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 [...]

The Doepker Group is pleased to announce a series of blog posts for both employers and job seekers in the employment marketplace. This series is called “Back to Basics” and will include various aspects of the recruiting and hiring process. It’s been over a year since the COVID-19 virus first made an appearance in the [...]

There’s no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to affect the employment marketplace and the job market. As a result, some candidates are passing up great opportunities for career advancement, because they think they should just “hunker down” where they are right now. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Companies still crave [...]

Negotiating a pay raise has always been a delicate issue for employees, and that was even the case before the COVID-19 pandemic. When it comes to a more challenging economic environment, such as the one in which we’re currently embroiled, it becomes even more delicate. It used to be that employees could at least count [...]