Inside the Recruiter's Head: What He's Really Asking You During the Interview. Jayne Mattson is Senior Vice President at Keystone Associates, a leading career management and transition services consulting firm in Boston, Massachusetts. Mattson specializes in helping mid-to-senior level individuals in new career exploration, networking strategies and career decisions based on corporate culture fit. You applied for a new job, and you've been called in for an interview. During the interview process, there are three main questions that need to be answered to help the HR person determine if you're the right fit for the job: Can this person do the job? Will he do the job? By asking what I call “the question behind the question,” hiring managers have a better chance to making the right hiring decision. 1.
This question gets at the heart of why you're leaving the current job or, in the case of a reduction in workforce, it helps the interviewer understand what was missing. 2. 3. 4. 5. The interviewer is listening for the reasons why the relationship went off track. 6. 7. 8. What Job Seekers Need to Know in Today’s Digital Market.
Jindrich Liska is founder and CEO of Jobmagic, a leading social recruiting platform which enables employers to hire candidates on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Jindrich has pioneered many social recruiting approaches which are now used worldwide by brands such as Disney, J.Crew and Compuware. The 2011 job market is ending on a positive note. With unemployment shrinking to a mere 8.6% — its lowest level since May 2008 — and a steadily growing economy, businesses are planning on hiring and recruiting even more as their confidence in customer demand builds. In this new, growing market, those seeking their next dream job should cultivate their presence and contacts strategically in places where employers will be on the lookout for the best talent.
Here's the scoop on what job seekers should know in order to be successful in today’s digital job market. Your Social Media Profiles Are as Important as Your Resume (If Not More Important) 80% of Success is Showing up Social Media Job Listings. Unlock the Secrets of LinkedIn. All too often I receive resistance when I suggest to a client that she utilize LinkedIn to build vendor, partner, and prospect relationships.
But what might first feel like an intimidating pilgrimage into foreign land can result in a journey of growth, connection, and prosperity. All it takes is a little know-how—and the willingness to put yourself out there. With more than 135 million people and in excess of seven million companies on LinkedIn, we know that it has something to offer any business owner. "All businesses will benefit from a company blog as their primary social media marketing tool," says Barbara Rozgonyi of WiredPRWorks. In fact, according to a study released by Perfomics, nearly 60 percent of people said LinkedIn is the most important social network.
"From optimizing key profiles and outfitting a company page, LinkedIn is the social network that reflects your organization's pro-social side," Rozgonyi says. But you're not the only one out there researching companies. Build Your Personal Value Proposition - Bill Barnett. By Bill Barnett | 11:06 AM November 17, 2011 Executives set value propositions for their products — the target market segments, the benefits they provide, and their prices. It’s why a target customer should buy the product. But value propositions go beyond just products. Your personal value proposition (PVP) is at the heart of your career strategy. The question is this: How do you develop a powerful PVP? Take a look at Steve (name has been changed). It’s hard to know what you’re really good at. Steve targets companies from $150 million sales up to $1 billion. Steve also emphasizes his view of the right atmosphere: “I’m not at all into sleazy places, nor into industries like tobacco, alcohol, or casinos.
Steve’s leaving out the great majority of corporations, but that doesn’t limit him. Here are four steps to develop a strong PVP: Set a clear target. As you think about your own career strategy, think about Steve and his narrowly defined and distinctive PVP.
Career Advice | Job Advice | Job Tips | Career Tips | Interview Tips | Resume Tips. 10 Sure-fire Ways to Boost Your Job Search. Where to look beyond your resume for job search results. This is a guest post by Hannah Morgan. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. It is my assumption, the reason so many people are still unemployed has very little to do with their resumes.
Yet, more than any thing else, this document is being re-worked and critiqued. Job search is about knowing the right people and having them know you. 1) Explore options for work beyond a 60 mile radius More than any other objection, I hear job seekers talk about the fact that they can’t relocate their families. The one, most obvious solution, is to expand your search territory. 2) Use a proactive approach Don’t wait for a company to post a job, identify potential employers and pursue them. Leave no stone unturned. 3) Convey laser focus Be extremely clear on what problems you are great at solving (and enjoy).
