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Overcoming the Challenges of the Phone Interview - Careers Articles
Phone interviews are a lot like the kid's game Pin the Tail on the Donkey. You're blindfolded and hoping you stay on target to win the game. Interviews are tough enough in general, but on the phone, there are some unique challenges in making the right impression. And many ways to make the wrong one.
How Management Can Help You Find A Job | Tim's Strategy
If only we had someone walking around us all the time during job search. Someone who could chart our progress. And keep us on the straight and narrow.
This someone would have our job search objectives written in detail. They would know our weaknesses and our strengths. Helping us to limit the exposure of one and drive the heck out of the other.
Have You Sabotaged Your Job Search? | EmploymentDigest.net
As a globally recognized Certified Professional Resume Writer, Executive Recruiter, and founder of Haute Resume & Career Services LLC, I review hundreds of resumes each year for unemployed job seekers who’ve often spent months unsuccessfully searching for a job. Most of these costly mistakes are easily preventable when the job seeker has educated him/herself in the art of resume writing.
TheWiseJobSearch: Leaving Effective Voicemails In Your Job Search!
When networking, following up on an application, reconnecting after an interview, or for virtually any other aspect of a job search… talking to someone is always better than an email.
A professional voice on the phone is much harder to ignore than one of dozens of emails.
However, for most people, the majority of calls you make will initially result in leaving a voicemail than actually being able to catch someone on the phone.
I recently received an email from someone asking what they can do to improve their chances of getting a call back. Good question!
More Job Cuts Are Likely, According to Washington Think Tank - Careers Articles
It is not new news that the economy is still having trouble recovering from the worst recession in history, but The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington think tank working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals, recently said that as many as 600,000 to 700,000 more jobs will most likely be cut in the next year.
Even with the recent federal aid totaling $26 billion, it is projected that this massive sum of money infusing the economy will not save enough jobs to slow the progression and momentum of an already failing job market.
