Posted in business e-mails, business writing, coaching, communication, creativity, entrepreneurship, general, interviews, job search, leadership, management, managing, memos, presentations, public speaking, resumes and cover letters, time management on Jan 4th, 2010
Online Business Training
Happy new year! After the hectic holidays, January is that quiet time when everything resets: new calendar year, new fiscal year, new business goals, new personal goals… Life returns to normal, at least for a little while, and you’re determined to make this year different.
So, what are your new year’s resolutions? Hmm, let [...]
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Posted in interviews, job search on Oct 26th, 2009
Answering Tough Interview Questions
No matter how much you prepare for an interview, interviewers invariably ask questions that you didn’t, and possibly couldn’t, anticipate.
First, when you face a tough interview question, don’t hesitate to say that you need to think about it. It’s much better to take a little time to formulate a response than to [...]
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Posted in interviews, job search on Oct 19th, 2009
Preparing for an Interview
Hurray! You found a great opportunity, put an awesome resume and cover letter together, and now have an interview. You survived among hundreds or thousands of other job applicants, so don’t screw it up.
Seriously though, there are a few fundamental things to recognize about interviews:
It doesn’t matter how good you [...]
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Writing a Cover Letter
Writing a cover letter is like eating your vegetables when you were a kid. You know it’s good for you, but you just don’t want to do it. And you’re pretty sure no one reads cover letters anyway. Keep this in mind, though:
While many hiring managers don’t have time initially to read [...]
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Identifying the Hiring Manager (or how I learned to ditch “To whom it may concern,” “Dear Human Resources Director,” and other impersonal salutations)
Everyone says the same thing: Always address the hiring manager by name in your cover letter. But sometimes finding the name of the hiring manager is akin to unmasking a superhero (or superhero [...]
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Writing a Resume
Let me first warn you: be prepared to spend a lot of time perfecting your resume. When you throw your resume together, hiring managers can tell. When you haven’t thought about how your resume meets the job requirements, hiring managers can tell. When you don’t proofread your resume, hiring managers can tell. As [...]
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Posted in job search on Sep 21st, 2009
Job Search Resources
So you’re looking for a job. So is everyone else. Unfortunately, you’re competing with hundreds, possibly thousands, of people for the same job. How can you outwit them all to land the job you want?
Get with the times. If you’re still limiting your job search to Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com, or similar job boards, you’re [...]
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Interviewing Skills
Most of us have sat on both sides of the desk as interviewer and interviewee. Why do so many interviews go so badly? Have you experienced that magical feeling of an awesome interview? What’s your story?
I’ll go first: I once conducted a phone interview, and the candidate had absolutely no concept of teamwork. He [...]
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