"Tell me about yourself?"
What does someone really want to know when they ask you this question?
When you are asked this question during an interview, what they really want to know is: ARE ...
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Interviewing
Competing and Coming Up Short
Have you ever interviewed for a job, thought you did an excellent job, and not gotten the offer? Or perhaps you entered a contest, let's say a blogging contest, and not won? Not getting the job or ...
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Have You Turned Down A Job Offer?
My hope for every one in job search is that you have the privilege to turn down an offer because it isn't the best fit for you. There is no greater feeling! Being offered a job builds up your ...
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Story Telling is an Art and a Science
Yes, everyone has a story. It is difficult for some of us to tell our stories, however.
As I work with classes of job seekers to help them develop their accomplishment stories, we work through ...
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Employers Don’t Care About Your Age
While I am sure age-discriminatory practices may exist in some circumstance, I am alarmed by the number of older workers who have a "paranoia" about potentially age-related questions on job ...
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Ready for Your Upcoming Interview?
I mean are you REALLY ready for your upcoming interview?
You only have one shot at making the best first impression. No pressure, right? But there's a lot you can do to prepare for your job ...
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How “Interview Savvy” Are You?
This month's post is one of many Career Collective posts by career and resume experts on the topic of common misconceptions of job search and hiring. I am honored to be part of this group and want to ...
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Say What You Mean to Say and Say it like you mean it!
As I talk with job seekers about their adventures, there seems to be a common thread that connects them. It seems to me that they have difficulty really saying what they mean to say. This happens in ...
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Hate Making Small Talk? Ask Questions
Many of us despise making small talk. It is the equalent of a drill in the dentist's office. As a result, these same, introverted people like myself hate going to networking events where we are forced ...
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Negotiating Salary Too Soon
I was talking with a past co-worker yesterday who wanted my advice on a job offer he recently received. But before I go there, let me tell you how he got the offer...he walked in! Yes, and he met ...
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Why Did You Leave Your Job?
Every recruiter, HR rep and hiring manager wants to know the answer to this question..."why did you leave your job?" Be prepared to answer it for each and every job on your resume. ...
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Interviews but no offers?
So you've had interviews but no offers yet. Here are some ways to audit your interviewing performance. ...
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Assertive, Aggressive or Afraid
A friend called me the other day, excited and nervous because she had gotten an interview for a job she had recently applied for.
"What do I ask them", she asked me.
"What do you want to know" I ...
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Summary Sunday
The focus of this week's Summary is...interviewing. As I was gathering posts for this, I saw I wasn't the only one with this idea. Tim Tyrell-Smith summarized interviewing posts this week as well. ...
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Interview Conversion
I met with an intelligent and accomplished job seeker the other day. When I asked how many interviews he had been on since beginning his search (approximately 6 months ago) he told me ...
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Thank You Goes A Long Way
Should you bother sending a thank you message after a job interview? ...
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Measuring Trust
The interview is a mutual exchange of information. This requires both parties to engage in good questions to gain better understanding of one another. One of the big intangibles for both is Trust. ...
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“Buying Signals” In a Job Interview
I’ve heard this sentiment many times and often felt it myself: “I get so nervous when an interviewer starts finding fault with my experience!” Wait a minute...is he really finding fault, or are ...
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Practice Your Interview Answers Out Loud
As crazy as this may sound (and feel), it is really important to practice your interview answers out loud. ...
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Salary Discussions, another point of view
Talking about salary is always a tricky subject. One of my first questions as I write about this is why did employers stop listing their salary ranges in the job posting? Is the answer ...
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…Speak No Evil
Employers will ask candidates for references. This formal request is probably not the only digging they will do. Much has been said about your web-presence, but it is also important to ...
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Give me a Chance
I frequently run into people who say "I know I could do the job if they would just give me a chance". Why aren't they aren't giving you the chance?
Are you ...
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3 Easy Steps to Negotiating Your Job Offer
Even in today's climate, you can negotiate your job offer. The art of negotiation requires data, emotional disconnect and the vocabulary.
Step One: Gathering the data
During the interview it is ...
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Best Advice for Interviewing Strategy
I love the philosophy behind this post on Ask The Headhunter. It truly is the best interviewing advice ever. It is written for employers, kinda, yet clearly explains the logic behind ...
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Make the most of your unemployment
If you were in charge of hiring and you had been interviewing lots of candidates, many of whom are unemployed, what would you listen for in order to differentiate these candidates?
One question ...
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Being “likable” is the key to success
Being likable is the key to your career and job search success.
Both securing a new job and maintaining a job require that the right people like you. Of course, you have to have the skills and ...
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Mentor, sage advisor, guru…
Identify people in your life who have can serve as mentors. We all have a lot to learn. This post is about sharing some of life's lessons learned from my mentors, sage advisors and ...
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The interview is not a confessional
All too often, job seekers feel they have to confess things during the interview. But let me remind you, the interview is not a confessional. ...
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Don’t Opt Out
Here's why you don't want to opt out of the job interview process too early. ...
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Introducing… you
When asked, "what do you do" or in job search "what are you looking for" or in an interview "tell me about yourself", it is not only prudent, it is critical to know what ...
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