Darrin Grella – Interview Guru

“It’s my age, that’s what it is”, Joan lamented. “I need to come to terms with the fact that I’m just of ‘that age’. No-one wants a person of my age in the workplace!” Joan is wrong. Sure, if she wants to be an actress in a teen comedy, yes that’s probably true. If she [...]

In a recent issue of The New Yorker, Atul Gawande, the gifted writer and accomplished doctor, published yet another of his must-read accounts of the health-care crisis and the innovators trying to change things for the better. One of the organizations he highlighted was a physician practice in Atlantic City, N.J., that has “reinvented the [...]

With the way the entire interviewing and recruiting life cycle is changing, I am witnessing more and more situations when employers are performing video interviews.  Either live and streaming video conferences (Via Kinkos, Skype or some other video streaming source) or asking the qualified candidates to submit a video as their initial screening. So why [...]

The market for recruiters experienced some interesting trends over the dip in the economy.  Were you aware that over 61% of recruiting companies / agencies have gone out of business?  I wonder what all of those recruiters are doing today.  The industry has taken a beating. I am a true believer that in the hard [...]

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 [...]

Which side are you on?  Picking on the younger generation for a minute…in Europe 40% of people between the ages of 16 – 24 are unemployed.  In the US, it is even worse.  Over 50% of people ages 16 – 24 are without a job.  So again I ask you…what side are you on? WHY? [...]

Posture is one component of body language during your interview. With the market tightening and the amount of qualified individuals in the marketplace, it is imperative to improve. Improve yourself every single day. Tell yourself that you are going to have a wonderfully productive day today. There is no better way to have a great [...]

Think of an NFL Coach. The job of a coach is very transparent, everyone has access to how much a coach is paid, the results of the coach’s activities are displayed in their record, and a coach is judged on how well he hired or drafted his players in the off season. Ironically, with the [...]

According to a recent interview of the CEO of Jobvite, Dan Finnigan (Dan was previously top dog over at Yahoo! Hotjobs) now is the time for companies and individuals to attack the market by making oneself better. He is quoted saying, “People’s natural instinct [during tough times] is to retreat. I think that’s the biggest [...]