In an interview, how you answer the questions is just as important as your answers to the questions. Answering questions appropriately is about sharing your accomplishments without bragging. It’s about being straight-to-the-point without leaving out information. It can be hard to find that balance in the way you answer the [...]
When you think about an interview, do you imagine yourself in the driver’s seat or the passenger’s seat? If you feel like you are in the passenger seat, perhaps it’s time to change the way you think about the interview. Instead of thinking about it as a meeting that you [...]
There aren’t many people who think about interviewing for a job without getting butterflies in their stomach or breaking out in a cold sweat. Going to an interview combines many people’s fear of public speaking with their fear of rejection, uncertainty and change. It’s impossible to know what questions you’ll [...]
You have learned how to create a resume that will get noticed. Now it is time to pay close attention to properly submitting the resume. Taking a few extra steps to ensure it gets to the right place and gets looked at is worth your time. Here are three things [...]
Getting past the early stages of resume review is important. What your resume looks like and how it is organized are some of the things that are used to weed out resumes during the early stages of review. If you make it to the next step, the recruiters and potential [...]
The first step in preparing for your interview is to learn about the organization with which you are interviewing. Knowing about the organization ahead of time will show the interviewer that you are informed and serious about the job. It will also help you decide if this is a company [...]
Preparing for a job interview can be a nerve-wracking part of the interview process. Your mind may race with questions like, “What if the interviewer doesn’t like me?” or, “What if I can’t answer some of the questions that are asked?” So, what can you do? It is important to [...]
There are ways you can use social media to network online and help with your job search. Social media sites use technology to help people connect and share information with each other online. This is a great way to grow your network. You may have heard of or are already [...]
One way to find a job is to look at job advertisements. A job advertisement, or job ad, is an announcement the company that is looking to fill a job opening. Job ads can be found in newspapers, on company websites or job boards. Job ads will usually give you the [...]
Anxiety is the feeling of fear or worry, typically about a certain outcome. Fear and worry, when left unchecked, can quickly develop into anxiety. Anxiety has the ability to take over our lives and impact everything from our health to our relationships. So, what can we do when we experience [...]