After doing your best to make a great impression at a job interview and getting your hopes up, it can be deflating to discover you weren’t selected for the job. Even at this stage of the interview process, you can gain valuable information and possibly even open up future job opportunities with that employer.
After [...]

In order to stand out from the crowd when you’re job searching, ask yourself how you will add value to a company. Don’t simply present a list of your basic qualifications to do the job. Instead, whether you’re writing your resume or at a job interview, demonstrate to employers how your skills and [...]

In the book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, authors Chip Heath and Dan Heath describe the core qualities of memorable ideas. While this is not a job search book, a lot of their concepts can be applied to your job search.
Specifically, the authors assert that “sticky ideas” are often [...]

Effective job searching is all about marketing. If you know anything about how to market products and services, you know how to job search.
One basic tenet of marketing is that you should never try to be all things to all people. Find a target audience and speak directly to those people. Show [...]

Most people have heard the advice the you must research a company at least before a job interview and ideally before submitting a resume. Very few people actually do it. If you have ever been responsible for hiring new staff yourself, you were probably amazed at how many people come into an interview [...]

Part of preparing for a job interview lies in choosing appropriate job interview attire. This decision can seem quite tricky, but if you follow a few simple guidelines, you’ll get it right every time.
1. Never underestimate the importance of choosing appropriate job interview attire.
Employers make judgments about your suitability for a job within the [...]