interview

The way you feel about yourself will have a great bearing during job interviews. Although it is enough to hire a person based on mere confidence alone, it makes a person express what is in his mind and it allows him to express the kind of person that he is. Since confidence is one of the best tools in making your prospected employer feel you are the best candidate for the position, ...

We all know that having an effective resume is key to landing a great job.  Your cover letter needs to be even more effective than your resume since it’s the first thing that most recruiters read! Your cover letter is more like a “sales letter”!  You are in essence selling your skill set to your prospective employer for that all important chance to get a face to face ...

We are preoccupied by the common idea that a best candidate cracks the interviews. But it is not the best candidate but the best interviewee who succeeds in the job interviews. So how do these words differ from each other? A best candidate is one who only conforms to the job requirements. The moment you see a job advertisement, you start tick marking the checkboxes of your brain for ...

There are a number of networking tips that are as important if not more important than your resume when it comes to getting a job. As we saw in part 1 of this article, your resumes are no doubt important, but networking the right way is at least as important. Networking makes a personal impact the way your

Whether you’ve been out of the employment market for a long time due to child rearing or have been recently laid off, you already know how tough it is to find a job in today’s economy. For every job posting there are hundreds of resumes submitted and as many as 30-40 qualified candidates vying for the same position as you. Needless to say, you have to stand out if you want to get ...