Business Communication Essentials, 7th Ed.
Chapter 14. Applying and Interviewing for Employment
We're seeing more and more recruiters use the web as a place to search for talent and conduct employment background searches.
There are four things that the most successful professionals have in common.
From showing up too casually attired to giving a weak handshake, committing these mistakes will make sure you don’t get a callback (much less a new job).
"Knowing what to wear on a job interview is half the battle of the interview itself.
When someone earnestly complements you, how does it make you feel?
It's not all that difficult to completely blow a job interview.
I've estimated that between career fairs and in-office interviews, I've interviewed over 150 people.
Katya Wachtel (photo left), writer for BusinessInsider.
Here is a fun online infographic creator introduced to us by Jacob Share in a post at PersonalBrandingBlog.
Are you building a database of prospects or friends?
In creating your personal brand, it’s important that you have a story.
It’s a fabulous thing when you finally get a job offer.
Whether you’re looking to increase awareness of your personal brand, drive traffic to your website, increase opt-ins, or find new leads, success lies in creating a compelling, consistent message and approaching your audience from multiple angles to circumvent the unrelenting, ambient noise of the competition.
Career fairs are going digital.
Roger Parker (photo, left), writing for PersonalBrandingBlog.
According to Aimee Groth (photo, left) and Eric Goldschein, "During a job interview, the questions you ask are just as important as the answers you provide.
"If you’re spending time reading job advertisements online, you know that they’re not all written equally," says Lindsay Olson (photo, left).
Skip Freeman asks, "The purpose of the meal .
Alison Green (photo, left) says interviewing for a job is like going on a date.
Donald Todrin (photo, left), writing for the Entrepreneur section of BusinessInsider.
Heather Huhman takes a look at the online reputation tools asking, "Do they really serve a purpose?
Alison Green (photo, left), writing for USNews.
"We’re all somewhere on this list," writes Jacob Share (photo, left) for JobMob.
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