If you're looking for a new job this year, you'll probably need to look beyond the typical application process in order to stand out. With 86 percent of employees planning on actively looking for a new job in 2013, competition is still at an all-time high.

There may be some stress involved with the responsibilities of the position or in the work environment and you don't want them thinking, "if you can't handle a simple interview, how are you going to deal with the everyday pressures of this job."

Possibly the worst thing to happen before you attend an interview, or even worse after you've interviewed and the company is interested, is having unprepared references.

Life is too short to waste time with amoeba companies who don't understand human beings, only spreadsheets and policies and hoary job-interview scripts. Those guys don't get you, and they don't deserve you.

You're a hiring manager.... You feel the pain.... Sometimes it's more obvious than others when a candidate just isn't right for a particular job. It...

Pete was laid off from a position he had been in for 15 years. The good news was he had an interview next week and just needed a little advice on int...

A Vice President of Operations at a Fortune 1000 retailer restructured herself out of her job. The retailer had been hurting and the VP decided it wa...

Business strategist and Webby Award winner David Allen Ibsen (runs business consultancy 5 Meetings Before Lunch) was helping one of his start-up clien...

We're not saying that you should never give out ideas, especially when you're interviewing. But it's better to give them a "taste" rather than "serving up the whole meal."

We've all been in a position where we wished we could take back what we said. In the case of an interview, the implications are huge in that saying the wrong thing could eliminate you as a candidate.

You're looking for your next career opportunity and have made a list of the "must haves". One thing you know for sure is that you don't want to work i...

Your old boss is gone and there's someone in the conference room who could be your next boss. Later that day, you are scheduled for a one-hour interv...

Interviewing is a lot like dating. If things don't click, you won't be asked on a second date.

Persuading someone to hire or promote you requires people to buy-in to why they should, not you selling them what you're touting.

One classic mistake made by job candidates is to not ask many questions when they're being grilled.