Millennials have so much to offer to the workforce. Their aptitude with technology, ability to multi-task and eagerness to constantly grow in their career and learn new things make them a force to be reckoned with. Unfortunately, millennials also Read More
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After the Job Interview: Follow Up Tips and Sample Thank You
After the job interview ends, your work isn’t over. A suitable job interview follow up is important to increase your chances of impressing the employer and landing the job. It’s important to show your interest in the job, without Read More
Job Searching While Employed? Stay Discreet with These Tips
It’s a pretty reasonable desire: You don’t want your current job to end until you find another one. For many people, the best time to job search is when you already have a job. It benefits you because you don’t Read More
Answering the Tell Me About Yourself Job Interview Question
One of the most common questions, and often one of the first ones asked in an interview is “Tell me about yourself” or a similarly-phrased question. The tell me about yourself job interview question is meant to help get the Read More
Sales Job Interview Preparation: Common Questions and Answers
When you are trying to make a sale, presentation is everything. When employers interview potential sales people, they are often picturing the candidates making a sales pitch to customers. When you are interviewing for a sales position, you must sell Read More
Age Discrimination in Recruitment: Hiring Practices to Avoid
It’s very likely that much of your talent pool consists of older workers. According to a recent study from Pew Research, close to 20% of Americans age 65 or older (that’s a total of nearly 9 million people) are Read More
Reasons for Leaving Your Current Employer? How to Respond
One of the interview questions may job seekers dread, but is almost always asked, is “What are your reasons for leaving your current employer?”, or “What are your reasons for leaving your previous employer?” Since in most circumstances the reasons Read More
Nail that Interview: Questions and Tips for Restaurant Servers
This time of year, many job seekers are applying for server positions at restaurants for summer or full-time jobs. With warm weather and longer days, this is also the time of year that more people are going out for Read More
What Interviewers Want to Hear from a Job Candidate
If you get called for an interview, its’ obvious the potential employer thinks you have qualifications that will enable you to do the job in question. But seeing it on your resume is one thing, now they want to see Read More
Hiring Recent College Graduates: Interview Tips for Employers
With summer around the corner, many college graduates are in the market for full-time jobs. And with the unemployment rate for recent college graduates at only 2.5% as of January 2017, it’s a job seekers market. There are Read More