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Don’t Let Your Email Ruin Your Chances: Professional Email Etiquette
By Angela Roberts · 8 years ago
Most of today’s job searching and communication is done through the internet. While the blossoming of job boards like Monster and Career-builder has made it easier to find relevant jobs and facilitated easy communication with ...
Why Your Resume Isn’t Getting Read
By Angela Roberts · 8 years ago
In today’s economy, high unemployment rates and waning job security have created an onslaught of professionals searching for work. one job opening, there are more than four times as many applicants as there were in ...
Do You Know Who You’re Hiring? The Importance of Background Checks
By Angela Roberts · 8 years ago
As a hiring manager, you’ve been given the daunting task of searching through hundreds, if not thousands, of resumes in order to find the candidate best suited for the job. You’ve narrowed down the pool, ...
Recruit and Hire the Best
By Angela Roberts · 9 years ago
Being able to select and hire outstanding professionals into your organization defines the future of your company. Not only is it important for the employee to be competent, but the individual also has to be ...
How to Prepare Your Hiring Team for an Effective Phone Interview
By Angela Roberts · 9 years ago
Now that you have identified your top candidates, the next step in the hiring process is the Phone Interview. Don’t underestimate the value of an effective phone interview! I typically eliminate about 90% of my ...
Two Simple Rules of Behavioral Interviewing
By Angela Roberts · 9 years ago
Behavioral Interviewing is an interviewing method used by Hiring Managers to learn more about your past behavior in certain situations. The theory behind digging into those past actions and reactions is the feeling that past ...
Preparing for a Behavioral Interview
By Angela Roberts · 9 years ago
More employers are using behavioral interviewing in the hiring process. This type of interview is based on the idea that the best way to predict your future performance is to examine your past and present ...
Recruiting Tips: What should your Compensation Requirements be?
By Angela Roberts · 12 years ago
One of the toughest things to do when looking for or after receiving a job offer is determining a compensation range as most people have a hard time assigning a monetary value to themselves. We ...
Recruiting Tips: How to Conduct Powerful Phone Interviews
By Angela Roberts · 12 years ago
So you have scheduled an interview – congratulations! Now what do you do? Believe it or not, the interview is really not just about communicating to the hiring manager about your skills, education, and work ...
Recruiting Tips: How to Prepare for an Effective Phone Interview
By Angela Roberts · 12 years ago
Hiring managers have high expectations from you once you get to the interview stage. Unfortunately, all too often, Job Seekers fail to do the research necessary to be fully prepared for an effective interview performance. ...
Recruiting Tips: How to write an Effective Resume
By Angela Roberts · 12 years ago
A resume is your opportunity to be on the center stage, under the spotlight, in front of a captivated audience. Turn that spotlight into a highlight by shining yourself in the BEST light! Writing a ...
How to Find the Right Job For You
By Angela Roberts · 12 years ago
Being able to select a job that will make you feel satisfied and content starts with you knowing exactly what you are looking for. You should make a detailed list of the attributes you are ...