Seeking a job and networking are a lot like trying to meet new people at any event. I recently moved to San Diego – knowing only my family and no one else in the area. It was like I was starting all over and seeking to find new contacts. One of the things I had [...]

This is a question that you can almost count on being asked at your next interview. What the interviewer wants to know is, “Why are you available?” The answer you give could set the tone for the rest of the interview. For instance, if you were to indicate that you were bored or burned out [...]

Here are some tips to keep your spirits up when you’re feeling down during this process. 1. Don’t give up. You may have heard some of these stories before but they remain inspirational. • Thomas Edison patented 1,093 inventions in his lifetime, but it took him 10,000 attempts to make an electric light bulb work. [...]

If you have been reading articles or listening to news reports about the job market, it becomes obvious that the number of people currently seeking jobs outnumbers the jobs that are now available. If you happen to be one of those job seekers, you realize that you are competing against the odds. The question is, [...]

If you find yourself “under-employed” in a position that you are over-qualified for now or in your past, one of the questions you may be asked is how that situation came about. “Why are you working as a clerk when you are applying for a management position?” The worst possible scenario is to not have [...]

Time to get ready for the interview – Are you prepared? Boost Your Interview IQ – Second Edition (white cover – published 2012) – for a quick brush up on Behavioral Interviewing as well as other questions. It’s a quiz and you determine which is the strongest answer. Amazon.com. Boost Your Interview IQ – – [...]

Question: After retiring from the service I took a job as an IT Specialist. Because my wife was transferred, we had to move to a new location. I let go my job because they didn’t have anything in the area where we were moving too. I did take advantage of the situation by going back [...]

No job offers in sight? If you are not getting interviews, you should look at your resume: it may need to be redone because you may not be marketing yourself well. If you are getting interviews and not offers, you need to look at your interviewing techniques. You may appear desperate instead of in-charge. Companies [...]

10 Interview Bloopers and How to Correct Them Carole Martin, The Interview Coach www.interviewcoach.com I’m sure you’ve sat through movie or TV “bloopers” at the end of shows and laughed at the mistakes the actors make during the filming of the show. If I could put together a film with bloopers that people make in [...]

1. Script Your Thoughts. Whether you were fired under unfair circumstances or for something you did that you regret, write down your thoughts on how you would explain the instance. Read your script aloud or use a tape recorder and practice until you like what you hear. Better yet, answer the question for someone else [...]