If you are getting interviews but not getting the job, you may be making one or more of the most common interview mistakes. Here are the top five that interviewers encounter most often. (more…)
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Five Deadly Interview Mistakes
Monday, February 8th, 2010Career Portfolios – Important or a Distraction?
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010You may be hearing and reading career advice suggesting that job seekers need to prepare a career portfolio and use that in lieu of, in addition to, or as an integral part of their resume. That is standard advice for certain positions and industries where portfolios showcasing your career experience would be expected. However, before you launch into taking a considerable amount of time to create your portfolio, you need to understand whether that is what employers and interviewers want. (more…)
Networking
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009You’re in mid-career and you’ve been told that networking is the best way to find a new job. If you’ve attended events where you are supposed to get up and tell others what you do and what you are looking for, you’ve probably felt uncomfortable and wondered whether that approach is really effective. It can be if the group is targeted at specific functional levels. This type of networking is something that you can do occasionally but it should not be where you spend most of your time networking. (more…)