Category: Job Search & Career Spotlight
Job Seekers: How Are Your Communication Skills?
“Good communication skills required.” You’ve probably seen this on nearly every job posting you’ve come across, and for good reason! However, saying that you have these skills is one thing. Delivering on your promise is something else entirely. Common Interaction Basic communication skills are the ones we take for...
read more »How to Make Yourself Stand Out as a Candidate
Searching for a job tends to be a very competitive process, no matter what field you’re in. As a result, it’s in your best interests to distinguish yourself and be recognized! Here are a few ways you can avoid blending in with the crowd. Explore Your Resources During your...
read more »The Importance of Using Strong References
When searching for their best hire, employers need to know that their candidates have a consistent history of strong performance and good working relationships throughout their professional career. This means that one of your most effective tools for standing out as a good recruit is a list of great...
read more »Why Having a Mentor Is so Important for Your Career
Throughout the course of your professional life, you’ll make a number of self-directed and autonomous decisions to build the ideal career. It’s an important skill to have, but there is also tremendous value in learning from the decisions of others. What Constitutes a Mentorship? A career mentor is a...
read more »Essential Tips for a Great Interview
In the hunt for your dream job, first impressions are everything. A face-to-face chat with a recruitment manager is your golden opportunity to sell yourself as the ideal candidate. These tips will give you a good idea of how to approach this conversation. The Basics As we explained in...
read more »How to Not Get Hired. Anywhere. Ever.
When it comes to awkward and unsuccessful job interviews, HR professionals have seen it all. The combination of pre-interview jitters, tough questions, and an unfamiliar environment are enough to send many applicants into a spiral of disaster. A 2015 Barclays LifeSkills study reported the most common interview mistakes, saying that “candidates are often unprepared and may...
read more »Dressing For Success: From the Interview to the Workplace
Throughout your career, you’ll be making many key impressions on superiors and colleagues. A big part of making these impressions as positive as possible is how your present yourself. Here’s a crash course on getting your attire right and looking the part! The Interview The first thing to bear...
read more »LinkedIn: Why It’s Important and How to Use It
In the world of business, we see the LinkedIn everywhere. It’s one of the most flexible and widespread tools for career development and community-building out there, but why is it so popular and how should you use it to create your ideal career? What’s the Big Deal? If you...
read more »Top Five Ways to Accelerate Your Career in 2016
A new year has finally begun, which means you’ve probably come up with a few personal resolutions. So how about your career? Here are five ways you can reform your approach and accelerate the progression of your profession in 2016! Diversify Your Efforts It’s important to be as efficient...
read more »What to Avoid When Writing Your Resume
Your resume can be one of two things: a golden ticket to your dream job or a one-way ticket to the recycle bin. The difference can come down to the smallest thing because the person or people reviewing your application materials have only so much time to do so....
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