Prepare to be interrogated

Are you ready for your closeup? Do you understand STAR power? Yes, I’m talking about behavior-based interviews, my all-time personal bane as a job seeker and maybe yours, too. These […]

What is your Post-Interview follow-up strategy?

For some reason, job candidates often over-think and over-analyze their post-interview follow-up strategy. Regardless of the type of interview (e.g., phone interview, panel interview, HR interview, etc.), a thank you […]

what to do with a bad interviewer

The only thing that might be more difficult to deal with than an interviewer who asks tough, probing questions is an interviewer who hasn’t a clue how to interview.    You […]

Evaluating Job Offers

At some point, each one of you will have the opportunity to evaluate a job offer. It will be a blissful, exciting and nerve racking day. You’ll get the call […]

How to Introduce Yourself at Parties

I momentarily thought about titling this article “Constructing Your Elevator Speech”, but I’ve heard that term so many times I could just scream.  What everyone really wants to know is […]

Avoid Being a Networking Jerk

A few months ago I was scheduled to speak at an event in Stamford, CT.   The organizer sent an email to the group discussing my credentials and that I would […]

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