While you can’t predict exactly what questions you will be asked in a job interview, you can prepare yourself to answer almost any question by organizing your thoughts ahead of time. Prior to your next interview, create a list of several real-life scenarios you have experienced where you had to deal with the following:
Employment Tips
Finding a job is not always easy, but it’s especially difficult today considering how tough the job market is. We’ve compiled a list of Employment Tips to empower you to overcome any obstacles and land your dream job. To start, prepare yourself for the challenges ahead by accepting the basic employment advice we have listed below:
- You’re not guaranteed to get a position because you think the job description is a “perfect fit” with your background.
- The cover letter you spent hours slaving over might never be read by a hiring manager.
- Every hiring manager or recruiter you deal with during your job search might not be as nice, understanding, or polite as you are.
- Even if you are the perfect fit for a job opportunity, there is always the possibility that someone else out there is an even better fit.
- You may never hear back from the hiring manager who told you he would let you know whether or not you got the job by the end of the week.
- You might have to send out dozens or even hundreds of resumes/applications before landing a job offer.
- The job postings you apply to (and get excited about) might already be filled.
- There are hundreds, even thousands of people out there competing to get the same jobs that you are applying for.
Finding a job is definitely hard work, and you are probably going to face a lot of rejection before successfully landing an offer, but you shouldn’t let these realities dampen your spirit. The ultimate keys to a successful job search are a positive attitude, confidence, and determination. As long as you accept the challenges that lie ahead of you and face them head-on, you will surely be successful in the end. Check out the following tips for more employment advice on how to improve your chances of successfully landing a job in a difficult market.
Social media can be a great resource for job seekers, but it can also be a large hindrance for those who don’t monitor their pages’ content. Make sure your social media pages present you as an employable, respectable professional before using them as a resource in your job hunt. Even if you don’t use Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter to help you network and apply for jobs, some organizations go out of their way to check social media pages before presenting a candidate with a job offer. Read over our tips below to make sure your social media pages present you as a great candidate to any potential employer.
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• Give your employer plenty of notice before taking time off.
• Try to plan your vacations, trips, etc. around your supervisor’s and coworkers’ schedules to avoid taking time off at the same time as the rest of the office.
• Put your time off request in writing – a verbal request could easily be forgotten.
• Try to schedule any doctor’s appointments, etc. during your lunch break, so that you don’t need to miss work.
• Save your sick days for when you are actually sick – you never know when/if you will need them.
You had a successful interview and you have a job offer pending, but in order to complete the process your new employer wants to check your references. If you have questions about how to choose the right references to lock in that offer, look no further! We’ve answered some basic questions to help you provide the best references possible.
Whether you are a job seeker applying for positions and corresponding with hiring managers, or a working professional writing to coworkers, superiors and clients, being able to write a professional email is a critical skill. Learn how to avoid making simple mistakes and seeming unprofessional by following our tips below:
You wake up one morning in a panic; it’s 8:15 and you need to leave in the next ten minutes or risk being very late for work. We have all been there before, and we will probably be there again, so make sure you have a “get ready quick” plan in place for those dreaded mornings.
While every position requires different experiences, strengths and skills, there are certain qualities that are beneficial to any professional. When writing your resume or speaking to a potential employer, highlighting these qualities and giving examples of how they have benefited you in the workplace will give you a leg up on the competition.
To prepare for a big job interview, most job seekers spend the majority of their time planning what they will say. While what you say is extremely important, you shouldn’t forget that how you look and present yourself in a job interview holds substantial weight in the eyes of hiring managers. Learn how to display proper body language in a job interview by reading our tips below:
College graduates and entry-level workers continually face this age old dilemma: you can’t get a job without experience, but you can’t get experience without a job. Don’t worry; we are here to tell you how you can spin your lack of professional experience in a positive way in order to help you land your first job. Continue reading “How to Land a Job with Little (or No) Experience”
Many employers enlist the help of staffing agencies to help them fill open positions, both permanent and temporary, which means your resume needs to get through a recruiter before it is ever seen by the hiring manager. So in order to optimize your resume for review by a recruiter, you need to know what goes through a recruiter’s head as they read it.
