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The Anatomy of a Successful LinkedIn Profile

Posted on March 24, 2016April 1, 2021 by caitlinhoward

Most job seekers know it's important to have a LinkedIn profile but few professionals know what needs to be included in their profile in order to make a good impression. For example, did you know that recruiters spend 19% of the total time they spend on your profile looking at your picture? That's a lot of time spent on an element that many professionals fail to include. And having a professional ...

How to Impress Recruiters with Your LinkedIn Profile

Posted on December 9, 2015January 6, 2021 by caitlinhoward

By now, most job seekers have figured out that LinkedIn is a valuable tool for landing a job, but not everyone has figured out what it takes to impress a recruiter. Hint: simply copying and pasting your resume onto your profile is not going to work. There are 6 main areas recruiters look at when evaluating potential candidates. Learn what these areas are and how you can tailor your LinkedIn profil...

The Insider’s Guide to Using Social Media to Get Hired

Posted on July 1, 2015August 18, 2022 by caitlinhoward

Many job seekers think it’s best to hide or delete their social media profiles and online activity when searching for a new position. In reality, having no online presence will make you seem suspicious or even deter employers and hiring managers from pursuing you. In fact, 21 percent of hiring managers say they are less likely to consider job candidates if they can’t find information about that pe...

3 Ways Candidates Can Prepare for a Video Interview

Posted on May 8, 2015June 21, 2022 by caitlinhoward

Life in most parts of the world has returned to normal after more than two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zoom grew by 2900%, making it one of the fastest-growing applications in 2020 and 2021. Video interviewing is one of the changes that are here to stay. So before you get on that zoom, be sure to prep so there are no problems with your technology. ELIMINATE DISTRACTIONS The best...

5 Avoidable Job Interview Mistakes

Posted on April 11, 2014January 8, 2021 by caitlinhoward

You only have one chance to make a good first impression in an interview. You are being evaluated on the way you talk, dress, and even smell from the second you enter the room. What you do, and even what you don't do, can be the difference between landing a new job or heading back to the job boards. Before you schedule your next interview, consider these 5 common mistakes job seekers make in...

5 Questions Great Job Candidates Ask

Posted on September 25, 2012April 4, 2023 by KathleenSteffey

By Jeff Haden, INC.com Be honest. Raise your hand if you feel the part of the job interview where you ask the candidate, "Do you have any questions for me?" is almost always a waste of time. Thought so. The problem is most candidates don't actually care about your answers; they just hope to make themselves look good by asking "smart" questions. To them, what they ask is more impo...

Didn’t Get the Job? Don’t Be Shy… Ask Why!

Posted on December 14, 2010January 8, 2021 by KathleenSteffey

By Tim Estiloz, Posted Dec 7th 2010 AOL Jobs You go in for a job interview and do what you believe is a killer performance that should nail you the position, only to find out a short time later, after no call backs, that someone else got the position. Along with the natural disappointment at losing the job, it's also natural to wonder why your qualifications and presentation fell short. You can't ...

Seven Tips for Reentering the Workforce

Posted on December 7, 2010January 8, 2021 by KathleenSteffey

Original Post: By NicoleWilliams.com staff Reentering the workforce can be a challenge no matter how good your excuse is: volunteering, working or studying abroad, starting a family, caring for a sick relative or coping with your own illness, or investing in your future by completing a graduate degree. Your search can be made more difficult by the poor economy and a bias against people who have la...

What to Expect on a Second and Third Interview

Posted on November 23, 2010January 8, 2021 by KathleenSteffey

Original Post: By Darryl K. Taft, The Ladders “Understanding the typical schedule and purpose of each round can prepare you to face each and give you an advantage in the hiring process.” Before you hear the words, “You’re hired,” you will typically sit through three separate interview sessions … at least. You prepared for the first interview. So you’re prepared for the second and third interviews,...

Use The Holidays To Find A Job

Posted on November 2, 2010December 3, 2024 by KathleenSteffey

Original Post: Susan Adams, Forbes.com You can and should. One reason: You'll have less competition then. When my friend Matthew turned down an offer for a lucrative marketing position two weeks ago (it conflicted with the noncompete agreement from his old employer), he told me he couldn't find another job until the new year. That's just the way it is in his business, he said. Once the holidays hi...

Top 10 Online Job Search Tips

Posted on October 12, 2010January 8, 2021 by KathleenSteffey

Original Post: CareerBuilder.com While the popularity of online job boards puts millions of jobs at one's fingertips, it has also made the job applicant pool that much bigger. For this reason, national job search sites and the Internet as a whole have gotten a bad rap from some industry professionals as an ineffective job seeker tool; on the contrary, the Internet actually can be a great re...

13 Ways Your Resume Can Say ‘I’m Unprofessional’

Posted on September 21, 2010 by KathleenSteffey

Hiring pros share the faux pas they find in real resumes, including wacky e-mail addresses, defunct phone numbers and cookie-cutter templates. Original Post By Lisa Vaas, The Ladders No offense, thebigcheese@domain.com, but if nobody has told you yet, we’re telling you now: That e-mail address is not making you look particularly professional. Unprofessional e-mail addresses are just one way of se...

Are You Getting Interviews, But Not the Job?

Posted on August 17, 2010 by KathleenSteffey

Original Post: How to Diagnose Where You Might Be Going Wrong By John Rossheim, Monster Senior Contributing Writer Your resume has earned you interviews with several employers over the past year. That's impressive, especially in this economy. But none of those interviews has yielded a job offer. You've done the standard interview preparation. You've shown up on time and dressed in appropriate in...

Can Recruiters Find YOU? 5 Online Methods to Borrow

Posted on May 25, 2010 by KathleenSteffey

Joe Turner was a recruiter for more than 15 years, so job seekers often ask him for advice on how to meet recruiters and how to make working with recruiters a beneficial experience. His reply is not always what they want to hear: Top recruiters don't want to meet you. They don't want you to call them, and they don't want you to send your resume to them. They are already wired into their own netwo...

Beware the Desperate Candidate

Posted on October 23, 2009 by KathleenSteffey

The longer they’re on the market, the more desperate downsized candidates become. As a result, they tend to be open to positions with lower base salaries and commissions and even less accountability – things they wouldn’t think twice about in more stable economic times. While hiring managers may be tempted to snag a top-level sales professional at an entry level price, it is a decision that will ...