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- What Your Interview Body Language Reveals about You - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2011 from Don GoodmanPoor body language can derail an interview regardless of how confident and well-spoken you are. Body language is as much a part of your communication style as what you say verbally – it’s really about how you say it. Impressions are made within seconds of reviewing body language. Consider the ...
Views: 1145 - What Your Job Interview and the Hollywood Oscar Nominee Hopefuls Have in Common - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2012 from Carole MartinYes, it's Awards time in Hollywood. Several award shows honor the top-performers in film and TV. There are several actors and shows "nominated," and one award is given per category on each show. Why compare awards with a job interview? The comparison with the job interview process is that ...
Views: 1415 - What's the Greatest Barrier to a Successful Job Search? - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Peggy McKeeWhat’s keeping you from getting the job? It could be the same thing that trips up others: you don’t understand (yet) that the job search is a sales process. It doesn’t matter what career you are involved in: to get the job, you have to sell yourself to the hiring manager. That means ...
Views: 1568 - What’s Your Greatest Weakness? How to Answer the Most Irritating Job Interview Question—And Still Get It Right - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Peggy McKee“What’s your greatest weakness?” is one of those typical but tough job interview questions. We all hate this question, but it comes up all the time, and your answer is critical. You know you’re going to get asked, so be prepared. It’s trickier than it seems on the surface, and there’s an art ...
Views: 4977 - When Hiring Leaders, Do These Things - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2012 from Rand GolletzMost executives’ hiring skills are sorely lacking. A couple of years ago, I consulted with a medium-sized company’s Board of Directors to sharpen their recruiting and selection of senior executives from the outside, after a couple of bad hiring decisions had nearly buried the company. As a first ...
Views: 1237 - When I Didn’t Know the Answer to an Interview Question! (7 Expert Tips to Handle Such Situation) - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2013 from Vaibhav Gupta“O my God!” “What? – I am rejected!” That was Harry’s instant reaction, when he got the rejection verdict in one of the interviews that he had faced. He couldn’t believe his ears when the news broke out to him. His first reaction was to sink in his sofa – engendered with dejection! The ...
Views: 1958 - When Is the Best Time to Present the 30/60/90-day Plan? - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2010 from Peggy McKeeThe best time to present your 30/60/90-day plan is in your first face-to-face interview. In this difficult economy, many well-qualified people are applying for jobs, creating some stiff competition for you, so you’re going to want to come out of the gate strong. Don’t bother trying to bring it ...
Views: 1891 - When Should You Introduce Your 30-60-90-Day Plan in the Interview? - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Peggy McKeeCreating a 30/60/90-day plan is one of the most effective things you can do to impress a hiring manager and win a job offer in medical sales, healthcare sales, laboratory sales, clinical diagnostics sales, imaging sales, pathology sales, hospital equipment sales, medical device sales, biotech ...
Views: 3708 - Where do I find the information to complete a 30/60/90-day plan? - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2010 from Peggy McKeeA 30/60/90-day plan is a guaranteed way to make a powerful impression on the hiring manager and help you stand out from your competition in the job search. It’s simply an outline for what you’ll do in the first 3 months on the job: how you’ll get your training, get up to speed, and attack the ...
Views: 1677 - Who is an Interviewer and what does Barbara Walters have to do with it? - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2012 from Beth SmithFirst off, let me start out by saying Barbara Walters and I have the same job title, but not the same job… as much as I wish we did. Barbara Walters is one of the best interviewers in the world, bar none. She is prepared, she does her research, and she gets people to continuously tell her things ...
Views: 1227 - Why Do Companies Use Personality Tests? - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2010 from Peggy McKeeMany companies use personality assessments such as DISC, Caliper, or Gallup as an additional evaluation for potential new hires. Even though resumes, job history, and past performance are powerful indicators of success in your new role, there are also intangible factors such as drive, people ...
Views: 2060 - Why Knowing and Leveraging Your Strengths Will Help You Get The Job - 10 Questions to Help Determine Strengths - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2020 from Jean L. SerioYou may be wondering why interviewers ask certain questions of you. For example – those regarding strengths. The question is - if you have the skills - which you made clear in your LinkedIn Profile and Resume - why is it important for an interviewer to question you about your strengths? ...
