Posts Tagged ‘job search’

7 Tips to Ace Your Telephone Interview

Most first job interviews are conducted via telephone. Once your resume has caught the hiring manager’s attention, and they believe that your qualifications match their needs, they will typically call you to determine quickly if you have the potential to fit into their organization. It’s...

June 29th, 2010 | Featured, Interviewing, The Search | Read More

The Most Ingenious Way to Land a Job Ever. For Less Than $6.

Alec Brownstein decided he wanted a job with one of NYC’s top creative directors, and wasn’t going to wait around for a job opening to apply. In a bold and impossibly creative move, he spent six dollars and came up with this: Alec’s approach was so simple and so direct, that it will undoubtedly...

May 14th, 2010 | Featured, Interviewing, Networking, Social Media, The Search | Read More

How to Design Your Resume for Maximum Impact

April 20th, 2010 | Featured, Resume, The Search, Video | Read More

Job Search Experiment Episode 10: Resume Design

The single most important document in your job search hasn’t changed in generations – it’s still your resume. But what has changed is the ability for even those unskilled in graphics design to create a resume that stands out visually, incorporates color and separates you from every...

March 30th, 2010 | Featured, Job Search Experiment, Resume, The Search | Read More

Job Search Experiment Episode 9: The CEO Interview

In Episode 9 of our real-life, real-time job search experiment with Cleveland sales executive Tim Krenn, we prepare for an interview with the CEO of a potential employer. Tim’s success in developing his personal branding characteristics and his distinctive personal branding statement (I’m the...

March 24th, 2010 | Featured, Interviewing, Job Search Experiment, The Search | Read More

10 Questions NEVER to Ask in a Job Interview

Job seekers are inundated with advice on how to prepare for their job interviews. We’ve even posted our own series on how to answer the 5 toughest interview questions. But few sites provide the job seeker with advice on what NOT to ask during their interview. Your interviewer is going to expect...

March 22nd, 2010 | Featured, Interviewing, The Search, Video | Read More

Job Search Experiment Episode 7: Your Bio

As we continue our real-life, real-time job search experiment with Cleveland sales executive Tim Krenn, we focus on one of the essential, yet often overlook elements of the job search that may prove even more important than your resume: your online bio. As the job search process shifts even more to the...

March 15th, 2010 | Featured, Interviewing, Job Search Experiment, Networking, Social Media, The Search, Video | Read More

Job Search Experiment – Episode 6: Positive Feedback

Though readers may view this ongoing series tracking the job search of Cleveland sales executive Tim Krenn as an interesting case study, for Tim this is real life. The guidance we provide needs to produce real results in the form of a job offer out there in the real world. That’s why this morning’s...

March 10th, 2010 | Featured, Interviewing, Job Search Experiment, Networking, The Search | Read More

Your Resume Just Isn’t Enough

March 8th, 2010 | Interviewing, Resume, The Search, Video | Read More

Job Search Experiment Episode 4: Personal Branding Statement

Day 4 of our real-life, real-time job search with Cleveland sales executive Tim Krenn. For those of you just tuning in, we’re documenting the real-life job strategies and efforts of a Cleveland-based sales executive whose looking for a new job. So far, we’ve had Tim create his social media identities...

March 5th, 2010 | Featured, Interviewing, Job Search Experiment, Networking, Social Media, The Search | Read More