How to Get Hired

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Have you ever had a really awesome interviewee? Like, so awesome that you hired the guy on the spot (and subsequently cursed yourself for not thinking of doing what he did when you were looking for a job)? This might work too. But probably not. Now, it's not necessarily a good thing ...

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Should you go to an interview when you’re sick?

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

It never fails. I could be in perfect health: bundling up like an Eskimo, using anti-bacterial lotion with a vengeance, popping Vitamin C capsules as if they were M&Ms. Doesn't matter. If it's a weekend where I have plans I'm looking forward to, that Saturday I'll wake up with a sore throat ...

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The Clothes Make the Interviewer

Monday, June 29th, 2009

You can judge a book by its cover. Totally. I know when I go to the new paperback section in Barnes and Noble and pick up a hot pink book with a picture of shopping bags on the front I'll probably enjoy it. If I'm snooping around the fiction section and ...

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Think-On-Your-Feet Interview Questions

Monday, April 13th, 2009

So, what's your greatest weakness? Funny, the person whose job you're replacing--who takes three-hour lunch breaks--also said her greatest weakness was that she's a workaholic. Gah! That infernal interview question. Perhaps human resources professionals ask about job candidates' weaknesses to see if the interviewee can think on his or her feet. But as punkrockhr.com ...

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