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How to Stay Engaged in your Job When You’ve Lost Interest
There may come a time when you will wake up to realize you’re done. You’ve lost interest. It could be that on the surface the job looks like it should be ok. Maybe you’ve had some great accomplishments, are paid well and you like the people you work with. It could...
A Beginners Guide to a New Management Position
We all know there is a weak spot in everything that exists. For a tree, the weak spot is the limb. For our careers, it’s a new job, especially a promotion into management. The reason it is a weak spot, is that we arrogantly think that what got us here will continue to...
How to Stand Out on Your MBA Application
An MBA from a top-notch school can put you at the top of the job candidate pool, while the same degree from a lesser-known institution can leave you deep in the resume slush pile, so to speak. If you're returning to school after being in the workforce for some time,...
How to answer competency-based questions
This article is part of the "Interview Questions tips" series.If there is one thing most of my clients have in common is that they struggle with answering competency or behavioral interview questions during job interviews. Even if an employer has not told you that you...
Recruiter reveals salary negotiation strategies
The way in which you present your requests during salary negotiations has a dramatic impact on whether you get what you want from an employer. Be firm, but flexible, self-confident, but not arrogant or demanding, and sell your skills and knowledge in a way that...
How recruiters read resumes
If you are frustrated with how long your job search is taking and why you’re not getting enough interviews despite sending out many applications, it is time to understand how recruiters read resumes. In my 9 years of recruitment experience and 7 years of working as an...
Preparing Yourself For The Five Hardest Questions You’ll Get Asked At Interviews
The job interview. Considering the importance that most companies place on it to determine the person who will be the best fit for an open position, it’s not surprising that it causes most interviewees sleepless nights and bags of nervous energy. The plethora of books...
Top tips to improve your LinkedIn Summary
This article is part of the "LinkedIn tips" series. If you are a job seeker and are not using Linked In properly, you are missing out. LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network with 364 (April 2015) million members in over 200 countries and territories...
7 Phrases To Delete From Your LinkedIn Profile
This article is part of the "LinkedIn tips" series.An interesting practice seems to have cropped up among self-written social media profiles. Phrases that are taboo on resumes like, “Self-motivated team player,” are creeping back into lists of job hunter credentials...
How to build effective relationships with recruiters
On a regular basis, I hear clients or candidates saying that they’ve been contacting lots of recruiters but they still haven’t got a job through them. The problem is that a lot of people have unrealistic expectations for the recruiter/job seeker relationship. The...
