Archive for November, 2009
5 Reasons Counter Offers Can Ruin You
I decided that I would dedicate Post #100 on the new blog platform The Interview Guru Blog, to be something special. A topic near to my heart is the Counter Offer. So is accepting a counter offer good or bad? I have always heard that it is bad but it seems so enticing. There are [...]
The Good News of the Unemployment Rate
Unemployment is almost becoming a swear word. Nobody likes it. It is a word that has been used too much by the media over the past year but frankly, it is still very real. Especially for those that have a big “E” on their backs. I did find the following article pretty interesting that is [...]
Interviews DO NOT Pay the Bills
My friends…getting an interview is a great thing. Congratulations! But the question is not if you are getting interviews but what have those interviews gotten you? Does that makes sense? The goal of your resume is get you an interview. The goal of an interview is to get you a job offer. The goal of [...]
Are You Explaining or Selling?
It is interesting the difference if you take just 10 seconds to consider the difference. I speak with literally hundreds of people on a weekly basis and have the opportunity to ask a lot of the same questions during my initial “exploratory” interviews. Some of the responses would amaze you if you thought about it. [...]