Archive for March, 2006

Top Job Interview Questions

Posted on 19. Mar, 2006 by Bill.

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Top Job Interview Questions
The job interview is a powerful factor in the employee selection process. You can use behavioral-based job interview questions to help you select superior candidates. Ask interview questions that help you identify whether the candidate has the behaviors, skills, and experience needed for the job you are filling.
Ask legal interview questions [...]

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Labor market changes detailed

Posted on 16. Mar, 2006 by Bill.

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Labor market changes detailed
The United States is in the midst of a global economic war, and many Americans may not know it.
Even fewer realize we may be falling behind.
That’s the opinion of John Twomey, executive director of the New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals, an Albany-based advocacy group, who yesterday offered the Finger [...]

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The NEW Networking

Posted on 15. Mar, 2006 by Bill.

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The NEW Networking
Networking: You may call it contact-development, relationship-building or career investment. Certainly it touches on all those things – and if you’re doing it, you know it can eat up time, which few of us have to spare.
Still, even as technology has connected us 24/7 to work, it has also opened all kinds of [...]

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When the pitch is imperfect

Posted on 15. Mar, 2006 by Bill.

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When the pitch is imperfect
While a resume is the first tool with which you make your sales pitch, it may be saying all the wrong things about you. Kenneth Kwama writes about common mistakes executives make in their CVs.
Getting to the interview stage of a job hunt can be difficult. With the competition high and [...]

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When your job can be like a date

Posted on 14. Mar, 2006 by Bill.

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When your job can be like a date
For Caroline Holley, taking a job after meeting the boss once makes about as much sense as agreeing to an arranged marriage.
“It seems kind of insane, but that’s the way most decisions are made,” said Holley, a New Yorker in her 30s who was a temporary worker before [...]

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What to Do When You’re ‘in Transition’

Posted on 13. Mar, 2006 by Bill.

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What to Do When You’re ‘in Transition’
Recently I wrote an article in this space entitled What to Do in the First Hundred Days, which described how you should approach a new job. Some of the feedback I received indicated that I missed an important point in that article: “What did you do before you got [...]

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Bosses find mentoring isn’t worth the time, risks

Posted on 13. Mar, 2006 by Bill.

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Bosses find mentoring isn’t worth the time, risks
Since he became chief executive officer of Irvine, Calif.-based Freedom Communications in January, Scott Flanders has been crisscrossing the country to meet and talk with employees at dozens of locations. But Flanders has also told his managers that they can’t afford to constantly offer advice and guidance to [...]

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Focused objective on résumé helps land job

Posted on 13. Mar, 2006 by Bill.

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Focused objective on résumé helps land job
Choosing an appropriate objective for a résumé can be a difficult endeavor.
For some employers and some jobs, this opening statement is not very important, while for others, it is extremely important. Its true purpose is not always understood by the job seeker, and taking it lightly could be a [...]

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Ageism in America becomes hot topic

Posted on 13. Mar, 2006 by Bill.

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Ageism in America becomes hot topic
Greeting-card and novelty companies call them “Over the Hill” products: the 50th Birthday Coffin Gift Boxes featuring prune juice and anti-aging soap; the “Old Coot” and “Old Biddy” bobblehead dolls; the birthday cards mocking the mobility, intellect and sex drive of the no-longer-young.
Many Americans chuckle at such humor. Others see [...]

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Daily Record – Updates – State sues job placement company

Posted on 09. Mar, 2006 by Bill.

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Daily Record – Updates – State sues job placement company
The state Attorney General’s Office and Division of Consumer Affairs have filed suit against Phoenix Executive Group, a career consulting firm with offices in Parsippany, accusing the company of charging clients thousands of dollars in fees for services it failed to provide.
The suit also claims that [...]

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Money Isn’t Everything

Posted on 08. Mar, 2006 by Bill.

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Money Isn’t Everything
Remember the scene when Cuba Gooding Jr.’s character told his agent to “Show me the money” in the movie “Jerry Maguire”? All too often, job seekers bring that money-is-everything attitude to the table when they are evaluating prospective jobs.
Many recruiters and employers talk about a position in terms of compensation as well, assigning [...]

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Money Isn’t Everything

Posted on 08. Mar, 2006 by Bill.

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Money Isn’t Everything
Remember the scene when Cuba Gooding Jr.’s character told his agent to “Show me the money” in the movie “Jerry Maguire”? All too often, job seekers bring that money-is-everything attitude to the table when they are evaluating prospective jobs.
Many recruiters and employers talk about a position in terms of compensation as well, assigning [...]

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Resume objectives

Posted on 08. Mar, 2006 by Bill.

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Resume objectives
Choosing an appropriate objective for a resume can be a difficult endeavor. For some employers and some jobs this opening statement is not very important, while for others it is extremely important. Its true purpose is not always understood by the job seeker and taking it lightly could be a mistake.
Many looking for a [...]

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