Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 - Social Media, job interview, job search, job seeking

Job Interview test and presentation James, a job seeker, asks: I have an interview tomorrow, any advice? I have been unemployed for a while (5 months) finally I have an interview tomorrow (I had three last week but no reply). The job is SEO (search engine optimazation) they also give me a link of a [...]

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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 - Blog, job application, job application rejection, job interview

Job Application: Fired? Kate, a life coach, asks: How should a client answer an interview question/fill out an application if they have been fired? The person I am working with feels they were wrongly fired from a company due to a personality conflict with a manager. When asked at a job interview why he isn’t [...]

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Monday, March 15th, 2010 - Blog, Interview Questions, job interview

Many job interviews, no job offers Mary asks: I am a teacher, and am having no luck in landing a job. I am getting a good ratio of job interviews, but in 10 so far have not been offered one job. What am I doing wrong, what could I do to improve my performance? In [...]

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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 - Employment Reference, career transition, employment, interview, job application, job interview, references

Reference: when in a job application? John, a job seeker in sales, asks: I am in a good job at present, but looking to move soon. My question is, when should I seek to line up my references? Most of my old bosses/employers have moved on or gone out of business. Approaching some of my [...]

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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 - employment, job application, job interview

Job Application: always think Job Interview If there is one mistake that the majority of job applications make, it is focusing serially on their job application, over success in the final aim: the job interview Why is focusing on the job interview a more successful strategy over focusing serially on: Finding jobs Job Application Telephone [...]

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