Category Archives: Interviewing

Crafting a cover letter can be a tough challenge for a lot people. How can you convey all the things that you want to? How will you make yourself stand out from the competition, which in today’s economy is fiercer than ever? One suggestion is to search for cover letter templates on the web to Read more...

The simple step of writing a thank you letter after an interview, either face to face or a phone interview is a skill that is not often taught by recruiters It could be the difference between getting hired or passed on by the hiring manager. Most recruiters will go over the basics of resume writing, Read more...

Immediately upon graduation, most college students start filling in job applications in hopes of securing a job interview. Prior to this, these graduates need to have an impressive graduate resume. Resume writing is an art that is best left to professional resume writers that specialize in graduate and entry level resumes. A good cover letter Read more...

You have just been through a grueling interview. The questions were tough and some just seemed off-the-wall and some were rather innocent. What was the interviewer really looking for? What did s/he mean by those questions? Well, you can be certain that if you were interviewed by a seasoned interviewer, each and every question had Read more...

Over the years, interviewers have deployed all sorts of methods to ?weed? out candidates in an effort to determine who is best qualified for a job. A lot has changed from the days when the interviewer could ask anything s/he wanted to. With changes in laws regarding discrimination, etc, new methods were developed to pass Read more...

Job interviews are typically the last stage in the hiring process, used to evaluate the best candidates. Interviews are usually preceded by the evaluation of supplied r?sum?s, selecting a small number of candidates who seem to be the most desirable (shortlisting). A company seeking to fill a single position will typically interview a handful of Read more...

Professional resumes and job interviews are connected. One leads to the other, if everyone is following best practices. Professional resume help is an x/y proposition. It is good or it is bad. The prose is well written or clumsy. The style of the resume writer is clear, or opaque. If you’ve chosen an experienced professional Read more...

The questions you ask are usually used by the interviewer to evaluate your fitness for the job. You should research enough to be able to ask questions that are not found in obvious places such as the organization’s annual report. Find out about the job and the company when it’s your turn to ask questions. Read more...

A face-to-face interview is the most stressful part of the job search for many individuals, but it is also a critical component of the recruiting process. Up until this point, you have been able to hide behind your resume and cover letter. As the selection process starts to draw to a close, though, it?s time Read more...

THE IMPORTANCE OF BODY LANGUAGE SHAKE HANDS THE PROPER WAY One of the first things you’ll probably do in an interview is shake hands with your interviewer. The handshake is a simple symbol of introduction. But it can also be an unspoken gauge of personality. Hiring managers say that while a limp or unenthusiastic handshake Read more...