As we are in the midst of the August “Dog Days” of summer, it is very easy to fall into some common job search traps for this time of the year. It is very easy for even the savviest job seeker to enter into some bad habits that will serve to make a difficult job...
The question about relocation is one that probably does not come up in Western New York as much as perhaps in other cities, since so many of our companies are small to medium in size. It may be asked, however, and you need to gather your thoughts about the topic so...
In the past, I have written about the importance of avoiding the perception of “job hopping” in your work history. The idea being to avoid the issue by not making that many career moves. What happens, however, when you already have a resume history of ‘hopping” and...
The title of this week’s column is more than just the title to a famous Temptations song in the mid '60s. It is also a dilemma faced by many Job Seekers who have (unfortunately found themselves out of work for an extended period of time. Last month, a reader of HR...
It is really not rocket science what employers want out of the average employee, yet sometimes it so difficult to find in applicants. For a qualified Job Seeker, if you have and can show you possess just a handful of core positive employee behaviors, it will...
In today’s work environment, so much involves working with other people in order to accomplish goals. With our evolution moving away from individuals working with machines without interaction and more towards team-based work groups’, questions about your ability to...
These questions can come in many variations. It may simply be asking you to describe your supervisor, or maybe it is asking about what type of person you respond best to. It may also be asking what you didn’t like about your past boss. Regardless of how the...
This open-ended question should generate excitement in a savvy Job Seeker. The reason for this reaction is that this question provides an opportunity for you to sell yourself to the Interviewer. The question can be asked in several ways such as “How Can You Help the...
This question will obviously be asked more in a position of supervision or management. The idea of what is someone’s style has grown more important in the last 20 years as people begin to make the connection between a certain style and the productivity of a group....
It is amazing how such a simple question can be so challenging. As a Job Seeker, you have reviewed lots of advertisements for job openings. You have done your analysis of your past work history and decided what you like and what you want to avoid. You have prepared...
