How can you stop being too humble in job interviews? Recently I worked with a young professional on overcoming her tendency to undersell herself. In this post she and I discuss how she rose above this issue to land a great new role.

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Does your resume seem to disappear as soon as it leaves your computer? Do employers ghost you after interviews? Maybe it’s time for a checkup: What’s wrong with your job search?

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Long, rambling answers don’t win job interviews. If the interviewer is bored, they won’t remember you afterwards. Or they might remember you as “somebody I’d never want to listen to in a staff meeting!” So, let’s look at how to be concise in an interview. Edit your interview answers. To avoid verbal wandering, plan a [continue reading…]

Prepping for a job interview is a learning process. There are a few insights from the psychology of learning that can make your interview preparation easier and more effective.

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One of the most crucial job search skills is knowing how to tell stories in your job interviews–whether you call them STAR stories, SOAR stories or whatever. As an interview coach, I’m constantly hearing job seekers make the same big mistake.

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