What Hiring Managers Want In A Good Job Candidate

It seems hiring managers are having a difficult time finding the right candidates for job opportunities.  Learn more, and find out what skills they are looking for in the following post.

Even in a tight job market, hiring managers are having a tough time finding the right candidates.

According to the Career Advisory Board’s 2012 Job Preparedness Indicator, only 17% of the 516 hiring managers polled said job seekers possess the skills the companies are actually looking for.

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What Hiring Managers Want In A Good Job Candidate

Direct Phone Calls – a Dying Practice? Or a Really Great Idea?

Laura Wagner, Résumé Writer & Career Coach

Are you comfortable calling people and selling yourself? Or is your phoneaphobia so bad you can’t even call to order a pizza? The telephone remains an important resource in your job campaign and since it is really important to get yourself in front of hiring managers, you need to embrace it!

But what if you pick up the phone and freeze? Who do you call? What do you say? Is it really that important? Continue Reading

6 Salary Negotiation Tips for Recent College Grads

Are you interviewing for a new job and getting the point where the hiring manager, recruiter, or other human resource professional is asking you how much money you want? If so, welcome to the world of salary negotiations. Don’t dread it. Embrace it. You’re in a rare position to substantially impact your compensation by helping to convince your future employer how much you deserve to be paid. These six salary negotiation tips may just make the difference between you being underpaid and therefore probably being unhappy versus you being paid what you deserve and therefore more likely to be happy in your new job: Continue Reading