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| Martin Yate CPC NY Times Best-Seller 35 Years in Career Management |
Knock em Dead Job Interview Flash Cards
300 Answers to the toughest interview questions
By: Martin Yate CPC
Question # 160
Posted Friday August 31, 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
Flash Card Friday Q&A - Tell me what you know about this company
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Fifty Questions To Evaluate A Job Offer
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| Martin Yate CPC NY Times Best-Seller 35 Years in Career Management |
Once an employer puts a job offer on the table, you need to
consider if you want the job. Beyond the wages that put food on your table and
a roof over your head, this includes deciding if the company, department and
manager are right for you and your plans for the future.
You may well have asked some of these questions at different
points during the interview cycle, to gain more insight into the job’s
challenges and what your customer (the employer) wants to buy; for example, “What skills do you consider
critical for success in this job?” Or, “ Who fails in the job and why?” Other
questions, for example about benefits, you probably will not have asked because
knowing company benefits, is nice to know but doesn’t move you closer to
getting a job offer; so the knowledge gained isn’t important until an offer is
on the table.
To help you make the right decision, here are fifty
questions you can adapt to evaluate whether a particular job is right for you:
Monday, August 27, 2012
Great Questions To Ask At Job Interviews
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| Martin Yate CPC NY Times Best-Seller 35 Years in Career Management |
Job interviews are usually a one sided examination of
skills: the interviewer asks questions and you answer them. By asking questions
of your own during the interview, usually tagged onto the end of your response
to an interviewer’s question, you can turn a one-way examination of skills into
a conversation between two professionals with a common interest.
This gives you a distinct advantage over other candidates because judgments about your candidacy are based
partly on your answers to questions and partly on any intelligent questions you
ask, since questions demonstrate the depth of your understanding of the job. Asking
the right questions demonstrates your professional depth and gives you insight
into how you can best answer the interviewer’s subsequent questions:
Friday, August 24, 2012
Flash Card Friday Q&A - What would you do if one of our competitors offered you a position?
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| Martin Yate CPC NY Times Best-Seller 35 Years in Career Management |
Knock em Dead Job Interview Flash Cards
300 Answers to the toughest interview questions
By: Martin Yate CPC
Question # 162
Posted Friday August 24, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
The Top Three Secrets For Acing Job Interviews
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| Martin Yate CPC NY Times Best-Seller 35 Years in Career Management |
The top secret for acing job interviews is to understand
what your customers are buying and what you need to sell them in response to
their needs. Learning how and why employers prioritize and express their needs
the way they do, will lead you to the three top secrets for consistently
turning job interviews into job offers. Take the time to learn how your
customers think and you’ll understand:
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How employers evaluate success and potential
employees
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The challenges associated with every aspect of
your target job
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How you handle the challenges associated with
each aspect of the job
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The probable topics of focus during interviews
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The likely questions that will be heading your
way on each topic
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Which examples from your work will best illustrate
your answers
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The behavioral profile of the person each
employer wants to hire
Monday, August 20, 2012
Don't get caught with your pants down on Facebook
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| Martin Yate CPC NY Times Best-Seller 35 Years in Career Management |
Following is an actual discussion, recently posted on Facebook, shared with me by a friend. Not a word (or a typo) has been changed, except the names have been omitted to protect the ignorant:
Friday, August 17, 2012
Recommended Reading - Phil Rosenberg - 10 Ways To Brand Yourself As A Desperate Job Seeker
August 13, 2012 12:16 pm
by Phil Rosenberg
10 Ways To Brand Yourself As A Desperate Job Seeker
Sep 22 2011 in Featured, Job Search Strategy, reCareered Blog by Phil Rosenberg
Are you giving others the impression that you’re in job search desperation?
Appearing as though you are desperate for a job (especially if you really are desperate) is a sure way to turn off most employers and recruiters.
Hiring managers, recruiters, and HR reps can smell desperation a mile away and are repelled by the scent of desperate measures.
Why do employers find desperation so distasteful?
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