Here’s a useful post from Lavie Margolin’s blog, Lavie’s Job Advisement
How do I answer the question, “What is your greatest weakness?”
“Remember an interview is your chance to continue to ‘sell’ an employer on your appropriateness for their job opening. Every answer that you give should make your candidacy stronger.
“I suggest explaining a challenge/problem that you [...]

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Umm… Dressing properly for an interview is important.
 
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Here’s a very useful article on how to successfully conduct a phone interview - the preparation tips are great!
To add to this, one idea is to have an expanded version of your resume for a reference to use during phone interviews. You can expand each section of your resume with additional bullets with [...]

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I’m a firm believer that a job search is largely about sales and marketing. No matter what role you’re seeking, essentially the job search is about selling yourself and the value you can contribute to each prospective employer that you contact. And the employer also needs to sell you on the benefit of [...]

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53%.
That’s right, 53%.
Actually, more than 53%.
What am I talking about?
Is it the percentage of people who say the glass is half full vs. half empty? Nope.
Is this the amount your salary will definitely increase if you purchase my book and use all the information within it? [...]

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Here’s yet another article that reinforces the old saying, “honesty is the best policy.” As far as I’m concerned, that’s true everywhere. And I’m not just saying that because I’m a horrible liar. My mother still tells the story about how she always knew when, as a kid, I would try to [...]

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In a previous blog I discussed the purpose of a resume, which is to get enough of the right attention to land that phone or face-to-face interview.  But sometimes a resume isn’t enough or…maybe it’s too much.
I read and screen resumes for a living. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to fill a job and [...]

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Well this entry is part rant, part serious advice. I received a call a little while back from a gentleman I had met at a networking event. He asked me to look over the resume of a friend of his, which I was glad to do. The person sent me a long [...]

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Okay, if you made it as far as the interview, you don’t want to blow it. (Agreed?) In my many years in HR I have been a silent observer on several interviews. Let me tell you some subtle, but definite “no-no’s” you may not be aware of.
1. Dressed up to the nines for an interview. [...]

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