Even before our current “social distancing” epoch, many — perhaps most — job interviews had started moving online, to become video calls. Video interviews are only going to get more prevalent, so you’ve got to master the skill of connecting across the screen. 1. Start by Understanding What a Job Interview Is No matter the Read More
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Six HR, Recruiting, and Career Experts Tell You How to GET THE JOB!
To celebrate my book, INTERVIEW LIKE YOURSELF…NO, REALLY! Follow Your Strengths and Skills to GET THE JOB, I invited six top hiring professionals to share their insights and advice about the job interviewing process: Patrick Mulvey, HR Consultant Paula Seibel, Retained Executive Search Firm Owner Rob Duval, Chief Human Resources Officer Anne Loehr, Executive Coach Read More
Job Interview Tips from Fast Company and INTERVIEW LIKE YOURSELF
It turns out that my book Interview Like Yourself…No, Really! Follow Your Strengths and Skills to GET THE JOB is in good company. Fast Company, to be more precise. In their new book, Heads: Business Lessons from an Executive Search Pioneer, Russell S. Reynolds, Jr. and Carol E. Curtis include tips for answering some tough interview questions — Read More
Public Speaking Tip 40: How to Answer Questions Without Boring Your Listener (a/k/a Know When to Stop Talking!)
Stop Talking Early and Often Recently, I happened to overhear a job interview being conducted in my local bakery. (What can I say; it’s Brooklyn!) And what caught my ear was that the job candidate talked about herself for 10 minutes in response to her interviewer’s first question! She didn’t know when to stop talking, even Read More
Public Speaking Tip 27: Dress Professionally For Public Speaking or Job Interviews
Most of us know that we should dress professionally when we’re in the spotlight — as we are during a job interview or presentation — but it’s not always easy to calibrate just what that means. So even though my expertise is in public speaking, not style, my corporate clients often ask me to cover professional demeanor and dress Read More