We recently had a competitor "crash" one of our exclusive, job seeker only networking events. As is our policy, when someone comes to one of our networking events fraudulently, we notify the other members of the event for their safety. We strongly recommend that no one network with a person who comes to ...
Let's take a situation that most of us have, to our everlasting horror, found ourselves in - a single's bar. One of the many reasons that neither my wife nor I would ever consider divorce (though I'm sure she's considered homicide) is so that we'll never have to be on the meat market ...
One of the many reasons people don't get jobs is that most people can't interview well. Doubtless most of you, readers, think that you are the exception to this. You aren't. Everyone thinks they interview well, just as everyone thinks they are a great lover. Few measure up in either. Here are some of the ...
This article was originally published at ColoradoBizMag on February 2, 2009. Copyright John Heckers. With the economy in most of the nation on life support, I'm getting more and more questions about executive interviews and tactics. Here are a few tips that have helped my clients. 1). Survive HR. Human Resources is your enemy! I ...
Don’t do these ten incredibly stupid things that some interviewers do. Are you a smart interviewer, or are you doing one of these interview-killing people tricks?
1). Shorts on a man. I know that certain style magazines are giving the nod to short pants with an open-necked shirt and sports jacket, but save it for the ladies on Saturday night. It doesn't ever belong in a business setting, no matter how young and fashionable you might ...
Keep your dreams-they're richer far/Than the facts discovered are. Do not seek all things to touch;/Do not want to know too much. Growing old, still play the child;/Keep some glory undefiled. What if clouds are mist and air? /Still see ships sailing there. What would life be if we knew /Only those things which are true? If the things of ...
Lots of our clients "come in" angry. Getting laid off after years of service is not fun. Most of our clients were looking forward to staying with the company until they wished to leave. Most of them feel they have a "right: to be angry. ...
Many job-seekers spend time, worry and money on their résumés, trying very hard to make them perfect. They agonize over each line and each word. What makes it worse is that everyone thinks they are a résumé expert. Headhunters say one thing. HR professionals say something else. Your brother-in-law thinks he has the perfect résumé style. ...
I often hear this question. Realistically, I see two kinds of people. Those who we wonder why they would ever remain unemployed and those we know why they're unemployed. Here are some of the top reasons that you might be remaining unemployed. First, let's look at some of the reasons that people become unemployed. 1). Simple lay-off. ...