Phone interviewing is unique. You can’t count on visual stimuli such as your good looks or power suits, eye contact or body language, to aid your presentation. Neither can you rely on visual signals to interpret the interviewer’s response. In this context, faceless conversation takes on an added dimension of importance. Both strengths and weakness, […]
I’m not a planner. As much as I like to know what my day and week looks like, and I’m typically the one tapped to plan vacations with friends and family, I like “playing things by ear” and seeing how I feel in the moment. I like the surprise. I like sometimes not knowing what […]
Like the cover letter, the post-interview thank you email is not dead. Both are musts in a job search. And both are not what they appear on the surface. Cover letters and post-interview thank you emails are components of your job search marketing materials. Whether it’s an informational interview or traditional job interview, you need […]
Fast Company has a video series entitled, “What is the most revealing question you asked in an interview?” This month’s feature is with restaurant consultant and Food Network star Kenny Lao. Lao asks candidates to tell him about your previous boss and his or her management style. It’s a great question to determine fit. It’s […]
Over the weekend this post, An Open Letter to My CEO went viral. The now former employee of Yelp/Eat24 Talia Jane wrote the letter to Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman. In her letter she tells her story—a story that includes hunger pains and taking a handout from a CVS employee that overheard her conversation about not […]
Two articles appeared in this weekend’s New York Times that served as a reminder that the secret to success is never stop learning. Whether employed with a company for many years or just launching your career, it’s always a good idea to continuously be learning new skills. As Randall Stephenson, the chief and chairman of […]
You Can Have a Meltdown or Learn to Manage Your Transition Dara started her job with a consulting firm within a month of graduation. Excited she dove into the work. Her first engagement required the team to be on the ground at the client’s office on Mondays by 9:00 am. Dara and the team worked […]
You sent off your cover letters and resumé and completed the required online applications. You conducted informational interviews, talked to people in your career field who connected you to other professionals in the field. You interviewed, worked through case studies, presented your recommendations, participated in more interviews, and finally after all your hard work you […]
As parents are discovering the hard way, many have focused too much on getting their children into the right college and not enough on transitioning into the professional workplace. Parents are motivated, but are unsure how to help. In investment language, parents overlooked the college exit strategy. Business people understand businesses need long-term planning to […]