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Debra Wheatman, President of Careers Done Write, provides expert insight to the job search process that puts your career in gear with tips for interviewing, networking, job search strategies and how to create a winning resume and cover letter.
Bad Credit and Background Checks
You know that job searching, particularly when unemployed, can be a long, slow, painful process. Imagine that you’ve been out of work for more than a year, and you’ve finally received a verbal offer, which is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. You start to sweat. . .you’re worried because your once-stellar…
Great interview. No offer.
Dear Deb: I’m extremely frustrated. Over the last three weeks, I had a series of very successful interviews with a company that is a major player in my industry. They even flew me out to the west coast to meet the development team I would be working with. Before traveling out to the west…
Handling Behavioral Interview Questions
There is a pervasive myth out there among job candidates that the interview is about you. It should be easy to go in and talk about yourself, your achievements, your vision. Make no mistake. The interview isnât about you at all. It's about the business pain that the hiring manager and company have. The hiring…
Must job searching be a full-time job?
At some point in their careers, many people will find themselves on the wrong side of a conversation with HR and will be victims of a layoff. This is a traumatic event, to be sure, and friends and family are likely to offer some well-meaning, but misguided, advice. One such piece of worn out advice…
Maximize Your Job Search
Most people today have used job sites to land a careerâtheyâre the place to find the most up-to-date and relevant positions available. However, all job sites have their own strengths and weaknessesâand one can often find themselves overwhelmed with the number of actual sites, job boards, and countless postings. The best sites can help you…
Decoding the Job Ads
If you’ve spent any significant amount of time reading through job ads, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that many of them are rife with buzzwords and jargon. When these words are used over and over, they meld together and become meaningless. Reading through a job description can be an exercise in both futility and confusion. Here are…
Six Secrets of Successful Job Seekers
There are many factors that affect your job search, such as demand for your talent, how you execute your search, how you brand yourself, and the amount of effort you dedicate to the search. Some of these factors are beyond your control. Today we’ll share six secrets of successful job seekers. These are things you…
An Insider’s Job Search Tips: Get in the Back Door for an Interview
It’s time to face facts. Submitting your resume online with hundreds of other candidates is not the best way to get in the door for an interview. In a competitive market, you can get lost in a sea of resumes. You need to access the back door to increase your chance of getting an interview.…
Working the Passive Job Search Campaign
You probably have heard that employers would rather recruit an employed candidate than an unemployed job seeker. This may be true. A working candidate is more attractive because they are without a shadow of why they left their last job. The longer a candidate is unemployed, the greater the potential for a stigma. That is…
InfoGraphic - The Most Important Words in Networking
What is networking? CRITICAL Who needs to network? YOU Where do you need to network? EVERYWHERE When do you need to network? ALWAYS How do you network? LIKE THIS Why do you need to network? BECAUSE