Word choice on your resume is more important than you may think.  You can’t rely on your experience to carry you through to the next round in the interview process.  If a hiring manager or recruiter is reading your resume they expect to see word choice that reflect the level and type of job you…

You have just been contacted to come in for an interview for a job that you have recently submitted your online application.  Your initial response is to be super excited, which quickly evolves into being anxious and letting the nerves creep in.  To fight the nerves, don’t panic! Just make sure that you are fully…

The job search process is ever changing and evolving, what worked well for years my now be outdated and not applicable to today’s search.  Here are some words of advice that may sound very familiar, but are no longer doing us any favors in our search for a new position. ‘Job Hopping is Bad for…

More and more, companies have been more focused on the things that will make and keep their employees happy.  Why? Studies have shown that it is beneficial in a few different ways.  One study showed that happy employees are up to 20% more productive than their unhappy peers.  If they are happy sales people their…

After you read the job description and realize you are the perfect fit for the position you have to prove it to the hiring team who will be looking at your resume. You open your resume knowing that you need tailor it specifically to the job, including important keywords to get noticed.  Here are some…

Your resume will say a lot about you before you speak with a recruiter or hiring manager.  They know a lot about your background and experience before you meet, but a few hours of interacting with the hiring manager or team can be the determining factor of whether you get hired or not.  So what…

Your friends and family will often give the great advice of, “Just be yourself!” right before your interview, which is mostly meant to calm your nerves before the big interview.  But just how much of your personality should you show while still being professional?  Here is advice from career coaches and recruiters in how to…

You have applied to a position and you are the perfect candidate, the employer asks you to come in for an interview, there are still some things that you could do in the interview process to deny you the position.  Here are somethings to be aware of while interviewing. First impressions are of the utmost…

Your resume is the first point of contact that you will have with the company of your dreams, thus it is of the utmost importance to put your best foot forward.  Generally, recruiters and hiring managers will only spend about 7 seconds to decide if they are going to move forward with you.  Here are…

A situation that is sometimes expected, a counteroffer. You try to give notice to your current employer, and they respond with a counteroffer to try to entice you to stay.  It seems like the right thing for the employer to try to retain top talent, and the employee is tempted to stay with the idea…