You’re Fired! Whether it’s those words you hear or a pink slip that you see which notifies you of your tenure coming to an end, it’s time to think on your feet and start looking for a new job, pronto.
Problem is, the unemployment rate is above 10% in the majority of areas. It’s likely even higher than that when you include people that have, reluctantly, removed themselves from the job force. Even those who are continuing to look for something, anything, to do for income are having a difficult time of it… and the open positions are out there, you just need to be smart with how you go from fired to hired in no time. Read more of Part 1 …
This is the second in a two part series of finding a new job in relatively little time for victims of the job market. Read more of Part 2 …
What’s the right job for you? Should you change your career path? These are questions the average worker will contemplate as they are either on the job or in the process of looking and planning for one. Online exists many places that can help you get an idea of which direction you may want to consider. Please keep in mind that the following tests are not scientific in nature and should be used for entertainment value only. Read full article …
Women in the office are generally stereotyped into a few roles: That of the receptionist, sitting at the front desk with a smile and nail filing board in hand; The intern, who, if hired by a chauvinist boss, will likely be eye candy and likely only used for making copies and coffee; Or a secretary, essentially the right-hand gal of any executive, who usually ends up doing his work for him and getting zero credit. These are the roles that feminism has fought hard against, and no matter your position on the movement, are ones almost no woman wants to claim as her life goal.
The biggest mistake most women make at work is to play mommy to their coworkers. Avoid this misstep to advance your career.
We’ve written about the importance of networking before. It is undeniably one of the best ways to get ahead in your career, and even find a great job (or any job, at all). When someone meets a potential client/new hire/valuable contact in the flesh, it leaves them with a biased towards that person. They’ve created a connection, even was limited to a quick handshake and exchanging of business cards. Read full article …
So you snagged a second interview with the company. Great! Now what? You’ll likely be asked all of the same questions again, whether it is the same individual or a different interviewer. Why are they repeating these things? Didn’t they hear correctly the first time?
Of course they heard correctly the first time. The purpose of reasking the same questions deals with consistency, research, and preparedness. Do your second set of answers mesh well with the first? Did you do further research into the industry, company, and the position? Are you prepared with a plan? Read full article …
I recently had the pleasure of speaking directly with 360JobInterview’s Senior Management of Recruitment, Brad Kaunitz. We went over various aspects of the job search, Brad’s experiences in looking for his first job, as well as what he looks for in career and interview coaches, and what makes 360JobInterview.com stand out in a world filled with people telling you, the job seeker, they can help you get hired. Read full article …
Summer is nearly over and recent graduates are really feeling the pressure. With a limited amount of positions and a high amount of competition, there is still a significant number of new college graduates that are jobless. As a parent or mentor of someone in this situation, what can you do to help? Read full article …
With a quickly dwindling Social Security fund, lost 401ks and bonds, the ‘third age people’ are finding themselves in a place where they have to go back into the workforce. It’s not an easy process in this economy.
Job seekers aged 50 and older face potential disadvantages including less knowledge about new technologies and perhaps the ability to work at the same fervor as a counterpart half his age.
There is hope, of course. The senior-level job seeker often has more experience, more proven stability, and tangible results. Read full article …
An absolutely disastrous job interview is never a good thing, right? Well, “Mason Mochran” completely blows his own interview and you can win prizes by watching him fail. Thankfully it’s a mock interview with 360JobInterview.com coach Maria White, a high-powered human resources consultant for Lehman Brothers and the aerospace industry, and WalletPop’s Jason Cochran as the interviewee. Maria asks some standard interview trap questions. Mason answers them slightly nervously, repeatedly vocalizing “um” and not maintaining steady eye-contact. While the interview was conducted over the Internet via Skype, it mimics what, for some, is a typical interview experience. Read full article …
While preparing for your interview, you run over your answers to the standard questions, check to make sure all of your paperwork is intact, look in the mirror to ensure a presentable image, and make sure you leave yourself enough time to arrive 10 minutes early. What you don’t realize, however, is that this preparation isn’t covering the most important part of the interview: you. Not the “you” that is represented by the above factors, but the you that comes natural and subconsciously. The following are six unconscious mistakes you can make to ruin your chance of getting hired. Read full article …