Darrin Grella – Interview Guru

Today posses an interesting time for all of us. For months the media has been reporting how bad the market is and how unemployment and jobless claims are skyrocketing, that this bad and that is bad, the stimulus sucks and health care reform etc. blah,  blah, blah.  People are fearful, concerned and desperate.  On the [...]

What are your weaknesses? “My weaknesses?  Are you kidding me?  I really can’t think of any, I just don’t have weaknesses.” That is probably not the best response but wouldn’t that be awesome to try?  I mean just once.  Like always in the series, “Top Interview Questions for Creative Marketing Jobs” the first question we [...]

“What is your management style?” As always, what is the motive behind the questioning?  This is a person favorite of mine and over the years I have heard three of four different responses repeated over and over.  There is no real motive for the hiring authority (whether it is the Group Creative Director, Chief Creative [...]

This was forwarded to me by a good friend and I could not help but share it with everyone. One day while walking down the street a highly successful Human Resources Manager was tragically hit by a bus and she died. Her soul arrived up in heaven where she was met at the Pearly Gates [...]

This is a tough subject to discuss.  However, some of the difficult to topics need to be addressed. If you are unemployed…are you looking for a job or are you on vacation? See what I mean?  This is a tough one.  Unfortunately we are dealt with a dramatic situation filled with negative, but real, words [...]

To follow up on the post: “How Be Prepared for an Interview” we have the saga of how to effectively expound on interview questions. Q: Do you have experience with blah? A: Yes Q: Do you like the company you work for? A: Yes Q: Do you like your boss? A: No How about you [...]

Our team interviews hundreds of people on a weekly basis.  People that range on all levels of skills and abilities and despite career accomplishments there is a common theme.  People are not prepared for interviews.  People, do we understand the importance of this conversation? I want to walk through some interview tips and techniques to [...]

The Interview Tip of the Day is brought to us by a young man that (almost) let internet research stand in the way of the career opportunity of his life.  Fortunately for this individual, he was working with me and I helped advise some sense into him.  TIP – Do not judge an opportunity too [...]

Counter offers are so tempting.  Should I accept one??? This past week I had the opportunity to witness from an outsiders perspective a friend of mine and his counter offer experience.  I have to say that in all of the studies and my previous posts, we learn that accepting a counter offer is good enough as [...]

A recent Forrester Report outlined the top three media sources people use to find a job. I was shocked at some of the results.The report indicates that there is a targeted sample size of just under 4,000 people ranging in ages 18 – 64. The question posed to this group of people was, “Please indicate [...]