- Dos and Don'ts of Handling Interview Silence
You're at a meeting or job interview. You've just answered a difficult question or made an important point and are met with an unmovable silence. You wait, growing a bit uneasy, but the room remains deafeningly still.
- Warning: Social Networking Can Be Hazardous to Your Job Search
That cute, affable guy who brags of his drunken exploits on FaceBook.com may be meeting a lot of other partiers online, but he's probably not getting added to the "friends" lists of many corporate recruiters. A recent study by the executive search firm ExecuNet found that 77 percent of recruiters run searches of candidates on the Web to screen applicants; 35 percent of these same recruiters say they've eliminated a candidate based on the information they uncovered.
- Quiz: Are You Burned Out on Your Job?
It's been a while since you've felt the exhilaration that comes with starting a new job. And you're wondering: "Has that professional spark been extinguished or is it flickering faintly, waiting to be reignited?" Take this quiz to help you identify if what you're feeling is a temporary heat wave or the telltale signs of total burnout.
- Six Tips to Optimize Your Resume
Has your resume been generating calls for interviews, or does it seem lost in the crowd? Follow these six tips to supercharge your resume.
- Employer Hot Buttons – Focus on the Needs of the Decision Maker
All too often the job seeker is focused on what he or she is looking for in a job (i.e. income, benefits, location, function, responsibilities, title, stature, drive time, industry, and corporate culture). On the other hand, hiring executives have an entirely different set of standards for what they are seeking in candidates. If you, as a job seeker, fail to recognize the difference, your chances of being the ‘candidate of choice’ are lessened.
- Five Ways to Successfully Negotiate a Salary
In the job search process, many people tend to be the most anxious about interviews. But, for some people, an equally frightening part of the job search is the salary negotiation process. Here are five tips to help understand your worth and negotiate for it with confidence.
- What’s Important to You in a Job?
There are a lot of factors that go into every great opportunity, and these are not always the same for everyone. If you are looking for a new job or career, the important thing is that you know what your priorities are before you start your job search. Doing so might just save you from regretting your decision in the future. Consider the following workplace values.
- 18 Ways to Impress a New Employer
It can take four to 14 months to find the right job… and fewer than 90 days to lose it. It is during these first weeks on the job that your boss and colleagues form the most lasting impressions about you. But remember, they don't expect you to be perfect. As long as you show intelligence, versatility and a willingness to work and learn, people will be happy to have you aboard and rooting for you to succeed.
Here are 18 ways to make sure you get off on the right foot.
- Survey: One-in-Four Workers Plan to Work While on Vacation
Seven Tips for a Stress-Free – and Work–Free – Vacation.
- Job Searching on Company Time?
How do you proceed with caution when searching for a job on company time? The key is to keep your current job, and income, until you find a new one.
- America’s Most Prestigious Jobs
Certainly some job titles carry more cachet than others. But what makes a job prestigious? Is it fame? A six–figure salary? Power? Would you broadcast your professional status to your fellow alums?
- The "Netiquette" of Internet Communications
Most protocols have been geared to in–person interviews, U.S. mail communications, and telephone. Yet on the Internet – where there is no face–to–face or even voice–to–voice interaction – it is easy to misinterpret the tone or implication inherent in email or other Internet messages being sent or received. Read on as we provide pointers to keep you appropriate and successful in your Internet Job Search.
- Top 25 Jobs for 2006
What's in store for the millions of professionals – new and old – who are job searching in 2006? Will employment numbers continue to trend upward, as they did for most of 2005?
- 8 Ways to Research Your Prospective Employer
Here are some resources to find company information that will provide you with the amount of knowledge about a potential employer, and on the industry to give you a competitive edge.
- Six—Year Career Crossroads for Middle Managers
MRINetwork™ conducted a study based on 200 telephone interviews with Human Resource directors or senior executives in the United States and 200 interviews with Human Resource directors or senior executives in the United Kingdom.
- Fatal Resume Errors
MRINetwork sees and receives a great deal of resumes. Your resume can’t afford to contain any of these fatal errors.
- Be More Productive by Avoiding Small Talk
Some people mistake small talk for networking. Unlike other time killers, small talk wastes not just one person’s time, but that of two people or even more. Here are six ways to avoid small talk in your office.
- Restaurant Business Etiquette—Tips to Help You Make a Good Impression
Business meetings and interviews take place in restaurants all the time. Follow these helpful restaurant etiquette tips to ensure that you make a good impression at your next business meeting.
- 10 Ways to Impress Your Boss at your Next Meeting
Don't let others steal your chance to
make a good impression. Follow these simple rules and your boss will see you shine in the spotlight.
- Want to Get Noticed? Speak Up!
Withholding your opinions and ideas is as useless as not having them. Here are some helpful times on speaking up.
- Watch Your Body Language
While body language sends a subtle message, it’s one that your boss will certainly pick up. Follow these guidelines to ensure that your body language is giving off the right message.
- Improve Your Listening Skills
Speaking is only one part of effective communications. Listening well is a sign that you respect your superiors, especially your boss, and that you have a good manners. Here are seven tips for being a good listener.
- 30 Things You Should Know About Interviewing
Somebody once said, "Nothing is more uncommon that common sense." Accordingly, here are 30 things common sense should dictate.
- Winning the Career Game. Finding your first job is your first job
Finding your first job is your first job. Don’t just jump into the search blindly. Here are some helpful tips to guide you through the job search.
- Stay Current—Be Coachable
In the business arena, being coachable means more than following orders. Here are six tips on being coachable.
- Are You Ready for the Interview?
You want to work for the company, they’ve seen your credentials and they’ve asked you in for an interview. You want the job. Here are some suggestions that help make sure your interview goes as well as possible.
- What to Expect from Behavioral Interviews
Many employers are aware that employing somebody on the basis of two short interviews can be a risk if they do not ask the "right" questions in an interview. That’s why "behavioral" interviewing has become very popular with many managers. Here is what you should expect.
- 12 Steps to a Smooth Resignation
Here are our tips to ensure people resign from their previous job on a good note.
- 6 Steps to Successful Career Management
It is up to you to realize your career goals. If you ignore the basic principles of career management, an unexpected setback could badly damage your long–term prospects. Here are six steps towards success in your career.
- 8 Ways to Research Your Prospective Employer
Here are some resources to find company information that will provide you with the amount of knowledge about a potential employer, and on the industry to give you a competitive edge.
- Weighing the Job Offer
Here are some factors that come under consideration when you're making a decision about a job offer.
