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As you draft and edit your resume, keep a close eye out for these five common mistakes. Any one of these oversights can hurt your chances, and all of them are easy to spot and correct. Mistake #1: Sending a Scattered, Unfocused Message If you’ve had a complex career history and you have more than… Read more »
When you first crossed the line from employee to manager, your promotion placed you in charge of a small group of entry-level worker bees. The younger members of your team were 22 and the oldest clocked in at about 27. Management presented a few challenges, but you overcame them, worked hard, did your best, and… Read more »
The quality and reliability of your professional references can make or break your ability to win over potential employers and land the job you need. Before you decide to send a name and accompanying contact information along to your potential employers, ask yourself these questions. If you can answer yes to at least a few… Read more »
Once you’ve made the decision to add temporary or contingency employees to your team, you’ll need to select the right candidates, and then you’ll need to prepare for the next step: seamlessly introducing these newbies to your current staff. As you do this, you’ll face a few common challenges. In some cases, current teams are… Read more »
As employers sift through resumes searching for the right candidate matches, they use a simple—and evolving—set of tools to do this. Resumes are helpful, and so are cover letters. Interviews provide a great opportunity to see a candidate in person and get a sense of his or her personality. And as technology shifts and changes,… Read more »
A decade ago, an employment gap on a resume carried a different message than it does today…and intelligent, strategic employers have been quick to recognize the shift. Back then, an employment gap of six months or more usually came with a reason, and the reason was worth investigating. Skeptical employers could use resume gaps—and the… Read more »
Five minutes after an interview ends, most candidates start to feel the first twitches of impatience and urgency. At this point, employers have almost all of the information they need in order to make a decision, and that decision—positive or negative– can help the candidate move forward and start planning her next moves. So the… Read more »
As your employees return from their holiday vacations, complete their performance reviews, and establish their budgets for the year ahead, your managers should also be setting goals and making resolutions. And while all of your teams set course and get ready for 2015, why not support their efforts by updating and revising your employee handbook?… Read more »
If you aren’t scheduling regular informational interviews, you may not be making the best possible use of every resource during your job search. And if you haven’t scheduled any of these meetings yet, now is a perfect time to start. Informational interviews are short, scripted meetings that you’ll hold with anyone in your industry who… Read more »
You know what you want from your top candidates…But what do they want from you? If you’re asked to describe the exact set of talents, skills, credentials and personal traits you’re looking for, you can answer without hesitation. But the reverse isn’t quite as clear. If you’re lucky enough to cross paths with a candidate… Read more »