You cannot, nor should not, be all things to all companies! 4) Sell yourself 9) Be positive. HOW TO: Use Google+ For Your Job Search. Using Google+? Add Mashable to your circles. You'll get the latest about new Google+ features and tips and tricks for using the platform as well as top social media and technology news. Google+ hit 20 million unique visitors this week, and the company launched a mobile app. The stats are impressive, but the new social network has room to grow in catching up with its massive competitors Twitter and Facebook. Early adopters of Google+ are captivated by the network's growth, as many tech elites — including Mark Zuckerberg, Robert Scoble and Kevin Rose — have amassed large followings in just weeks.
Google+ hasn't hit a mainstream audience yet, but it does seem to be romancing the tech geeks with strong force. With so many influential techies flocking to Google+, it's a great place to showcase expertise and learn from others. Announce Your Availability Organize Contacts with Circles The key to a fulfilling Google+ experience is Circles, the heart of this social network's organization system.
Kate Ross: social media - recruitment's 'Way of the Future?' - Opinion. Who can keep up with Social Media - there seems to be a huge growth in this space and with the invention of new sites, it makes it mind-boggling just trying to keep up. The most common in New Zealand are Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter. It seems that some businesses have identified very quickly that there is some real value in using these mediums as a way to promote themselves, but for others it is a difficult concept to get your head around. So what about recruitment - how is the industry dealing using these tools?
Probably the most common one is LinkedIn where the industry is now using it as a search tool to identify talent that is difficult to find. When you pick up a position brief from a client, you know based on previous experience that the on line job boards won't necessarily deliver the quality you need to find another source. This is where LinkedIn is becoming more useful. Facebook is a complicated one. Kate Ross Kate Ross is director of Kinetic Recruitment. HOW TO: Land a Job at Airbnb. There's a curious phenomenon happening, and home owners, renters, travels and vagabonds alike are starting to feel it. It's the shift away from traditional hotel stays to temporary vacation rentals, booked by way of Airbnb.
Airbnb is the scrappy 3-year-old startup inventing an entirely new online travel marketplace. It's seeking to make unconventional couch, bedroom, apartment, home and even entire country rentals as ordinary as booking a stay at a Holiday Inn. And, it's doing so rather successfully; Airbnb grew 800% from January 2010 to January 2011. Airbnb now has more than 130,000 listings in over 15,000 cities in 184 countries, with renters having booked more than 1.9 million nights via the service to date. It sees more than 3 million unique visitors per month, and 40% month-over-month growth on average. Once just three guys working out of a living room, the company now has 110 employees, working in offices around the globe. Culture Comes First How does Airbnb define its culture? HOW TO: Land a Job at Google. Google is having a big hiring year — its biggest ever, in fact. This week we spoke with Bryan Power, a people operations manager at Google, for advice on getting hired by the tech giant.
Power oversees sales hiring in the North and South America regions. Previously, he led recruiting for the product management and engineering groups, giving him familiarity with hiring practices in multiple areas of the company. Paint a Picture, Concisely Power suggests job seekers — at Google and elsewhere — begin by presenting a picture of what they've done in their careers as concisely and precisely as possible.
Every word on your resume or profile should count, he says, and job applicants need to understand the difference between responsibilities and accomplishments. Too often Power receives resumes that describe their previous roles, but don't talk about what they did in those roles that would distinguish them from the 10,000 other people in a similar role. Talents, Not Skill Sets The Interview. 6 Ways to Become the Top Dog Before Your Interview || Ivy Exec Blog. Did you realize that nearly all hiring managers pre-rank candidates before they’ve even interviewed one?
If you’re the top candidate before interviews, then it’s basically your job to lose. So how can you position yourself as the top candidate? It takes a lot of planning, and you must take into account all 4 resume audiences — the database, HR, the hiring manager, and the hiring manager’s boss. (Check out the post on 4 audiences to see how to write for all your audiences.) Why? If you don’t write for the database or HR, then your resume won’t see the light of day on the hiring manager’s desk.
However, let’s imagine you have successfully written for the database and HR, and your resume is now in the pile on the hiring manager’s desk for review. Here are 6 tactics: 1. If your major bullet points have verbs like “Managed”, “Led”, “Coordinated”, “Liased” you are shortchanging yourself because you have probably done much more value adding things in your career. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 5 Social Media Recruiting Tools for Small Business.
