Your 7 Differentiators in Getting Hired
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How to Answer the Interview Question: “How hands on are you?”
What is the motive of the interviewer with this question…”How hands on are you?” Interview questions like this are more introspective into your attitude versus the actual words coming out of your mouth. This is more of a question for Your attitude would answer if you are a team player…if you are “too big” for [...]