Job Search Tip - What Have You Done to Prepare For Your Interview? You might be surprised at how little time many candidates invest preparing for an interview. Then again, you might be even more impressed with how much time other candidates do invest preparing for an interview. But the bottom line is, you probably would not want to attend an interview without being as well or better prepared than the individuals that you will be...more
Readers QuestionDear Sir,I have been looking for new jobs recently as it has come closer to the end of my contract. I have an interview set up on Friday. However, since the interview was set up I have been renewed at my current company. What should I do? I dont like letting people down and the agency seem very keen. Should I go to the interview just to please the agency, or should I just tell them that Ive been renewed?ITContractor ReplyIf youre...more
Corbett Barr Towards Lifestyle Design And Absolute AdventureToday is really an inspiring episode full of driven experiences and knowledge where I share with you my latest podcast for this month featuring a well-respected professional blogger and entrepreneur when it comes to lifestyle design and building traffic, and also growing following with the online audience.Corbett Barr is definitely this lifestyle entrepreneur who has successfully managed to escape the entrepreneur-corporate world and go through an absolutely unique adventure outside his home country switching lifestyles from San Francisco to Mexico City. His great sabbatical gave birth to these 2 blogs FreePursuits.com and also ThinkTraffic.net which straightaway built big following audience in only a few months while he take time off getting to know different life experiences.The Corbett Barr InterviewHow Everything Started?Corbett: It’s been coming up on two years ago this coming January, my wife and I actually setup on a 6 months sabbatical to Mexico. We did a roadtrip, I live in California so we just packed up our car and brought our dog along with us and drove down to Mexico without any destinations in mind or...more
Job Interview Help: Cracking the Interview Job interview generally precedes a hiring decision and takes place to evaluate the possible candidate. Most common job interview is the behavioral interview or the competency-based interview. In behavioral type or the competency-based interview the candidate is asked about some situations that they...more
Guide to Men's Suit for Interviews Dressing appropriately for an interview can be the important factor in getting the job. When competition is tough, details make the difference. Dress is the most significant factor for the interview. It is dressing and body language that makes the first impression in an interview. Therefore, it is...more
Lots of things are causing stress for people today in the UK, but there are few things in life that are more stressful than going for a job interview. Even if you know that you have good qualifications and that you have the right skills for the job, it is typical to feel a bit nervous at the thought of talking to someone who you hope will offer you a job and become your future boss. While it may seem that there is little that can be done to help quell these nerves, other than taking a calming tablet which may just make you look a bit spaced out, for most people going through a few practice interviews before the big day can help you improve your results and nail the job interview.The main advantage of having a practice interview is fairly straightforward. As in all things, practicing the skills of interviewing will make you far better at them, enabling you to create clear unambiguous answers to some of the most commonly asked questions. It will reduce the chances that you will find yourself speechless in the face of something for which you were unprepared or searching for words to describe your qualifications or skills. Feedback is another important aspect of getting better at...more
On a dark evening of December 8, 1980, the music world was shocked to hear the untimely assassination of Beatles legend John Lennon by Mark David Chapman. Hours before the Lennon death, RKO Radio Network DJ Dave Sholin and his crew had an exclusive...more
Best Ways To Ask Questions In A Behavioral Interview How you frame your questions in a behavioral job interview is crucially important if you're going to get the maximum relevant information in the least about of time.Your interview questions...more
Skeptics always want to see hypnosis demonstrated and comedian hypnotist Don Barnhart really rose to the challenge putting the Good Day Sacramento's Morning anchors and producers into a trance during a live TV segment.Barnhart was in town from Las...more
Ace the Behavioral Interview Behavior interview questions are unique and differ from typical questions. For example, common questions are broad and can be directed to both entry-level candidates and executive candidates. For example, (1) How...more
An interviewer ( in any interview) is checking you on your commitment levels in life. By commitment, I am not meaning the Sunny Deol kind of commitment (where he fought against the entire Pakistan to get his family back in the movie Gaddar). I mean,...more
For the FutureMany contractors and permanent employees go for interviews, and when they dont get the job they simply write the company off and dont expect ever to work there again.However thats not the approach to take. If you take the approach, when...more