqualified for the job, do
more research on the phrase. Here's what employers are really trying to say
plus
ways to proactively tackle the overqualified issue in the interview.
Illegal/Questionable
Interview Questions
Illegal Interview Questions
- Be Prepared - Illegal interview questions sometimes happen during a
job interview. Find out what they are, why they happen and what you should
do about answering the question if you're put in such a situation.
"Hey, You Can't Ask
Me That!" - An employer's questions must be related to the
job for which you are applying. But that doesn't mean that you will
never be asked inappropriate questions, inadvertently or on purpose.
Learn if and how you should answer an inappropriate interview question.
After the Interview
Evaluating
Job Offers -- Eleven Warning Signs You Must Watch Out For - Moving into
a new job always involves some degree of uncertainty. One or more of these
eleven warning signs, if present, may spell trouble.
Job
Interviews -- How to Follow Up Effectively - Post-interview follow-up can be a factor in whether or not
you get the job for which you interviewed, especially if the competition is
close. Here's what to do after the interview.
Waiting For the Official Job
Offer - Many job seekers are offered the position by the interviewer and
they never hear from HR or it takes months before a firm offer is made. But
there are steps that you can take as a job seeker to minimize your risk of
being strung along by an employer.
Negotiating
Job Offer Salary & Other Details
10 Keys to
Getting Paid What You are Worth - Negotiating salary once a job offer
has been made is expected and adds to your credibility. Learn why you should
negotiate salary and how to do it right.
Smart Salary Negotiation Tips
- Eleven commandments for smart negotiating. Salary negotiation is a learned
skill. Learn it before you get that job offer so you can use it to your
advantage.
Negotiate Better Job Offers with This
Twelve-Point Checklist - Do you think the job offer you just received
could have been better? Here are twelve points that can help you negotiate
better job offers.
Reference & Background
Checks
If You're Fired, Will Past Employers Keep
Your Secret? - Can your previous employer tell a prospective employer
that you were fired? Can he comment extensively on what a great job you
did (or didn't do)?
Are Your References Ready? - Find out
how many job references you need, who they should be and what you should
tell them.
The Background on Background Checks
- More companies are conducting background checks on potential employees
than ever before. Find out why, whether they have to notify you or not
and what types of background checks companies do. Plus prepare for them. |
