Whether you’re going for a promotion at your current workplace or you’ve quit your job and decided to enter a brand-new career, interviews are nerve-wracking events. Your fate is placed in the hands of the interviewers and you can’t help but feels anxious about the outcome of the interview when it’s a job that you really want. … [Read more...] about Top Tips to Excel at Your Next Job Interview
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Etiquette Tips That Will Help You Succeed In Your Next Video Interview
If you are on a job hunt right now, the chances are you have come across jobs offering video interviews as a part of the recruitment process. In a 2012 survey by OfficeTeam, 60 percent of companies used video interviews to boost efficiency while hiring. Fast forward to today, and those numbers have spiked by a further 67 percent, driven either by choice or necessity. … [Read more...] about Etiquette Tips That Will Help You Succeed In Your Next Video Interview
Innovative Interviews: Revolutionizing Hiring For Your Continued Success
The first step to starting a highly successful business is choosing the right employees to help you build it. Your employees are your most important resource. They’re responsible for selling, representing, and managing your company’s products, services, and image. … [Read more...] about Innovative Interviews: Revolutionizing Hiring For Your Continued Success
5 Phone Interview Tips to Get That Job
Learning about different phone interview tips is just as much understanding the interview process, as it is understanding the phone interview process. Everyone loves landing an interview because it means that your resume (and other credentials) left enough of an impression that someone liked you - they really liked you! … [Read more...] about 5 Phone Interview Tips to Get That Job
Preparing for Your First Interview in Years
If you’ve been in one job or with a single company for years, the idea of making a change can be intimidating. Whether it’s been five years, ten or more since your last interview, things have likely changed. We live in a modern world where the traditional resume is counting for less and more focus is put on diversity and company culture. … [Read more...] about Preparing for Your First Interview in Years
How to Enjoy The Interview!
Enjoy an interview? Surely not! I used to hate interviews; I would break out in a cold sweat at the thought of one and imagine all kinds of worst case scenarios. Luckily, none of these scenarios have happened to me and somewhere along the line I began to like interviews and dare I say it, even enjoy them! Here are some of the things I have discovered that have helped me to enjoy interviews. … [Read more...] about How to Enjoy The Interview!
Best Face Forward: 9 Tips for the In-Person Interview
Contributed by LiveCareer You’ve made it past the first few hurdles—the resume vetting, the phone and video interviews—and now you’ve landed a face-to-face job interview. How do you clear this next hurdle and stand out from your competitors to cross the finish line and land the job offer of your dreams? The following tips can help you best the competition. … [Read more...] about Best Face Forward: 9 Tips for the In-Person Interview
Get Yourself Together: 8 Tips for Improving Video Interviewing Skills
Contributed by LiveCareer At least 50 percent of the nation’s employment managers now use video interviewing at some point in their screening process. Yet, most job seekers are less than confident in their onscreen interviewing skills. Luckily, you can start preparing for your first video interview before you even land one. And if you have one lined up already, well...awesome! Take the below tips into consideration as you get ready. … [Read more...] about Get Yourself Together: 8 Tips for Improving Video Interviewing Skills
Don’t Dial It In: 7 Tips for Honing Your Telephone Interview Skills
Contributed by LiveCareer It’s easy to underestimate the importance of an initial phone interview/screen, but having polished telephone interview skills can make or break your job search. These initial screenings are designed to efficiently eliminate candidates from the larger pool. One wrong or tripped-up answer could mean the end for you! So then—how do you move past the first-round call? Timing Is Everything If you’re someone who isn’t fully awake until after that second cup of coffee, don’t accept an early morning interview. The same goes for accepting an afternoon interview if you’re prone to a post-lunch slump. In a telephone interview, your voice and demeanor are as much a part of your interviewing skills as being able to succinctly describe your experience, so you’re best to choose a time when your mind is firing on all cylinders. Typically, recruiters will offer you a couple of different days and times for an interview. Choose one during your peak personality … [Read more...] about Don’t Dial It In: 7 Tips for Honing Your Telephone Interview Skills
Recruiting Firm Relationships – How to Manage Getting Scouted
Recruiting firm relationships are a key part of any career if you're good at your job! After all, you’re going to be in high demand! Figuring out how to respond to recruiters, how to let them know the information they want to hear and how to best maintain that relationship is incredibly important. Whether you're looking to switch things up, or have nothing to do at work and want to get a leg up on the competition. Let’s get started and let's get recruited… … [Read more...] about Recruiting Firm Relationships – How to Manage Getting Scouted