Kick-in-the-Pants Job Search

Believe it: three obstacles will hold you back from your ideal job – your resume, you, and your job-search methods.  There’s no hidden formula; there’s no bribery needed; there’s no one standing in front of employment — other than YOU!

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Surviving Competency Based Interviews

If you think that job interviews are an art rather than a science you’re not alone – most interviewers would agree.However, a different kind of assessment, the competency-based interview, is becoming increasingly popular because many think it’s more accurate and reliable than the traditional job interview we all know and love.

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5 Bad Habits To Avoid While Interviewing

Something extremely important for job seekers to keep in mind when interviewing for any position at any level within a company are their behaviors and their manners.  It is vital that job seekers put their best foot forward when they are interviewing for jobs.  Some executive level people may refuse to fill out an application form when

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Interviews are all about your confidence level

I was remembering this weekend when I was hunting for a job years ago and wasn’t that confident in myself.  I was sitting in the lobby of a company and they were doing back to back interviews.  Because they were back to back interviews, I knew that the people interviewing candidates would be tired and

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How to be a Contender in a Job Interview

You’ve ended up with a job interview, congratulations, you now have a chance to charm a prospective employer face-to-face.  Job interview is the most essential task within the employment seeking course of action.  Employment interviewing by no means appears to get any simpler – even if you go on much more job interviews than you

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10 Ways to Avoid Being Hired

If you’re looking for a job, you have likely seen plenty of articles explaining exactly how to favorably impress the right people. However, it’s apparent that there are many unique characters who are job hunting but do not really want to get hired. If this sounds like you, look no further for useful ways to

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What procedures prevent discrimination?

Disabled employees need not follow regular procedures to achieve reasonable accommodation A U. S. Court of Appeals has held that an employer cannot require a disabled employee to follow the regular procedures for requesting a transfer. It was up to the employer to find her a reasonable accommodation, and to implement it.

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Follow Your Calling To the Perfect Position

At some point in our lives, we come to a place where we long to uncover our mission — a lifelong assignment that evolves from deep within our soul. My father, the son of a New England minister, described one’s mission in life as a “calling.” A calling isn’t exactly a job; that’s something you

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Three Keys to Acing Sales-Job Interviews

You’ve sent your resume to numerous employers for account-management roles. The phone rings, and you have an in-person interview for a sales role at a top company. First, congratulations on your upcoming interview. More importantly, in this competitive environment, how do you prepare? Every day I coach candidates on techniques to help them ace their

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One M.B.A. Struggles to Make a Career Change

A lack of jobs in a particular field or geographic region or simply the poor economy can stymie some b-school graduates attempting to make career changes. These factors have been working against Kathryn Wiyninger since she earned her M.B.A. from the University of Oklahoma’s Michael F. Price College of Business in 2001.

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