Job Seekers
An acceptance makes us happy, a rejection makes us stronger.
by Oleg Vishnepolsky – LinkedIn “They tried to bury us. They did not know we were seeds.” Brian Acton had a lapse in employment. Nobody wanted to hire him. He then started a company called WhatsApp and sold it to one of the companies that rejected him. The price was astounding 19 billion dollars. On…
Read MoreWhen A Short Stint On The Job Hurts Your Career — And When It Doesn’t
by Caroline Ceniza-Levine – Forbes Picture this: you get an unexpected call from a recruiter for a very interesting job that you would normally jump at. However, you have been at your current job for just over a year. Your last job stint was also pretty short — about two years — because you jumped…
Read MoreInterview Prep – Here’s How:
By Ina Phillip Interviewing for a new position We know that people are not often “natural experts” at going on interviews. In fact, many candidates haven’t been on a job interview in many years. Preparing yourself has a lot to do with what questions to expect from the interviewer. Here are some questions that interviewers…
Read More5 secret signals that your interviewer likes you
by: Monica Torres-Ladders After an interview ends and a manager escorts you to the door, now comes the dissection of what just happened: did it go well? Do they introduce every candidate to executives? Was that handshake encouraging or dismissive? Did they look bored? When they said we’ll follow up this week, was that a…
Read More4 crucial steps to finding a job if you’ve been unemployed for more than 6 months
by: Monica Torres -Ladders This is the harsh reality of the long-term unemployed: as each month ticks by, your chances of getting employed again shrink. It’s not fair: the very fact of unemployment can quickly become itself a reason for…continued unemployment. Northeastern University research found that how long you had been unemployed was the deciding…
Read MoreHow to Be a Job Interview Chameleon – 9 Tips for Impressing
by: Pamela Skillings-bigInterview To ace your job interviews, you must learn to adapt – like the wily chameleon Each job interview, like the principals involved in them, is different. If you approach every interview in exactly the same way, you are sure to be disappointed with the results. The key to making job interviews work…
Read More8 mistakes smart people never make in job interviews
by Lindsay Tigar-Ladders We all know the first-date-like jitters that go with a job interview: the more excited you are for the opportunity, the more anxiety you might experience before showing up. But as you prepare to meet your potential new boss and some potential new co-workers, it’s also important to remember what face you’re…
Read MoreStrategies Second-Career Nurses Can Use To Market Their Skills & Experience
by:KEITH CARLSON -Nurses.com These days, many nonmedical professionals are changing careers and shifting into nursing and healthcare. We’re seeing nurses entering the profession from careers in industries as varied as insurance, banking, publishing, retail, and management. As a significant number of younger nurses simultaneously enter the profession directly from the post-high school college…
Read MoreInterview question: ‘Why do you want this job?’
by: Michael Cheary-reed.co.uk Interview questions come in all shapes and sizes… Some, like character questions, are all about finding out more about your personality. Others try and throw you a curveball, to see how you handle being put under pressure. But the truth is, they aren’t all about you – and that’s exactly where this…
Read MoreLarge Corporation or a Small Company? Pros and Cons of Working for Either One
CareerCloud: Kate Thora When deciding where to look for your next job, there are a lot of factors to think about. Choosing the kind of company that you want to work for is a big one. Should you go for a large corporation and be a tiny cog in a big machine? Or should…
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