photo credit: malloreigh Looking for advice on how to land your next job? Want to know how to break out of long-term unemployment? Do a little searching with your favorite search engine and you’ll get hundreds of thousands of articles on the ten best ways to get your next job. Or how to answer the… Continue Reading
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Job Search – Why employers suck and why it doesn’t matter
photo credit: just.Luc For those unemployed, especially those unemployed a long time, there is a dominate theme that says the job market is the employer’s fault. Not necessarily that it is their fault because they are not hiring — after all, there is little demand that would force hiring — but because their requirements for… Continue Reading
The ultimate rule for job interviews
photo credit: Steve took it Once in a while, you have a wealth of job interviews. Enough to make you want to start managing them. I wouldn’t try. You see, you start to think one of those interviews will surely come through. You start to interpret what other jobs will do for you. You’ll compare…. Continue Reading
Twitter tips: 4 ways to discover job leads for the job seeker
photo credit: TarikB Twitter, on the face of it, is overwhelming. Especially to job seekers. How can you find job leads in 140 characters? Well, there are some good, workable strategies you can use to generate job leads using Twitter. Twitter won’t get you the job — but it can let you know a job… Continue Reading
Job Search – 3 reasons no one is calling you back
photo credit: Furryscaly This is a guest post by Leslie Williams Did you see that story about the woman who got laid off, tweeted about it, and by the time she reached the parking lot, already had another job offer? Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Unless you’ve been looking for a job so long, it’s starting… Continue Reading
9 ways to prepare for the job interview
photo credit: svenwerk I’ve written a lot on Cube Rules about interview questions. What I’d like to do is go through how to prepare for a face-to-face interview. Here are nine practical ways to prepare for the interview. 1. Use the job description Usually, the only concrete evidence you have for a job is the… Continue Reading
Job interviews — the worst two words to say
photo credit: EssjayNZ Job interviews are tough because they are a job skill few of us use very often. Yet, job interviews are critical for successfully navigating the shoals of when jobs end and staying employed. I’ve done my share of hiring manager interviews in my career and I’m in that mode right now on my… Continue Reading
Experience does not equal a job skill
photo credit: Another Pint Please… Experience, told by those with lots of experience, trumps everything. When angry, experienced people yell at clouds in the job market for not getting work, experience is the mantra. Not job skills. Not fitting in with the team. Not the motivation to do the work. Nope. Experience. Experience trumps everything… Continue Reading
5 rules for phone interviews
photo credit: splorp Phone interviews are usually the first interview done when someone decides, after looking at your resume, that you could qualify for the open job. That person decides you are “worthy” of an interview from what you have on your resume — your experience, job skills and results. Just as the resume won’t… Continue Reading
Job search – mindset over skill set does not cut it
photo credit: Stéfan In a job search, you sometimes just have to laugh at management philosophy about the person they want to hire compared to the process by which they actually hire a person. Take this one for example: A resounding 96 percent of employers say they would prefer to “hire, promote, pay and retain”… Continue Reading