Darrin Grella – Interview Guru

Your Photo on LinkedIn – Breaking a Cardinal Job Search Rule? Do you have a LinkedIn profile? I certainly hope so since this is the first place recruiters go to find their ideal candidates. Do you have your photo on that LinkedIn profile? Again, I hope so – as today it is expected that you [...]

“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 [...]

Everyone wants to know the job search rules. * How long should my resume be? * What should my cover letter say? * When is the right time to follow up? * How do I introduce myself in a networking setting? * Do I list “job seeker” in my LinkedIn heading? * Should I use [...]

I’ve said this a hundred times before, the interview is actually not about you.  Once that concepts sinks in, then you are very close to better mastering the interview process.  This is a huge secret that most people may realize but it doesn’t effect their interview style at all. Its just like buying a tread [...]

There’s a new trend in recruiting. Video interviewing. The process is meant to save time and money. Candidates are asked a series of standardized questions. The answers are recorded. The video is stored in a way that meets federal guidelines. Managers and teams can refer back to the videos to actually hear — in a [...]

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 [...]

Here are some tips from About.com on how to create a sweet video resume.  Success will come with preparation indeed.  So plan out how you are going to dress as well as the script for what to say, and follow it! Tips to Help You Prepare a Professional Video Resume: Dress professionally in business attire, [...]

How do you catch the attention of a potential employer?  What if you are applying for a position and know that the rest of people with the same experience in your home town are applying for the same gig?  The question should ALWAYS be, “how can I separate myself from my competition?”  Be creative with [...]

Since this is not necessary any breaking news, some of you may have seen this sweet youtube video by now, actually over 893,800 views as of the time of this post.  Not quite a video resume but it is simply done right. The title is called The Google Job Experiment.  Basically a smart guy was [...]

This site has samples of different types of employment transactional correspondences.  The more I observe people to people interaction, the more I am realizing that we all have quite significant communication issues. As people our firm is working with get different careers, many of them have to do the dreaded putting in of their two [...]