Writing Powerful Job Descriptions
A well-crafted job description serves as a sales pitch designed to attract top talent. Here are a few tips to help you create engaging job descriptions.
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Page: 2020 Bizarre Interview Questions
A job interview is a huge mixed-bag of energy, anxiety, and excitement. Now that you’ve made the first cut it is time to prepare and rehearse for the big day. You have developed solid responses to the expected questions such as the dreaded “Tell me about your biggest weakness.” You are even confident in responding […]
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Avoid Common Interview Mistakes Most Hiring Managers Make
To err is human. Volumes have been written about mistakes candidates make during interviews, but what about hiring managers? We make mistakes too – many of them. Let’s take a critical look at some of the most prevalent of our interviewing missteps. Arriving Late If a candidate arrives late to an interview it can be […]
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Will this candidate fit in with our corporate culture?
You’ve interviewed what seems like a never-ending stream of candidates for your open position and narrowed the field down to a handful of qualified applicants. Relevant experience: check. Educational requirements: check. Technical skills: check. Soft skills: check. With all of the candidates hitting all of these marks, what could possibly go wrong? A lot. While […]
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How to Really Stand Out in an Interview
You have a big interview coming up. This is a position you’d really love to land, but you know that the employer will be talking to many candidates. Presumably all of the applicants have the necessary experience and technical skills for the job, otherwise they wouldn’t have landed an interview. How do you stand out […]
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Mid-Year Career Plan Checkup
We’ve just crossed over the midpoint of 2019. Now is the time for summer vacation, reading books on the beach, and giving your career plan a checkup? Indeed, it is. At the beginning of the year you set career goals and benchmarks and used these to create a map for your career-year. Six months later […]
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What should you ask a hiring manager during an interview?
You’ve studied, rehearsed, and studied some more to prepare for your big interview. You are confident you will have quick, thoughtful responses to all of the tough questions that will be fired your way. But what about toward the end of the interview when the hiring manager asks, “Do you have any questions for me?” […]
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Temporary staffing solutions for summer vacation season
Summer vacation time is in full swing. Have you prepared to fill the gaps left by so many staff members on holiday? Temporary staffing may be just what you need in order to keep up productivity during the summer months. Most hiring managers employ temporary staff during peak seasons, and you should think of high […]
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Most lucrative communication skills for the IT professional.
Communication skills are as important to IT professionals as technical skills. Every department needs to have effective communications, but it is even more important for those of us in IT. Our department interacts directly with every other department in an organization. Beyond that we also have touchpoints with our customers, vendors and partners. Here are […]
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