Life Happens: Don’t Let an Emergency Define You
It doesn’t take incredible super powers to deal with an emergency, but it does take maturity, composure and mental clarity. While this may seem like an obvious statement, brimming with common sense, [...]
Rejecting Resumes
If you’re not getting a lot of calls, there could be a good reason. You have seven seconds to get a hiring manager’s attention with your resume or see it end [...]
Two Sides to Every Story
For every sob story, there’s always another point of view. As a recruiter, I often hear when things go wrong in their employment situations. Even people I won’t be placing tend to [...]
The Importance of LinkedIn for Your Personal Brand
Not only do you need a LinkedIn page but it needs to look über-professional! LinkedIn is the ultimate digital networking tool and you don’t need to be an entrepreneur to leverage the [...]
Interview Skills Matter – Or, How I Totally Bombed My Job Interview as a Receptionist
I was 17 years old and trying to pay for my university tuition when I started working at an answering service. I answered calls for many real estate offices and paged agents—the [...]
Employers Look at Social Media Profiles Whether You Like It Or Not
Your resume is no longer just the pages that you submit. More and more, we find clients dismissing candidate submissions because of candidate’s Facebook or LinkedIn profiles. Facebook images of you getting [...]