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Ace the Interview by Communicating With Clarity, and Confidence Jayne Latz

Effective speech can be one of your most powerful business tools. How confident are you that you just aced the interview? Did the recruiter or interviewer ask you to repeat what you just said more than one time? Many people prepare for an interview by researching the company, buying a new suit and showing up … Read More

How To

How to Approach a Former Employer for a New Job Debra Donston-Miller

Especially in a tight job market, many companies will welcome back former employees who left under good terms. They say you can’t go home again — or can you? Experts say you should definitely consider former employers when seeking the next rung on the career ladder, but a diplomatic approach and sturdy, unburned bridges are … Read More

Advice

When to use your legal name vs. a nickname Irene Marshall

It’s not as obvious as it seems. Follow this guide on when to use a nickname, your legal name, tie your name to a degree, or even use the phonetic spelling. Read More

Job Search

Getting to the Point Gets the Job Lisa Vaas

The resume of a Ph.D. nutritionist was so lean, mean and focused, the recruiter gobbled her up. She got right to the point, and it got her the job. “Seeking to add value to health and wellness field — highly connected and motivated leader,” her resume title read. That’s the kind of directness Wayne Weiner … Read More

Resumes

What Employers Really Think About Functional Resumes Lisa Vaas

Don’t think you can hide anything; HR veterans know all the tricks for cloaking employment gaps or skimpy experience. Once upon a time, resume writers had a fallback format to deal with career-changers, resumes light on experience or clients with gaps in their employment histories: the functional resume. This type of resume format plays up … Read More

Resumes

An Introvert’s Guide to Resume Self-Promotion Lisa Vaas

How to get over your humbleness and bring on the brag. Consider the meek: They may in fact be set to inherit the earth, but it’s not easy for them to portray that birthright in their resumes. Toward that noble end, Susan Cucuzza, an Executive Coach with Live Forward LLC, sits humble introverts down, one … Read More

Interview Tips

Interview Preparation Wins Candidate Competitions Andrew Klappholz

When it’s time to interview, you’ll need more than attitude; do your homework to put yourself ahead of the pack. The “will to win” is overrated. If you think about it, who doesn’t have the will to win? What makes people successful — whether in sports competitions or job interviews — is what basketball Coach … Read More

Interview Tips

7 Interview Questions to Uncover Corporate Culture Scott Ginsberg

You won’t succeed if you think your co-workers are annoying. (Or vice versa.) So ask these questions upfront to uncover what’s really going on. You’re not the only person being interviewed. In fact, your perception of a company is equally as important as their perception of you. So after you answer all their behavioral interview … Read More

Resumes

Taking Time to Rewrite That Resume Lisa Vaas

Don’t let the challenges of a resume rewrite overwhelm you. Take a look at your skills and successful resumes to get your head in the game. She never had to look for work. As a Truman scholar and a top-notch statistics, marine biology and water-quality expert with two master’s degrees and a Ph.D., work looked … Read More

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