Job Search Planning
Why the Uselessness of Job Interviews is Utter Nonsense
On April 8th, 2017, the New York Times published an article titled, “The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews.” The article went on to say that data-driven interviews are more effective in determining which applicants will be successful at a company than human-led interviews. The data is the data and the data doesn’t lie. I…
Read More3 Signs You Might Be Accepting the Wrong Job
Almost nothing is worse than accepting a job that you were excited about, only to come to realize months later that you hate it. And to make matters worse, when you really think about it, the reasons why you hate it were right in front of you during the interview process. But you ignored…
Read More5 Actions to Take After a Networking Event
So we know why we network, but what do you do to follow up after a networking event? After all, it’s what you do after the event that matters, as that is where the real work begins! Here are 5 suggestions of what to do:
Read MoreWhy Job Seekers Should Avoid HR When Reaching Out to Their Target Company
One of my teammates, George, forwarded me this blog post, “Why I Don’t Talk to Google Recruiters” where the author says he does not do interviews with Google’s (or Amazon’s, or other big tech companies’) recruiters who contact him via email or social media. Why? He is a programmer and his perspective is that…
Read MoreHow ATS Systems Have Become Less Personal and Its Effect on Job Seekers
Over the last year, corporations and job board companies are starting to use a search tool called semantic search to help match open jobs with potential candidates better than ever before. It’s actually been around for about 5 years, but it’s within the last year that it’s begun being used in recruitment (by companies…
Read MoreLanding Your Dream Job Twice Starts with This First Step…
Carl (**name changed to protect the identity of our successful client) met all of his job objectives, and then found himself having worked himself out of a job. His company was very grateful he set them up to succeed and gave him 6 months severance to find his new job. He searched on his…
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