In my previous post I made the statement that when it comes to job interviews, preparation is the number one thing that distinguishes great candidates from merely good ones. And the most important area in which to begin your preparation is researching the company for which you are interviewing. After having hired hundreds of candidates…
So you’ve finally obtained that hard-to-get interview – congratulations! But now what do you do? What can you expect in the interview? First and foremost, you must realize that in the job interview you’re a sales representative and the product you’re selling is….you! This means you have to be ready to sell your skills and…
This is the first in a series of job interview advice posts that are designed to put you ahead of the vast majority of your competition. Believe it or not, hiring managers can also be uneasy during interviews, particularly so when we interview someone who is obviously unqualified and/or unprepared. This means that everything you…
In this last of my four part series on tuning up your resume, I’d like to cover some format and content suggestions. There are two basic resume formats: the “chronological” format and the “functional” format. In the chronological format, you list your employers in date order, beginning with your most recent employer and working backwards. …
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One of the questions I’m frequently asked as a hiring manager concerns the proper length for a resume. Many people are under the impression that the longer your resume, the better. I’ve even seen advice floating around that recommends one page in length for every five years of experience, or one page for every employer,…
In my last post, I explained my number one favorite way to tune up your resume: stating your experience in terms of accomplishments. In this post, I’ll explain my second most favorite way, which is this: replace your “Job Objective” statement with a “Summary Statement”. About 80 to 90 percent of the resumes I see…
One of the most common questions I get as a hiring manager goes something like this: “I’ve sent out my resume to dozens (or even hundreds) of job openings and haven’t received a single response or offer to interview. What’s wrong? Could it be my resume?” If you too have doubts about the effectiveness of…
It happens sometimes. You had an interview, thought it went well, and you’ve heard nothing. You want to follow up but don’t want to come across as desperate or offensive. Here’s how to do it the right way. From a timing standpoint, if you haven’t heard anything in two weeks after a first interview, it’s…
Manpower Staffing has become a world leader in staffing. Manpower Staffing was founded in 1948, and has been successfully matching workers with employers ever since. Their first offices were opened in Chicago and Milwaukee. Fortune named Manpower one of its most admired companies in the staffing industry for seven consecutive years. They have received many…
Kelly Services is considered to be the original temporary employment agency. It was founded in 1946 and originally provided services in-house. Later, clients started requesting the work to be handled at their locations which is when the concept of temporary staffing was born. While it may be one of the oldest staffing agencies in the…
CoreStaff is a staffing agency that has become much more popular over the last several years. While there are a growing number of staffing agencies being used by local businesses, CoreStaff consistently seems to be well regarded by the clients that they work with. When looking for employment using a staffing agency can be a…