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The Interview Follow Up

Even as COVID restrictions end, companies continue to interview candidates remotely, emphasizing the importance of a follow up email. Not being able to have a face-to-face interview can dramatically reduce your chances of a career change. Not everyone is articulate and not being able to dress-for-success when heading to an interview, just reduces your odds…

Self Diagnostic: Improving Your Job-Hunting Experience

Occasionally, an opportunity presents itself to take a good hard look at your corporate self through the eyes of the job-hunter. A online Harris Poll in 2019, for the American Staffing Association, surveyed 2,022 U.S. adults to discover reasons why they may decline a job offer. As the list will reveal, most of the responses…

Three Interview Myths

Myth 1: The Interviewer is Prepared More than likely, the person doing the interview is overworked and stressed because they need to hire someone. Many companies do not have the HR expertise to complete comprehensive interviews and background checks on candidates. The Interviewer, many times, will take a resume on face value not realizing the…

Sit Up! Stop Fidgeting!

Understanding the importance of Body Language in a job interview can determine whether you make it past a firm handshake & the first 30 seconds. Most of us can remember one, if not both, of our parents firmly whispering, “Sit Up! Stop Fidgeting!” during Sunday morning service when we were kids. Unbeknownst to Mom and…

The Interview Shortlist

With over a decade of interviews under our belt, we came up with a short list of interview questions. When asked a question, please offer up an honest, thoughtful answer. If stumped on a tricky question, ask to hear it again so as to give yourself more time to come up with a genuine response.…