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3 Recruiting techniques for selecting the best

There are many techniques used by both internal and external recruiters to weed out the best candidates. Below are some of those used in today’s busy world.

5 differences in Federal Resumes

Two years ago the thought that my clients would be anxious to look at Government jobs would have made me smile however today that is not the case. In just the last few weeks alone I have 3 clients specifically looking at jobs in this area and the subject of Federal Resumes has come to [...]

3 Basics for networking meetings

I recently received an email from a client with some questions in preparation for an upcoming meeting on the subject of networking. His email included the following:

E-Mail Review – Funny

e-mail one
Attention: Human Resources

Joe Smith, my assistant programmer, can always be found
hard at work in his cubicle. Joe works independently, without
wasting company time talking to colleagues. Joe never

4 Things a coach should deliver

In my humble opinion, there are four things that every client should expect from a coach irrespective of the financial investment being made by either an ex-employer or the client themselves.

3 Skills required by a Job Coach?

The headline came to me as I was scrolling through a number of discussions where Job Coaches were being hung out to dry. As I started to flesh out this blog post I began to realize that there are at least 3 skills that are absolutely required for a Job Coach but then there are [...]

5 Reasons why some people get hired first

Have you ever wondered why some people get hired quicker than others? Here are 5 reasons why some people just seem to be more successful. Experience of working with many hundreds of job seekers has shown me that these are common characteristics make a job seeker successful.

Dictionary of Evaluation Comments - Funny

What those evaluation comments really mean

AVERAGE: Not too bright.

EXCEPTIONALLY WELL QUALIFIED: Has committed no major blunders to date.

4 First Impression Screw Ups

In the job search process we have 4 chances to screw up that most important “First Impression”. It has been said that the first 3 to 5 seconds are the most important moments in any meeting and in job search those moments are not limited to face to face interviews.

7 ways to answer the weakness interview question – interview tip

We have been inundated over the last few weeks with hits on this post originally sent out in May 2009. Here it again.

Obviously, no one likes to admit that they have any weaknesses, especially in front of a potential employer. So what do you do? Here are seven different tactics for dealing with [...]