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The job interview serves as a mutual evaluation between a hiring manager and a candidate, assessing fit for the role and the team. Questions that feel intrusive may come up, but understanding their intent can help navigate these situations. Candidates should focus on showcasing their skills and experience, while being mindful of potential biases in employers.
What I love, as an observer and commentator on career trends, is our new era of creative names for what’s happening in the job market. From the Great Resignation, to Quiet Quitting to Ghostworking, we have a catchy name for almost any new behavior. Sometimes positive behavior, but mostly negative. You undoubtedly have heard of … Continue reading DoomJobbing is Now a Thing
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Our book launches March 3, 2026! Find it on Amazon here: https://qrco.de/Relevantbook Why “Potential Trumps Experience” in Today’s Workplace—And What That Means for Your Career You’ve spent years building expertise. You’ve earned your credentials, climbed the ladder, and proven yourself time and again. So why are you being passed over for promotions? Why aren’t callbacks … Continue reading Stay Relevant: Conquer Workplace Change at Every Phase of Your Career
Monique Kelley is the author Redefining Networking: How to Lead with Your Unique Value, a guide for how to network more effectively by leading with the value that you can provide to others, not for what others can do for you. The book is full of practical advice, providing direction for how you can build and … Continue reading Redefining Networking
Whether you’re early in your career or an experienced candidate looking for your next big opportunity, your resume will be your primary marketing document. Resume advice abounds on the internet; some of it is very good (use strong action verbs, use language that resonates with the company culture and mirrors the position description) and some … Continue reading You Should Hire Me. Here’s the Proof.
Rack up another casualty of remote work and pandemic lockdowns: professionals are reluctant to reach out to other professionals, even as 70% say “your network matters more than your resume.” That’s one of the findings of Resume Now’s latest Networking in the New Job Market Report, based on a survey conducted with 1,000 U.S. workers … Continue reading You Know In-Person Networking Can Help Advance Your Career. But You’re Still Not Doing It.
During my coaching career, I once heard from a jobseeker who had tried out a piece of advice she heard in a jobseeker workshop. She’d had a phone interview with a company’s internal recruiter about 4 weeks previous to the workshop and hadn’t heard anything from the company since. She wrote: “That afternoon, I called … Continue reading Target the Company, Not the Job
(Thanks to my partners at FlexJobs.com for this report.) One-third (33%) of workers said they have lied on a resume or cover letter, according to FlexJobs’Job Search Trends Report. Released July 16, the report surveyed over 2,200 U.S. respondents on their job search experiences to better understand the pressures and priorities of today’s workforce. The workers … Continue reading One Out of Three Workers Has Lied During Their Job Search
Ryan Holiday, who has authored several books based on Stoic philosophy, says that most self-improvement books are focused on how to succeed. But his book titled The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph focuses on how to overcome problems, failures, and other things that stand between us and our … Continue reading Getting Unstuck