Donna Wells is the CEO of Mindflash.com, a leading web platform for companies to easily share knowledge and train employees. It makes training easier, faster and more cost-effective than ever before. Back in the day, I ran big organizations with fat budgets and spent a lot of money on recruiters — sometimes with good results. Now, in my fifth startup, I want and have to do recruiting personally. Since time is the only resource more scarce than dollars, I’m always on the hunt for slick new tools and apps that can address the labor-intensive process of finding and hiring great people. With the advent of social media and cloud apps, there are some great new solutions out there. From automated applicant responses to upgraded versions of old recruitment standbys, there’s a new guard of socially focused recruiting tools designed for your every hiring need.
Here are a five to take note of. 1. What it is: Applicant tracker, social recruiter, email replacer 2. 3. 4. 5. The Best Websites to Find a Job in Your 30s and 40s | Job Search Engines. May 23, 2010, By Peter Chakerian A stumbling economy, shrinking U.S. job market, increased layoffs and company closings don't have to be bad news. Plenty of work opportunities can be had without the anxious, ineffective time suck of traditional job searches. A more thoughtful, surgical approach via the web can help you locate your next job and maybe even change your whole life. Here are some suggestions for where to start.
Job Search Key Words and Transition Outside of searching for a new role in your present vocation, you have several varieties of home-based positions that you can search. Most of these fall under the banner of "telecommuting" — a buzzword for any employer who is willing to let you work in your home — and require a minimal amount of training and home office preparation to get started. The majority of telecommuting jobs revolve around "customer service" (inbound or outbound calls, telemarketing and research surveys); data entry, medical billing and paralegal services. Tour | BeyondCredentials. The Ten Worst Things to Put in Your Cover Letter. It's never too early to make a bad impression. A cover letter or introductory email is often the first thing a potential employer sees when reviewing a job applicant.
It's the first opportunity to impress recruiters and hiring managers and, therefore, the first opportunity to disappoint them. Everything from copy mistakes to inappropriate jokes in a cover letter could derail an application. Here are the top ten worst things to put on a cover letter: 1. While writing something that's too long is a common cover letter mistake, what can be even more damaging is a cover letter that's too short.
Bruce Hurwitz, President of Hurwitz Strategic Staffing, Ltd., a New York-based staffing firm recalls a cover letter he received a few months ago for an entry-level IT sales position. "I cracked up," Hurwitz says. A good cover letter should be somewhere between 200 to 250 words, Hurwitz says, and should answer the question of why a recruiter should look at the resume. 2. 3. 4. "My name is xxx. 5. 6. 7. 5 Social Media Tips for Scoring Your Next Job. Marc Hoag, CEO and co-founder of Venturocket, is a California-licensed attorney with an econ degree from UCLA and a strong background in math and science. Marc's mission with Venturocket, first conceived nearly 10 years ago, is simple: to help make the world a more productive place. Unless you're fortunate enough to be deliriously happy with your professional life, the odds are high that you’ll be looking for a different job in the future.
On the bright side, the fact that you’re reading this article means you know how to navigate the Internet — a point in your favor. So how can you use that ‘net savvy to most effectively court the employer of your dreams? Your cover letter and résumé may still be your opening gambit, but the life you lead online increases in relevance every day, especially as a resource for potential employers.
Since social media presence will likely be investigated and considered prior to your next hire, you’re going to want to put your virtual house in order. 1. 3. 4. The 25 Best Tech Companies To Work For. Marketing interview questions. Sample Marketing interview questions and answers. You should remember that even there are 1000 marketing interview questions. It depend on your business field or marketing field, for example: - FCMG marketing, industrial marketing… - Brand, Market searching, Advertising, Internet marketing, Digital marketing, Media channels… I/ List of common marketing interview questions: You can ref comment interview questions for marketing field as follows: 1.
This question is commonly asked by most interviewers. A. . • Make a brief of your personal information: name, hometown, age and family status. • Education: state your main diplomas and certificates in relation to the job. • Experience: state 3 examples of your experience as you think the most suitable for the job. • Point out your strengths and weaknesses: This will help the employer assess you more clearly whether you are suitable to the position.
B. 2. This is one of the simple but most difficult questions. b1. . - Abilities. b2. b3. C. 3. A. . . B.