Merry Christmas! While it’s the Christmas Day holiday, the New Year is quickly approaching. Believe it or not, it will soon be the year 2020. You might already be thinking about how you’re going to approach your career in the New Year. Some of you are probably considering a job change. Even if you’re not [...]
In a previous blog post, we addressed how to spot exceptional candidates on the resume. Now we're going to switch our attention to the face-to-face interview. One of the most important clues to look for during the interview is motivation. There are two types of motivation: Extrinsic motivation Intrinsic motivation With extrinsic motivation, a person [...]
There are many different ways that a professional can brand themselves in a positive fashion. That’s because personal branding is all about the experience that you provide for other people. That experience can consist of what you say, what you look like, and how you act. Body language plays a role in personal branding. That’s [...]
Being terminated is a terrible experience in one’s professional journey. However, it does happen and it has happened to countless people in the employment marketplace. But life goes on. The question is how do you explain a termination to a potential new employer? There are, of course, a couple of different ways that a person’s [...]
In our previous blog post, we once again touched upon the topic of “ghosting” and why it’s a dangerous practice for candidates in the employment marketplace. Considering how prevalent this behavior is and how the mindset behind the behavior can seep into a candidate’s overall attitude, we’re back to address the issue once again. This [...]
In a previous blog post, we discussed one of the most dangerous assumptions that an employer can make while interviewing candidates. That mistake is automatically thinking that the candidate has decided to leave their current employer. That, of course, might not be the case. The candidate could just be exploring the opportunity and what is [...]
Not all candidates who find themselves in the hiring process of an organization is in that process because they were looking for a new job. Sometimes people are in a hiring process because they were contacted about an opportunity (by a hiring manager or recruiter) and they’re simply interested to see what options are available [...]
If you’re a job seeker, then there’s a lot that you should be keeping track of during the interviewing and hiring process. In fact, it can sometimes feel like it’s overwhelming. As a result, there are some things that you don’t readily notice. That’s unfortunate, since one of those things could ultimately represent an important [...]
We’ve addressed the topic of the face-to-face interview on many occasions in this blog. The reason for this is simple: the interview is the part of the hiring process that determines whether or not you’ll receive an offer of employment. We’ve published a post about finishing your interview in a strong fashion. This time around, [...]
If you’re a superstar candidate or a top candidate and you’re in the market for a new employment opportunity, then there’s a good chance that you’ll participate in the interview process of more than one organization. And if you participate in the interview process of more than one organization, then it stands to reason that [...]