Posts Tagged ‘interviewing’
Building on Small Victories
Thank you for reading my blog. I debated whether to make this my first blog post, but I strongly feel sharing this experience will help someone else. That is this only reason I started to write this blog: to help someone else. I started working with a new job search client a few weeks whom…
Read MoreUnsuccessful Interview Tactic: Overwhelm the Interviewer
I see job seekers overwhelm the interviewers all the time. What do I mean? What I mean is when you are interviewing, and you feel like you are not convincing the interviewer that you are qualified for the job – so you start telling the interviewer, in an unsolicited manner, even more details about…
Read More4 Ways to Be Ready for the Difficult Interview Questions
The cardinal rule of interviewing seems to be “never say anything negative on an interview.” But that does not mean the hiring manager will not ask you about the blemish, challenge or failure in your past that you would prefer not to talk about, if given the choice. Despite your best efforts, the interviewer will…
Read More41 Mistakes that Job Seekers Make which Kill Their Career Prospects and Sabotage Their Job Search
Written by Lisa Rangel, Executive Resume Writer Struggling with your job search? Not seeing results that you want, but not sure why? Review this list and if you 10 or more of these reasons resonate with you, then we need to chat about what you can fix to get results (you can sign up for a…
Read MoreResume Transparency – Telling the Truth to Land Your Next Job – Tools to Help
I had a client ask me, “I have a 3+ year gap on my resume where I left a stable, awesome Corporate America job to pursue freelance work and to research starting my own business. I discovered I want to go back to a position at a firm versus be on my own. I recently…
Read MoreYes, The Traditional Resume Is DEAD
Written by Lisa Rangel, Executive Resume Writer This is an answer I provided to a question recently posed to me by a client. What? Huh? Yes, I am a Resume Writer and Job Search Coach and I am telling you the traditional resume is dead. He had a beautifully written, task-oriented, result deficient, non-branded, visually uninspiring…
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