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Articles by Carole Martin
By making lists of motivating experiences from your last two or three jobs, you will hopefully begin to see patterns of projects and tasks that stand out. Analyze what you did before. Know what you want before you go into the job interview.
The Graduation Celebration Is Over And Now On To The Job Search
As difficult as it is to accept - it's time to stop celebrating that grand moment in your life --- the diploma and the graduation ---- and get down to the really hard lessons of life. Like - going out and getting a job. You won't fall short if you can ace your interview.
Job Search Can Feel Very Hopeless
If you've been in job search for more than a few weeks you may be experiencing the feelings of defeat and despair, not to mention the urge to give up. Keeping upbeat is a part of your job right now.
Job Interviewing Question: Why Do You Want To Work For This Company?
Examples for answering the job interview question, "Why do you want to work for this company?"
What To Do When They Don't Call Back After Your Job Interview
Not getting a follow up call after your job interview, as promised? This happens more than you think.
Job Cuts - Layoffs - Fired - Are You Losing Your Job?
Learn the best way to answer the job interview question about why you are looking for a job.
Example For Answering Job Interview Question: What Did You Like Least About Your Last Job?
One of the purposes of the question is to find out if you are going to be satisfied in this job. If you are not prepared to answer this question, you may catch yourself in a trap.
What Are Your Long Term Career Goals - Job Interview Question
Job Interviewing: prepare for the question, What are your goals. Know what a good answer is and what a not so good answer is.
Job Interview Question: Why Should We Hire You?
This is one of those broad questions that can take you down the wrong road unless you have done some thinking about what to say ahead of time. Learn how to prepare your answer by studying this example.
Job Fairs Aren't For Sissies; 10 Tips To Improve Your Chances
Before you go to the job fair, learn how you can make the most of your time and come out successful.
Job Interview Question: Why Has It Taken You So Long To Find A Job?
Prepare to answer this question before going to your next interview. Do this simple exercise to learn how to formulate your answer at your next job interview.
Top Ten Tips To A Winning Job Interview
There are 10 simple rules to follow when preparing and going to a job interview.
When The Going Gets Tough In A Job Interview - The Tough Keep Going
Find out how to overcome feelings of defeat and despair, and the urge to give up when your job search is looking bleak.
Selling Yourself Like A Product During A Job Interview
If you were a sales person and were about to sell a product to a customer you would do some homework or research so that you could convince your customers that your product was the best product on the market to fill their needs. Interviewing for a job is in many ways comparable to a sales person making a sale.
The Words You Use During Your Job Interview Send A Strong Message
The words you use to express yourself say more about you than you think. In fact, your vocabulary and the use of appropriate words say more about you than the message you are trying communicate.
The Who, What, And Why Of Job Interviewing
How to answer the job interview question; Tell me about yourself, or Who are you? What are your long term goals? Why should we hire you?
Tips To Boost Your Job Interview Confidence
Here are some other tips that will raise your energy and your confidence. Demeanor, and Attitude can mean a great deal in the interview. The interview begins when the interviewer first sets eyes on you.
Practice For Your Job Interview With This Two-Minute Drill
It is important that your interview get off to a good start. The following seven steps or "two-minute drill" will guide you toward a best-case interview scenario.
How To Handle A Panel Of Interviewers During A Job Interview
Another multiple-type interview is the team or "good cop/bad cop" interview. The team is usually made up of two interviewers, one who asks the questions and one who takes notes.
The Job Offer Is Not Always As Good As It Looks
Whether you negotiate a salary or not is secondary to doing your homework before accepting an offer. It is always best to take some time before signing on the dotted line so that you understand exactly what you are gaining - or losing.
The Job Interview Is Not Just About The Job Duties
The first item of business for an interviewer to determine is if you have the qualifications to perform the duties of the job. Spice up your answers with preparation and practice.
Those Unexpected Telephone Screenings By Job Interviewers
Getting through this screening is critical for advancing to the next step: the face-to-face interview. This puts added pressure on you to present yourself in a positive, focused manner. If you attempt to wing this call, you may reach a dead end in the process.
On Inevitable Job Interview Question - Why Did You Leave?
Before you head out to your next interview consider preparing for this and other difficult questions. A little time spent preparing and scripting of your answers before the interview will make a huge difference in the way you answer the question during the interview.
Seven Steps Toward Making A Good Impression In A Job Interview
When you get started on the right foot the job interview will flow easily. This is one impression you cannot leave to chance.
The Second Job Interview - What To Expect
Other subjects may come up in this interview such as salary requirements and benefits. Prepare by doing some research on salary and some thinking about your benefits requirements.
Putting Yor Best Foot Forward May Start With Your Shoes - Dressing For The Job Interview
If you were to ask 100 people their opinion about what to wear to an interview, the majority would answer,. . .
