As a job-seeker, you cannot put yourself in the position to have your resume ignored by employer after employer. There has to be a more proactive way to go after a job, and luckily, there is.
Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 08.17.2009 | Business
What most of us take for granted, twenty-somethings are learning for the first time. The quicker they can get up to speed the more successful they'll be in their interviews.
Neal Rodriguez | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business
Whether you're looking to attract your next great romance or a job, you've got to make a better impression than Bruce Wayne flying into dinner on helicopter.
Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 07.09.2009 | Business
Let them know the transition from company owner to employee is something you are embracing rather than enduring, and that this position is an important step along the way to your ultimate career goal.
Jason Mannino | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living
These techniques coupling your vision with action will help bring your career back into reality.
Eli Davidson | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living
You have jumped through all the enormous hurdles to land an interview: Bravo! If you aren't having luck with landing interviews, please go back and lo...
Alex McCord | Posted 05.31.2009 | Entertainment
Although I'm not completely sure whether we've passed Hurricane Layoff or whether we're in the eye, the internal nonsense is beginning to clear out.
Alex Leo | Posted 05.22.2009 | Comedy
Going on a job interview is like going on the worst first date ever. You have to be able to answer questions without revealing anything bad about yourself, while insuring your doubletalk sounds sincere.
Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 04.08.2009 | Business
You've heard this a million times, "Make looking for a job, your full-time job". The question is how? We will give you all of the advice that you need.
Wall Street Journal | SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business
Last summer, Lisa Harrell interviewed a candidate for a director job who offered a list of impressive accomplishments. But during the 60-minute meetin...
Marilyn M. Machlowitz | Posted 12.24.2008 | Business
Politics isn't my specialty. But in my role as a headhunter, I almost always advocate a second interview. I believe it helps both those doing the hiring and those hoping to be hired.
Christine Hassler | Posted 11.13.2008 | Living
In order to not be a pest, you have to learn how to gauge your contact's response time and tone.
Suzanne Grossman | Posted 10.25.2008 | Living
The rejection was not really a rejection of me at all. I was incredibly grateful for this information. I could move forward with my search with confidence knowing I was on the right track.
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 10.23.2008 | Living
A recent CNN article explains well why a growing number of companies use brainteasers and logic puzzles of a type called "guesstimations" during job i...
Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.17.2008 | Living
A job interview isn't all that different from a public speech, except that in interviews you sit down, listen more than speak, and are the world's expert on the topic, you.
Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business
Another form of web literature is emerging: stories of job applicants rejected by Google (GOOG). Google makes all applicants sign NDAs, of course--can...
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
There are many, many great people who slice through their job functions like hot scimitars through camel flesh, but you just can't imagine them leading a pack of wolverines into the hunt.
CareerBuilder.com | Tag and Catherine Goulet | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
Fabulous news: You have a job interview! Not so fab news: Saying the wrong thing could cost you the job. What you should say during an interview dep...
CareerBuilder.com | Rachel Zupek | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living
You talk too fast. You avoid eye contact. You ask too many questions. You wear too much perfume. You lie about your work history. You show up late to ...
Liz Ryan | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business