Darrin Grella – Interview Guru

As a continuation to this mini-series on the Differentiating Facts, Don Hutson, ultra sales trainer has proven that differentiator # 3 is all about relationship.  I happen to feel that relationship is extremely important asset to getting hired. FACT: 71% of all career opportunities come from networking.  Less than 25% come from a job posting [...]

In a recent post, The 7 Differentiators to Getting Hired I spoke of a killer concept by World renowned Sales Trainer, Don Hutson.  The first of his differentiators is PRODUCT. In the hiring process, what is your product? Is it your resume?  Your career history?  Your favorite lucky interviewing suit?  The answer is YES.  Your [...]

I subscribe to Success Magazine.  Believe me, I need it.  It is a great subscription but the easy part is that it comes with a CD for audio enjoyment. In this month’s CD it had an exclusive interview with Don Hutson, Speaker, Sales Trainer, Motivator and Author of the One Minute Entrepreneur.  One of Don’s main [...]

I received an email last night from one of my followers asking me the proper way to follow up on a sent resume. Read this story and see if it makes sense…if you want additional information on proper follow up, be sure to check out this recent post, Proper Interview Follow Up. I have enjoyed [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Yesterday I had the pleasure and opportunity to be part of a panel for the Linked In group, Cleveland Professionals in Transition. I had the pleasure of fielding what I thought to be a very consistent voice of job seekers with three other great panelist. Sue Ann Naso, President – Staffing Solutions Enterprises, Shannon Cross, [...]

As an Executive Recruiter, I tend to pay close attention to business trending. I support from a recruiting perspective Interactive or Online Marketing positions. In our space there has been a hefty uptick in activity. Activity does not necessary mean a full blown gold rush of hiring however activity is much better than what has [...]

I just received an awesome email. Most people do not have the…for explicit purposes, we will say…huevos to do what this individual did.  We are working on a position for a major retailer in the US that is seeking a Manager of Email Marketing. This individual sent me a personal email with the subject line [...]

There is a significant amount of weight put on the importance of the resume.  In a recent ebook that the InterviewGurus produced we outlined the the stage process of the Job Life Cycle. 1. Looking for a Job 2. Interviewing for a Job 3. Working on the Job Your resume is one component within the [...]