Job interviews take up valuable time, and a big part of effective time management entails asking the right questions and bypassing many clichés. 1. Why are you interested in working here? Instead, say something like: “I would enjoy hearing about what you might like to do here.” This statement is more practical and relevant. “Why […]
Many temps show up at new jobs and find that no one has prepared for them. What results is a lot of nonproductive, wasted time for both temps and regular employees. The good news is that your business can adopt some best practices to stay organized so that when temps come in, work keeps humming […]
For any job searcher, tips to improve the hunt and be more successful are widely available – just do an Internet search. Sometimes though, it’s harder to find tips that are relevant to current hiring situations. Here are a few tips that do work and five that are outdated and ineffective. Five Tips to Ignore […]
In the past, hiring managers typically focused on an applicant’s experience as an indicator of what they could do for the company – but times are changing. This, however, has been changing recently as more businesses are choosing to hire applicants who show great potential but who don’t have experience and then training them for […]
The workplace has changed quite a bit over the past decade. With the advances in technology, communication is faster and easier, and this has led to shifts in the way people act toward one another. When it comes to applying for jobs, an applicant can have the perfect skill set and experience, but if their […]
Unstructured interviews have a very casual feel to them. They are good for putting candidates at ease, but critics say that they’re not truly effective. Many answers from unstructured interviews tend to be irrelevant as questions move from useful questions about the job into those that are more designed to show off a candidate’s personality. […]
Recently Glassdoor reached out to me for an article about changing careers and I provided some insight, which was quoted. In it I discussed the importance of learning about the position and field one aspires to enter. I also discussed the importance of reaching out to the decision makers at companies that career changers are […]