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Your Opinion Needed: Choose My Book’s Cover
I need your help…more importantly, your opinion
Many of you have heard about the release of my upcoming book, “The 10 Key Interviewing TECHNIQUES“ It has been in the development now for 2 1/2 years and it is now only just a few short weeks away from hitting the bookshelves. If you haven’t heard yet, Amazon.com [...]
The Red Rider BB Gun & Your Career
“A Christmas Story” is a classic holiday movie that we have all loved to watch (over and over again I might add) during the holiday season. Most people know the line ” You’ll shoot your eye out kid!” almost instantly.
So how does your career relate with Ralphie and the Red Rider BB [...]
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 so [...]
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.
Firstly, [...]
Phone Interview Not To’s
Phone interviews are tough. Since 70% of human communication is non-verbal, I would have to agree that phone interviews can become challenging if not handled correctly.
In a recent blog post, 10 Quick Phone Interview Tips, I outlined the best preparatory tips in nailing a phone interview. I had a quick conversation (emphasis on quick because [...]
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?
There are [...]
Networking: How 283.5 People Landed a Job
Two types of networking…in-person and online. So in-person networking quite frankly is awkward and kinda sucks actually. Let me tell you that in my career, it is my job to observe people and the interactions amongst them. We have all heard, read and maybe even lived the fact that networking is the best way to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
