Back in January, 2009 the economic downturn was in full blast. Many of the alumni and graduate students that I had been seeing were losing their jobs and many financial firms large and small were significantly downsizing or going out of business. Doug Baruchin the Director of Operations of myWorkster a vendor that listed jobs from their organizational clients and had university students create profiles had asked to have a meeting with me to discuss some upgrades to their web site.
I need not tell you that in this day and age, with such few jobs and so many candidates the need to ace the interview is an understatement. Yet, so many people go into the interview without a clear strategy and plan. They do not anticipate what questions are going to be asked and what [...]
By now, most of you have heard of Twitter and maybe some of you have joined it. Some of you are wondering why you joined it and what to do about it. One of the newscasters that I follow has even questioned it as narcissistic and also questions whether she should continue to Tweet. I [...]
I’m sure by now that many of you heard about the concept of branding. You are told that you have to do it and where to do it. No one really tells you what it is and how to create your brand both on-line and off-line. I will introduce you to some concepts of personal [...]
One of the strongest complaints about candidates for a job during a job interview is their lack of knowledge about the company. It amazes me that so many recruiters complain that the person being interviewed does not understand the business. A great way to be prepared is to utilize the 360 advantage by receiving one-on-one [...]
