Preparing for your First Professional Interview For some college students, December brings with it the end of their college careers and the beginning of the job interview process in the hopes of landing that first job. While some students do have the benefit of gaining interview experience through internships, for others this may be [...]
Measuring Intangibles with Skills and Experience Right Fit for the Job: With the job market continuing to emphasize skills and credentials, don’t get caught letting your personal brand and the overall quality of your candidacy suffer from poor intangibles. Today’s technical role descriptions are packed with buzzwords and skills, placing significant time commitments on technologists [...]
The Key to Interviewing is Preparation Interview preparation guides and blogs are not exactly a fresh idea, but a fresh reminder and perhaps a few new ideas never hurt. I’ve got some do’s and don’ts that are part of my regular interview prep coaching. Some ideas are as old as time (or myself) and some [...]
Where to Find Internship Programs Are you searching for an internship, but you’re not sure where to start? The most important thing in any job search is having the ability to market yourself and highlight your skills. Yes, it is great to search online and fill out applications, but you could be wasting your time [...]
Following-Up After the Interview Completing your Interview: There are a couple of schools of thought about the actions you should take after an interview; either in-person or on the phone. Many recruiters recommend that you immediately draft a “thank you” note and send it off. Some staffing professionals will tell you an email is a [...]
Preparing for an Interview Smart candidates work hard in preparing for a job interviewing. They spend hours on their résumé, seek the help of others, perhaps even pay for a professional service in their effort to create a great résumé. They Google and review the most commonly asked interview questions for the role they are [...]
Interviewing is the time to Sell your Skills and Experience Our Eagles won the Super Bowl! Best news to hit Philadelphia in quite a while! It was also great listening to the players and coaches share the fun they had all year in their quest to bring the Lombardi Trophy to the City of Brotherly [...]
Three Tips for your next Phone Interview Time is precious. Hiring managers and HR screeners are stretched and stressed. They need to hire but have no time or too many open requirements to fill. As a result, it is now very common to have your first interview on the phone. Sometimes companies will even elect [...]
Tips to Succeed in your next Phone Interview Phone interviews are tough. You don’t know the person. You’ve never met them before. You can’t see their reactions or gauge their interest level. There is something about it being the 1st round of interviews, your first interaction and communication with the company, and not being face [...]
Recruiters Starting Lineup Philadelphia is a sports town. Our teams might not always win, but most would agree that our fans are the loudest and most passionate. Have you ever been to a baseball game at Citizens Bank Park? As the sun sets and the lights brighten you hear the crack of a ball, and [...]
