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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 [...]
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. [...]
How to Deal with a 50% Unemployment Rate
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? [...]
Proper Interview Follow-Up
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, [...]
The Future for Hiring Looking Up?
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 [...]
10 Quick Phone Interview Tips
Phone interviews can be tough. Experts suggest that 70% of all human communication is non-verbal. Body language, eye to eye contact, physical touch (handshake, etc) dress, facial expressions, etc. With the lack of visual communication, you must be able to rely on auditory feedback and be disciplined enough to keep focus. With the following phone [...]
Creative Marketing Job Search Helper
Very curious as to your thoughts on this concept. I recently read in a post from Cheezhead.com by Jennifer Carpenter and thought the paid service of ApplyForMe.net. Jennifer wrote, ApplyForMe.net is a new job application completion service meant to help job seekers get as many interviews as possible so they can choose the job right [...]
How To Answer The Interview Question: “Why should we hire you?”
“Why should we hire you?” This can be a tough question to answer as you do not want to come across over confident (or cocky) but you want to answer it with strong words to show confidence that you are the person for the position. What is the motive of the interviewer? The interviewer wants [...]
How to Answer Interview Question: “What do you do in your spare time?”
What do you do in your spare time? What is the motive behind this question? I do not see this as a guaranteed interview question and is not used by many however it is one that I personally love to ask. It really helps me determine what type of person and potential advantages or disadvantages [...]