Views: 1019 - Why You Need a 30/60/90-Day Plan to Shine in Your Job Interview - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2010 from Peggy McKeeThe best-prepared candidate is often the one who gets the offer. And the hands-down, very best way to ensure that YOU are the best-prepared candidate is to construct a 30/60/90-day plan. A 30/60/90-day plan is a written outline of what you will be doing in your first 3 months on the job. ...
Views: 1845 - Why You Need To Research Before An Interview - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2013 from Marc DeBoerI had the opportunity to speak with a VP of Human Resources and I would like to share with you something I learned; her pet peeve with the lack of interview/job/company research. The interview research you do or don't do, can make or break your chances of landing the job. When speaking to the ...
Views: 1316 - Why You Need To Say My Name More Often - by Submitted on May 01, 2013 from Marc DeBoerI was talking to a prospective client yesterday and he asked me, "How do I make myself memorable in an interview or when networking?" We discussed a variety of tactics which will surely help him out, but there was one that stood out. We were talking about a specific chapter in How To Win ...
Views: 1512 - Why You Shouldn’t Ask For The Job - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2013 from Marc DeBoerWait! What? Don't ask for the job? Yup! It's annoying and no one likes it. What do I mean? With our job market still recovering back to its normal levels, there is an enormous amount of people who are still unemployed and we all know what they want. J-O-B-S! That's obvious, but then why ...
Views: 1396 - Win in Today's Job Search: Don't Apply Online - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2010 from Peggy McKeeThe Old Job Search: Not too long ago, if you were in the job hunt, you’d see an ad, or maybe hear about a job opening from someone you know, and you’d turn in your resume or fill out an application to 15 or 20 companies total, get 3-4 interviews, get 1-2 offers, you’d take one, and it would ...
Views: 1746 - Writing a Resume: 4 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Write Your Own - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2012 from Don GoodmanWhile the Internet is a great resource to find templates of resumes and to view other individual examples, it does not necessary help you create an effective resume for yourself. Reviewing these examples help you determine what structure and order is best to use with your own resume, but it will ...
Views: 1465 - Writing a Resume: First Important Step - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2012 from Don GoodmanWriting a resume is more than just articulating your skills and accomplishments. Perhaps the most important part of the resume writing process is to start by defining your brand or positioning statement often called the “elevator pitch”. (An “elevator pitch” is what you would say to Bill Gates ...
Views: 1319 - Writing Your Resume; Use the “So What?” Method - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2012 from Don GoodmanYour resume has to tell potential employers what you can do for them. Yet people still fall into the trap of writing sentences that describe their job duties instead of their skills. A simple way to avoid this is to use the “so what” method of writing a resume. The “so what” method makes you ...
Views: 1336 - You Can Use a 30-60-90-Day Sales Plan to Get a Non-Sales Job! - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2009 from Peggy McKeeA 30-60-90-day plan is an outline (segmented into 30-day, 60-day-, and 90-day portions) of what you will do when you start a new job, filled with objectives you plan to achieve in that time frame. Presenting it during the interview sets you apart from other candidates (in a big way). ...
Views: 3563 - You've ve got to have a PLAN! - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from Robert ShindellSo there you were… you were gainfully employed and life was good! Then all of a sudden… BAM! The news that you have been dreading… all of a sudden your life has drastically changed. You became one of the millions of Americans who are unemployed. Although you are not alone in being unemployed, ...
Views: 1267 - ‘Rejected’ in Interviews or was it just a ‘Lack of Consensus’? (5 Top Reasons for Interview Rejections). - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2013 from Vaibhav GuptaWe must have heard several times from those around us that someone attended interview in an organization, and got rejected. That engendered a feeling of dejection in the candidate. While the candidate was still trying to figure out the interview questions, which he might have answered wrongly, ...
Views: 1637 - “Damage Control” Thank You Notes - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2009 from Peggy McKeeDid you just flub your job interview? Were you awkward? Did you forget some critical piece of information that will make them want to hire you? Or did you make some other kind of job interview mistake? Whatever it was–it just didn’t go well, and you know it. But you still want the job. ...
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