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Tips to a Job Interview Presentation to Impress Your Hiring Manager

By Johnny Berg

The quality and delivery of your job interview presentation could literally make or break your chances of landing a job these days. Since there are thousands of hopeful candidates applying for nearly every job these days, you can't afford to have your presentation fall below the mark. The following tips will help you create a presentation that grabs attention and is memorable for some time to come post-interview.

The only huge secret to delivering a compelling presentation during an interview is to prepare yourself ahead of time. Those who are prepared for such competitive moments in life will perform better because they will be more confident and self-assured.

Top 3 Resume Writing Mistakes

By Will Jonson

Having a resume is one of the rules of modern day employment. If you don't have one, you don't have a chance to get a job (most of the time anyway).

Having a great resume is absolutely vital to your employment success, but unfortunately it can be hard to produce a seriously world class resume. So many people fall into easy to avoid traps and make basic mistakes which makes their resume look bad.

So how many of these mistakes are you making in YOUR resume?

Seeking Jobs For Too Long

By Claudine Vainrub

When the job search process has taken longer than usual, interviewers might question why the candidate has not been hired yet. They might ask: "Am I missing something that other employers noticed, as to why not to hire this candidate?" This presents a disadvantage, as job seekers will confront a set of questions that could be avoided if the job search process is short or conducted while still holding a position.

Another disadvantage of a long job search process is that, as time passes, we can become demoralized from negative employer responses. We can start showing a "looser" attitude, caused by the lack of positive response from recruiters. We must continue to keep our hopes up, not lose faith, and know that soon, a door will open for us.

If You Were the Hiring Manager, Would You Hire You?

By Rebecca Metschke

Seriously.

Take off your candidate's cap and put yourself in the role of hiring manager.

Start with your submission materials - your cover letter and resume. Try to look at them objectively - as if you're seeing them for the first time. As if you are unfamiliar with the candidate.

Is the person you're describing someone you'd want to interview?

Do you sound interesting? Unique?

Is Twitter For the Birds?

By Cheryl Palmer

It may seem farfetched that you can find a new job in 140 characters or less, but apparently recruiters think so.

"Jennifer Leggio, in her ZdNet blog, reported that Jobsite, a recruitment solutions provider, issued the results of its second annual Social Recruitment Survey. The data shows that employers are more and more extensively recruiting on social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter. It also shows that the companies appear more satisfied with these types of recruits versus the ones they find solely from job boards. According to the survey, due to these satisfaction levels companies are likely to invest more in these type

How to Avoid the Black Hole When Submitting Your Resume

By Terri Kern

I thought I'd share a horror story with you that's closer to your career than you think. More times than not, job seekers tell me their main job seeking strategy is to search the major online job boards for open positions. Most find jobs and companies they're suited, sometimes perfect for. They take care to fill out an online application which is, for those of you who've done it, the equivalent of being cyber-waterboarded. Unfortunately, even premium job board services like The Ladders send you to a hiring company's website and the online application process begins. After a significant amount of time is spent saving and uploading and entering information, the SUBMIT button is pushed and the waiting game begins.

The Seven Deadly Sins of Job-Hunting

By Vlad Zachary

#1 "Wallow in the mire!"

When finding yourself without a job you can only feel depressed if you don't want another job. Well OK - may be you spent more than 5 years with the company and got so comfortable you pictured all your life there. You have a lot of friends still working there and you really felt free to express yourself and your creativity. You were really happy at your prior job. Well - in that case I will make an exception and give you half a day. Take the afternoon off, drink, cry, sleep - do whatever you do to grieve. By the evening I want you back here with me. You need to start building the rest of your life and I want you to feel happy, motivated and enthusiastic. Because the rest of your life will be happy and full of good energy - right? I am sure you want nothing less. So take the afternoon off - then come back here, but without any anxiety, stress or bad moods. You are your own boss now and it's time to tell yourself: "This is the drawing board for my future and it starts with finding the right job."

Simple Guide to Telling Your Career Story in a Resume

By Julia Erickson

Story telling is a proven method for conveying key messages, usually by teachers, leaders and journalists. It is a technique that also can work for job seekers, especially at a mid- and senior level. It's a way for you to highlight key accomplishments, and indicate the scope and impact of your work.

Telling a story is more effective than making a laundry list of your skills and projects, as is often done in a functional resume.

What Does Google Say About You?

By Cheryl Palmer

"In a(n)... ExecuNet survey about reputation management and Internet presence, 86 percent of executive recruiters say they routinely scour online sources for information that goes beyond a candidate's résumé. Nearly 7-in-10 search firm consultants say that executive job candidates' prospects improve when positive information is found online." (2008 Executive Job Market Intelligence Report from ExecuNet)

A logical place for recruiters to search for information online about candidates is Google. Google is one of the largest search engines on the Internet. When recruiters search for you, what will they see?

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