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June 2009

Alright, the interview went well but it has been two weeks and you have heard nothing. Scratching your head right? What do you do when you haven’t heard back after the interview? How could everything be so positive and then just silence. Have you been there before? You are not really sure what to do [...]

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Yesterday, I gave you a step by step plan of what you should do after the interview in order to land the job. If you missed it you can find it here: Top 5 Things To Do After the Interview Today, I am going to tackle the negative side. There are things that you should [...]

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Okay, so the interview went well (or so you think) and you want to know what you should do, right. Well, there are certain things you want to do and there are certain things that you don’t want to do. I can count on both hands (and maybe even toes) the number of times that [...]

Have you ever been frustrated with how your resume looks when you have to cut and paste it into a text box in order to submit your resume online? Well, I know it frustrates many people and they mistakingly believe that nothing can be done. Well, there is a way to make the presentation of [...]

How Do I Get My Foot in the Door?

by Jonathan on 11:10 am

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Probably the single biggest challenge that job seekers face is getting their foot in the door. I hear this time and time again from candidates of mine. They are convinced that if they can just talk to a human being (hiring manager) that they can win the job. This seems like a huge obstacle to [...]

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I have been discussing the importance of networking on Linkedin. As I have mentioned before, Linkedin is a great way to merge the internet and physical networking. Let’s face it…networking is hard work. Sure there are many benefits to networking and I still believe it is the fastest way to a job, but networking combined [...]

Many candidates fail in the interview process because they walked in unprepared. As an Executive Recruiter I have seen it happen time and time again. They had all the experience that the hiring company was looking but they failed to deliver in the interview. Here is the big question: How do you handle unusual interview [...]

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Do you know the basics of networking? Even if you are not a social person you can work this basic game plan that I am about to give you. Ever been to the circus? Remember the spinning plates? Well, networking is a lot like those spinning plates. You need to do a little bit of [...]

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I have been spending a lot of time on this blog sharing with you the strategies for becoming a top networker on Linkedin. There are many reasons to do this, but my angle has been for the purpose of growing and expanding your career. We all know that networking in-person can be a lot of [...]