1. Not being at least two minutes ahead of the scheduled start time.
You don’t EVER want an interviewer to be waiting for you. It’s disrespectful of their time!
2. Talking too much. ...
Quick question, true or false: Your resume should show your complete employment and education history.
Nah!
Common Resume Mistake #1: not being clear about the purpose of your resume.
If you’re involved in a job search, the purpose of your resume is only this:...
We all want to find a job where we’ll fit in.
But sometimes the people who do the interviewing for perfectly good jobs … are older.
Or even younger …
Or different from us in a million other ways!
Does that mean the job isn’t a fit?
NO!
A lot of...
A survey of 13,000 workers across the U.S. shows 18% were recruited to their current job. That's 4 TIMES what it was 30 years ago. More than 20% of the people in some industries -- like tech -- were recruited to their jobs, and more than 25% of workers in places like Silicon Valley were recruited...
The statistics are impressive. 6.9% of people in the U.S. are unemployed right now, and the worldwide unemployment rate is the same.
But in my work with unemployed people I’m hearing more excuses than stories of success.
- Didn’t someone say the...
The difference is a JOB OFFER.
Too many people, when they are asked, SAY they’re looking for work … but they are not actually looking for work, and have no job offers to show for their efforts.
Why?
Is it the pandemic? General malaise?...
