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by Thea KELLEY | March 25, 2014
A proven way to get a great job sooner is to proactively market yourself to a handpicked list of suitable employers – a target companies list. Great opportunities will be hiding in that list, waiting to be discovered. Companies may be needing a new team member, and they may not have advertised the opening yet. [continue reading…]
by Thea KELLEY | March 19, 2014
If you’re looking for a new job, you need to know how to prepare for interview questions – the smart way. First, compile a good list. Anticipate any likely questions that may be prompted by your resume, your LinkedIn profile or other materials the interviewer may have seen. Expect to be asked why you left [continue reading…]
by Thea KELLEY | March 12, 2014
What do you do when you can’t exactly answer the question that’s been asked you in an interview? Sometimes you need to reframe the question, to look at it in a less obvious way. In other words, you come up with an effective work-around – like those clever ones that get you past various roadblocks [continue reading…]
I’m going to tell you a secret. Job search books aren’t my favorite thing to read. Nevertheless, I’m enjoying Highly Effective Networking: Meet the Right People and Get a Great Job by Orville Pierson, and not just because it’s well written and has an encouraging tone. This book does a great job of dispelling the [continue reading…]
by Thea KELLEY | January 15, 2014
Interview authentically and strategically. These are the “yin and yang” of good interviewing. Actually, these aren’t truly opposites. The real opposite of strategy is randomness, or carelessness, which sometimes comes wrapped in the flag of “just being real.” Many job candidates fail to be strategic. They interview in an honest and straightforward way, but without [continue reading…]
