When it comes to finding a better opportunity, everybody wants to increase the odds that they’re going to receive an offer of employment from the company for which they want to work. Here’s the myth: Being represented by a recruiter will cost the company more money to hire you, and therefore, will decrease your odds [...]
Most of the time, when job seekers are assembling their resume, they forget one vital aspect of it. Their online presence. Make no doubt about it—your presence on the Internet is definitely part of your professional resume. Why is that? Simple. If you apply for a position with a company and they’re seriously considering you [...]
While summer is here, and this is definitely time to have some fun, it’s also a good time to reflect on your current employment situation and your career. And ironically or not, one of the things you should reflect upon is your current work-life balance. After all, it’s no secret that Americans work more than [...]
People are often conflicted over whether they should leave their job. They feel loyalty to their current employer, but they want to explore other employment opportunities and grow their career. As a result, some professionals feel guilty about doing so. However, they should not feel this way, because the person they should feel the most [...]
The middle of the year is a great time to take stock of where you are right now, both in your current employment situation and your career. Yes, the past year has been a challenging one. The main reason for this is the COVID-19 pandemic. However, multiple vaccines are available, and it appears as though [...]
In our previous blog post, we addressed “visualizing” your interview success before the interview has even taken place. But what about when the interview has begun? Sure, you should “visualize” your success, but what about avoiding mistakes once it’s begun? Just because you visualize your interview success, it does not mean that you won’t have [...]
These days, employers conduct interviews in a variety of ways, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact that it’s had on the employment marketplace and the job market. They could conduct virtual interviews, or they opt instead for video interviews. And despite the pandemic, there are some organizations that are still conducting in-person interviews [...]
While the job market and the employment marketplace continue to evolve in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, something else that was evolving before the pandemic even started was the interview process. For years, companies and organizations used traditional interviewing techniques. These techniques revolved around questions that targeted a candidate’s qualifications in regards to their [...]
In a previous blog post, we addressed the question, “Are You Happy and Fulfilled in Your Current Job?” And regardless of your answer to this question, there are other factors to consider when conducting an analysis of your current job situation and reflecting upon your possible career path. Below are four major factors to consider [...]
In our previous blog post, we discussed the “hunker down mode" in which many employees have been working during the past year and the fact that they’ve been reluctant to actively search for a new job despite their desire to do so. One of the main reasons for this is the fact that they’ve been [...]