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Common Ways Applicants Ruin Job Interviews

Published on May 6, 2012 By David

Last week in Chicago I spoke to a group of executives about how they can simplify and ace the job interview. I shared how to put off difficult questions but still answer them confidently, how to get hired for the job even when your experience doesn’t exactly fit their description, what to say if you’ve [...]

Video From Last Week’s GO! Network Session

Published on October 2, 2011 By David

In case you weren’t able to make last week’s GO! Network Session, I had the privilege of presenting “From ‘Hi’ to Hired”, sharing how to simplify and ace the interview. The good folks at GO! Network were great to video the session, and you can see Part 1 below. Let me know what you think, [...]

How To Ace The 5 Types of Interview Questions

Published on September 18, 2011 By David

This Tuesday, September 20th, I’m honored to be presenting “From ‘Hi’ To Hired: How To Simplify & Ace The Interview” at GO! Network. As the blurb at the GO! Network site says, in today’s market, you have to become an expert at developing and implementing your own career marketing plan. After spending hours, days, or [...]

A Few More Phone Interview Tips

Published on June 23, 2011 By David

Based on some of the feedback from my last post, I thought it would be worthwhile going a little deeper into what you should try to achieve through a phone interview. First, off, for those of you who HAVEN’T had to do a phone interview, this kind of interview is often a quick evaluation (most [...]

Hidden Weakness Questions in an Interview

Published on June 12, 2011 By David

Last March, I did a post about what you should say when asked about weaknesses. After all, this is something that does come up in interviews quite often. In that post, I talked about how job seekers should take weakness questions and turn them around. Sometimes it’s as simple as using the phrase, “Here’s what [...]

Resume Follow Up Etiquette

Published on April 15, 2011 By David

You hear about a job. Maybe it’s better than the one you have now, maybe you’re out of work. Regardless, you’re interested. So you do it: you submit your resume online. But you don’t hear back immediately. So now what? Should you email their HR department to make sure they got your resume? Call? Both? [...]

The Career Triple Threat

Published on April 12, 2011 By David

Did any of you used to watch the TV special that had every young person dreaming of “FAME?” They interviewed and auditioned candidates from the east coast to the west. All of this to find the number one candidate that would possess what they called, “The Triple Threat”! And what did they win? A million [...]

The First Number in Salary Negotiations

Published on March 29, 2011 By David

When you’ve gotten to the point of the interview process when the job is yours (yay!), salary negotiations are next. So when they ask what you want to make, flip the question by asking the range they’re thinking. By doing this, you don’t hold them to one specific number, but you know what range you [...]

What To Say When Asked About Weaknesses

Published on March 17, 2011 By David

It’s a question no one wants to hear, often because they have no idea how to even start answering it: “What are your weaknesses?” I recently came across this article that reinforces something I tell my Career Coaching and counseling clients – just because they ask you doesn’t mean you have to blurt out the [...]

A Sneak Peek at My Interview With Channel 5

Published on February 22, 2011 By David

This Thursday, the KSDK news team (Channel 5 here in St. Louis) is doing a story about job interviewing, and I’m excited to announce that their interview of yours truly will be a part of the story! I hope you’ll watch. If the questions they’ve been asking me as a career coach/career counseling resource are [...]

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