The Labor Day holiday came about in the late 1800s as a backlash to the abusive work practices demanded by the owners of factories and businesses. Workers were forced to work 70-plus hours a week without vacation time or days off. The holiday’s founders sought to make changes, including forming unions to protect the rights […]
In every job interview, you will be asked situational questions – questions that ask you to describe what you did in a particular circumstance. The interviewer will offer a variation on this theme: “Tell me about a time when…” or “How would you describe a situation where….” The purpose of this line of questioning is […]
Successful job seekers have a few things in common. In terms of character, they’re determined and they don’t give up. In terms of taking action, they put in the work to land a new job. Make a great first impression. Your absolute first impression on a hiring manager starts well before you meet them face […]
“How do you end an interview?” asked Ken, a Baby Boomer in my Ace the Interview class. “Should I be bold and just say hire me, no one is better? Will I sound too cocky or demanding and lose the job?” Good questions. I have never been a fan of the sales strong-arm approach where […]
As a recruiter for over 20 years, I have my own opinions on what makes candidates stand out for good and for bad. However, I also like to collect feedback from my recruiting colleagues, across a range of industries, and you can see earlier interviews with recruiters from financial services, management consulting, advertising, tech, education, and non-profit. Some of the pet […]
As leaders, we’ve all been there: that awful moment of clarity when we realize we’ve screwed up. Our hearts and minds race, our palms sweat and our mouths dry up. We consider our options and what to do next: Hope no one notices the flub? Hide out until it blows over? Pretend it never happened? But hope […]
Career-building in today’s world can be overwhelming. Once upon a time, all you needed was a job offer from an established company and you’d basically be set up for life. But today job-hopping is the norm for people of all ages—and across all industries. A LinkedIn study showed that millennials are likely to jump jobs four […]
If you’re a #JobSeeker Reading This and Finding Yourself Appalled and Offended, You Should Be. It’s Not You, it’s the Hiring Process. It’s Broken.
Everything You Need to Get the Salary You Deserve Negotiating a better salary is something that everyone should be focused on. No matter when the last time you negotiated for a better salary was, the time will come again when the value of work you do is not reflected in the compensation you receive for that work. When […]
On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal unveiled the tough challenges confronted by overqualified job seekers. The article builds upon a study conducted by university professors at Carnegie Mellon, Stanford and Johns Hopkins. Their research concludes, “The managers perceive highly capable candidates to have lower commitment to the organization than less capable, but adequate candidates and, as a result, penalize high-capability candidates […]