Whenever applicants manage to prove themselves worthy and persuade recruiters to request an interview, they need to capitalize on the chance to strut their stuff and bring their A-game to these in-person discussions.
While there is no method to tell what HR reps will throw your way, there are some strategies that you could employ to make sure you are on your A-game when bypassing these scenarios.
Writing a strong cover letter has always been a concern for job-seekers. With the digitization of networking and employment applications, not to mention the invasion of email, the stakes are now higher than ever – and most people are confused as to where the cover letter fits in to the recipe.
You may not realize it, but the way you communicate in emails is much more important than you think.
If you avoid a number of common faux pas, you could make your modern resume a masterpiece that would have all kinds of recruiters knocking on your door.
In the age of LinkedIn, About.Me, and the raging “you are your network” mentality that abounds when it comes to landing your next gig, traditional resumes aren’t going to cut it.
I’ve been in IT and Digital Recruiting for almost 20 years and for as long as I can remember–at least once a month–one of my friends asks me at a party: can you help me with my resume? Or, more frequently: I have a friend who is looking for a job—can you help them with…
Even if you’re amazing in pretty much every way, you’re bound to make mistakes at some point in time, including during your job search.
If you’ve been tasked with recruiting the next great batch of employees that your company has ever seen, your first instincts might be to load up the corporate website with all manner of career ads, job postings and little links where visitors can drop off their modern resumes. While this tactic might be the way…
Back in the day – you know, when your grandparents would walk 17 miles in a blizzard or fire just to get to school – job interviews were a one-way street. That has all changed. In today’s world of progressive people, potential employers no longer have candidates sit there so that they can be subjected…