Practicing Your Job Interview Skills - Makes A Perfect Job Interview
As with every skill you've ever learned, you have to learn the technique for interviewing and then practice, practice, practice.
How Your Listening Skills Can Help You Get The Job You Want
When all you can think of is the answers that you will be giving during your job interview, you miss a premium opportunity to garner information about the situation you are about to enter, if you take the job.
Knowing What You Want In Your Next Job Before Your Job Interview
This question is more than an interview question; it is a question that you should be asking yourself before the interview.
Follow-Up After The Job Interview - To Send Or Not To Send A Letter
The follow-up, thank you, letter after a job interview is more than a nice "thank you for the interview." It is one more chance for you to sell yourself, and to tell them what you can do for them. Don't assume the interviewer remembers everything you said.
Asking For Feedback After A Job Interview
You would just like to hear how you did at the interview - where you are lacking, or how you could improve your skills for your next interview. How to ask for and handle job interview feedback.
Pesky Job Interview Questions That Keep Coming Up
Those same questions keep coming up – in every interview. They can be tough ones because they are about you and your thinking process. Preparing for them ahead of time can save you some grief during the interview.
What If You Receive More Than One Offer For A Job?
There are always variables that cannot be predicted when accepting an offer, but using an analytical approach can make the decision more objective. Making a bad decision can result in your being miserable and feeling unfulfilled, but unable to leave because you have only been in the job for a few months.
Turn Up Your Listening Skills During The Job Interview
When all you can think of is the answers that you will be giving, you miss a premium opportunity to garner information about the situation you are about to enter, if you take the job. The bonus of listening is that you impress the interviewer
More Companies Using Job Interview Phone Screening
Getting through this screening is critical for advancing to the next step: the face-to-face interview. This puts added pressure on you to present yourself in a positive, focused manner. If you attempt to wing this call, you may reach a dead end in the process.
Job Interviewing And The Blind Date
Not every date will end in a commitment or even a second date. Not every job interview will end in a job offer. Sometimes it just doesn’t work - for whatever reason. Let go and move forward.
How To Survive The Job Interview If You Are Tanking
How to handle situations in a job interview that may be uncomfortable and know the signs for an interview that is going no where.
The Job Interview Follow Up Letter
The follow-up, thank you, letter is more than a nice “thank you for the interview.” It is one more chance for you to sell yourself, and to tell them what you can do for them.
Matching Your Qualifications With Their Needs
If you are not experiencing the results that you were hoping for and need a new angle to get “your foot in the door” this may be the ticket for you. Who knows you just might get a surprise with a quick response?
Making A List And Checking It Twice - Before Your Job Interview
This pre-job interview checklist will aid you in feeling prepared and ready. This feeling will boost your confidence and you will be able to be more relaxed and make a positive impression.
Pre-Job Interview Thinking - Knowing What You Want
Even if you are not asked this question, your pre-interview thinking, analysis, and scripting, will help you be more focused and in control of want you want in your next job. Knowing what you want will make you feel more confident about finding the right job.
Job Interviewing And The Electric Toothbrush
A tip in interviewing is to take time to listen to the question. Next, take time to process how you are going to answer. Pre-interview preparation will make a significant difference in your interview performance.
Interview Bloopers And How To Correct Them
Everybody makes mistakes – that’s what makes us human. We can laugh at ourselves a great deal of the time when we get tongue-tied or forget someone’s name – even our spouse’s. But in the interview you want to be as prepared and polished as possible.
No Time To Prepare For The Job Interview?
The first step is to get a copy of the job posting and study it. Read it first for content, the second time for words, and the third time for the factors that are needed to do this job - reading between the lines.
Don’t Discount The Temporary Position Interview
Even though you are not being considered for a regular position at this time, there is always the possibility that it just might work out well for both parties -- and the first step to making that happen is by acing the interview.
Assessing Your Skills: What Makes You Different From All The Others?
Always send a follow up addressing any concerns you may have picked up or any thoughts you had about the position since the interview. Think of this as one more chance to put yourself in front of them.
Three Common Deadly Mistakes Made In Job Interviews
Three areas of performance, which should be considered dangerous and deadly, are worth spending some time thinking about before your next interview.
Ten Tips For The Interview Follow Up
No offer; no call. They never hear from the company. This is not only frustrating, but reflects poorly on the company. In fact it is rude. What can you do about this situation?
Interview Coaching: A Home-Based Business On The Cutting Edge
Being an interview coach offers new challenges and the chance to play many roles during a single day. The roles may vary with each client. The clients are all different –people in transition, or up for an internal promotion, or changing fields, or young people entering the work force.
10 Killer Job Interview Questions And Answers
There is no way you can accurately predict the questions that will be asked in an interview, but you can be ready and prepared by thinking about the factors that might concern an interviewer or employer before the interview.