The Video Resume, Part 5 – mycareeri.com
As we continue on our journey to investigate and research the topic of video resumes we found a service by the name of mycareeri. The other day we spoke with Talent Rooster‘s President and CEO, David Decapua and today we have our first side by side comparison…mycareeri.com. Today we interviewed staffing guru and President of [...]
Resignation Letter – Is it right?
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 [...]
7 Differentiators to Getting Hired – Price
In yesterdays post we discussed that one of the seven differentiators in your career search is your product which turned out to be you. Today we will discover the PRICE differentiator. In all actuality this is what it is. You know your capabilities, your worth. From a broader perspective, our firm speaks with thousands of [...]
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. [...]
The 10 Key Interviewing TECHNIQUES update
Here is a quick update on the book, “The 10 Key Interviewing T.E.C.H.N.I.Q.U.E.S.” For the last year we have been working on getting the 120+pages of fun and informative interviewing techniques and tips from a manuscript into a published real live book. I can’t wait for this to be released to the general public. There [...]
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 [...]
How to Answer the Interview Question: “What are your weaknesses?”
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 [...]
How to Answer the Interview Questions: “What are your top strengths?”
Ahhh…the classic interview question, “What are your top strengths?” There are several versions of this question however they fall around the word strengths. Some people ask for “three strengths”, some ask for “things you do well” From my experience you will generally receive this question from Human Resources. You will probably not hear it from [...]
How to Answer the Interview Question: “What is your management style?”
“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 [...]