"What are your salary expectations?" This is a common (often uncomfortable) interview question that you need to be prepared to answer in your big interview. While it’s important to prepare yourself for skill, behavioral, and talent-related interview questions through...
6 Tricks to Make Over Your Resume… Fast
Is your career as exciting and fulfilling as it could be? If not, our resident resume expert has some great tips on how to refresh your resume to help you attract a more thrilling job this year. Whether you’re actively job hunting or just casually thinking about...
How to Ask for a Raise (and actually get it)
When you accepted your job, you may have been happy with—or at least satisfied by—the salary that came with it. But over time, you might find that your growing expenses begin to climb higher than the average annual 2.9 percent salary increase. Is it time to ask for a...
11 Classic Interview Mistakes – and How to Recover
You've done your research on the company, rehearsed your elevator pitch, dry-cleaned your best suit and printed a fresh copy of your fine-tuned resume and portfolio. All the elements are in place for you to master every minute of your Big Interview—but then, once...
Answering Behavioral Interview Questions: Work Ethic
The latest in our continuing series on how to answer the most common behavioral interview questions. Are You a Hard Worker? Every hiring manager loves a hard worker. No matter the job or the industry or the experience level, they want to hire someone with a strong...
Interview Strategies for Introverts
Finding the best jobs for introverts isn't an easy proposition, which is why the interview process can be such a nerve-racking experience. Job interviews don't come along that often - in fact, it can take dozens of resume submissions before you are able to secure an...
Recruiters Reveal: Top 10 Reasons You Didn’t Get the Job
You may be familiar with some of these issues – others may surprise you because very few interviewers are willing to share honest feedback with candidates. In Part 2, Melisa talks about mistakes that sabotaged so many of my interview coaching clients before they...
Insider’s Guide to Acing the Consulting Interview
Today's guest author is Jennifer Malach, a veteran management consulting recruiter and career coach, who is giving you the inside scoop on how to prepare for the management consulting interview process. After 16 years in corporate recruiting at one of the world’s...
The Top 10 Most Valued Job Skills (Part 1)
Looking to land your dream job? Before you can truly interview well, you have to understand what hiring managers are looking for and how that aligns with your job skills and experience. After all, when they ask you about your strengths or fit, you want to wow them by...
How Long Should a Resume Be?
Why The Answer to "How Long Should a Resume Be?" Hasn't Changed The experts say that your resume should be one page long exactly. Is that good advice or outdated? The truth is that one-page resumes are generally preferred by hiring professionals for good reasons — the...