#CareerAdvice : #InterviewingQuestions – How To Respond To Failure Questions In An #Interview .
A scene from the NBC comedy series, The Office, parodies an interview question and answer perfectly. America’s favorite clueless manager, Michael Scott, is interviewing for a corporate promotion with his CFO and is asked about his great strengths. “Why don’t I tell you what my greatest weaknesses are? I work too hard, I care too much and […]
#CareerAdvice : #JobOpenings -Highest Paying Work From Home Jobs.
A growing number of professions are becoming increasingly flexible to remote workers. Medicine, for example, a field that traditionally required long visits to the doctor’s office and in-person checkups, is being revolutionized by the advent of telemedicine, which allows doctors and patients to communicate remotely. The global market for telemedicine is projected to climb 19 percent from […]
#CareerAdvice : #OlderWorkers – How to Plan for Two or Three (or Seven) Different #Careers in your Lifetime.
When Qadirah Bridgeman was 22-years-old, retirement was the furthest thing from her mind. A dance major when she earned her undergraduate degree, Bridgeman was transitioning pretty dramatically into the real world. “I had just changed my religion, got married, and was pregnant,” she says, “so it was hard to say where my career would go, […]
#CareerAdvice : #JobSearch -How to Search for a Job. A Must Read!!
Whether you’ve never searched for a job before — perhaps you’re a new college graduate — or it’s been so long since you’ve applied to a position that you don’t know where to begin, have no fear, dear job seeker. This guide will take you through every step you need to take to snag your dream job, from […]
#CareerAdvice : #Presentations -5 Common #CommunicationMistakes (and how to fix them).. A Great REad for All!
We have all unnecessarily suffered through disengaging, ineffective presentations and meetings. But most of us make the same mistakes, again and again. By applying these straightforward fixes, we can make our communication experiences more effective and productive. Below are five fixes for more effective communication. 1. STARTING The most precious commodity in today’s world is […]
#BestofFSCBlog : #InterviewingQuestions -How to Answer: What Are Your Strengths and Weaknesses? Bonus: Complete List of Other Questions Asked! A Must Read!
Job interviews can get surprisingly intimate. You’ve only met the interviewer 10 minutes ago, and all of a sudden they’re hitting you with a very deep set of questions: What are your greatest strengths? What are your weaknesses? These questions can take enormous powers of self-reflection to give an honest answer to. Rather than making your interviewer sit silently […]
#CareerAdvice : #OlderWorkers – #Ageism is Thriving, So what are Companies Doing About It? Welcome your Comments.
“It’s always difficult to identify reasons why you do or don’t get a job,” says Florence Navarro, the chief empowerment officer of Kichocheo who works with executive teams to attract talented teams. It could be that you’re not as qualified as other candidates, or your enthusiasm didn’t translate during the interview, the employer decided to […]
#Leadership : #ProductivePeople -The 25 Best New #ProductivityApps for 2019…Great/Fun REad!
You might think that by now, people would have productivity software all figured out. Yet every year, dozens of enterprising software makers–both large and small–find more clever ways to get things done, either with entirely new apps or major improvements to the classics. Here are some of the most essential productivity apps we’ve found lately […]
#BestofFSCBlog : #JobSearch -Salary Negotiation Scripts For Any Job. Recruiter: What’s your Current Salary? Be Careful How you Answer.
Ask any #JobSeeker or Employee about #SalaryNegotiations and One of the Most Popular Responses is, “I Would negotiate but I Don’t Know What to Say.” How about You??
#CareerAdvice : #ResumeWriting – How to Write a #Resume That Will Impress a Bot ( #AI )…Great REad!
Getting hired used to mean writing a resume that stood out to the HR manager or recruiter assigned to thumb through them. Today, the gatekeeper is a machine as AI revolutionizes the hiring process. That means the way you write your resume has changed, too. “AI is handling processes that used to take an enormous […]