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Do You Have “Dirty Little Secrets” You Would Like To Avoid In The Job Interview?
January 17, 2013 by William Frierson
Carole Martin, The Interview Coach
Maybe you were fired or laid off – under “not-to-pleasant” circumstances, or maybe you quit un-expectantly?
Whatever the reason – there is something or some things that you’d rather not talk about in the job interview. Not only have you had a bad experience, but now you have to talk about it – again and again.
How you deal with these questions will depend a lot on how you have resolved the issue with yourself. In order to answer these types of questions effectively it will be important to deal with your issue ahead of time. The best way to do that is to think about and script an answer. Continue Reading
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Two Excellent ‘Job Finalists,’ But Only ONE Gets Job!
December 03, 2012 by William Frierson
When applying for any job, there are likely to be many qualified candidates, but ultimately one person will land the job. Whether you’re running for the highest office in the land or another job, the following post tells us that the process is pretty much the same.Well, the presidential campaign is over—finally! It was a long, winding, sometimes torturous road for the two “finalists” for the job, Mr. Romney and Mr. Obama, both excellent candidates. But still, in the end, only ONE of the candidates was ultimately selected for the position, the President of the United States. It is ever thus for most “job searches.”
When you think about it (as I have done!), there are more than just a few parallels between how this, the most important of “job searches,” unfolded and how the typical, admittedly far more mundane, job search unfolds in the current job market.
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