Job Seekers
What Job Benefits Do Candidates Expect From Employers?
– Stevie Nicks is the Digital Editor at Just Another Magazine – a website that covers the topics many care about. One will find articles about lifestyle, travel, fashion, trends and relationships – each of which is written in their unique style. Right now we live in a candidate’s job market. Although it might…
Read MoreWill Remote Job Interviewing Make Hiring Bias Worse?
By Nate Swanner – Insights Dice.com The issues of bias within tech are well-documented. Companies everywhere are attempting to adjust their hiring and retention processes to eliminate that bias, but progress has been slow. Whether it be race, age, gender, orientation, or something else, you don’t need to look hard to find stories of people who…
Read MoreHow To Overcome The Limiting Beliefs You Have About Your Career Change
By Natasha Stanley – Career Shifters The beliefs you hold about what’s possible for your shift can leave you in paralysis. But what if the things you tell yourself are actually just one idea, in many disguises? Natasha shares a different perspective on your limiting beliefs and how to overcome them. Limiting beliefs: thoughts, ideas, and…
Read MoreHow to Figure Out Whether Your Values Align With a Prospective Employer’s
By Elizabeth Yubo-Lifehacker So you have hit the point in your job search when you’re asked to interview with a prospective employer. Considering how many applications are either ignored or filtered out before they make it in front of an actual human, getting an interview is itself a win. By now you’re probably familiar with…
Read MoreHow to Communicate Your Value to Potential Employers
– Abigail Baker is a writer for Faxage, the value leader in the internet fax service space. Everyone who works for a living is conscious of what general value they bring to the table. It happens naturally, and our work ethic begins from the moment we decide to set our alarms to wake up…
Read More6 ageist interview questions and how to respond
By Daniel Bortz – Ladders In a survey by the career counseling site CAREEREALISM, of the 55% of professionals that identified as “seasoned workers” or “mid-life career changers,” 87% responded that they think age discrimination is hurting their job search. Certain industries are especially tough for seasoned workers. In the technology sector, for instance, baby boomers and…
Read More5 interview red flags to look for to ensure you don’t end up in a toxic work environment
By Courtney Connley – CNBC Interacting with a toxic boss or colleague, or working in a stressful environment, can have a huge impact on the trajectory of your career. In fact, nearly 1 in 5 employees have left their job in the last five years due to toxic workplace culture, according to research from the Society…
Read More5 Expert Tips for Winning Your Next Remote Interview
By Nate Swanner – Dice So long as social-distancing measures remain intact across the country, the majority of job interviews will take place remotely, either via phone or a video-conferencing platform such as Zoom or Skype. Although a video interview shares a number of similarities with an in-person meeting, there are crucial differences that you…
Read More10 Ways to Ask for the Job at the Interview
By Robin Madell – US News WONDERING HOW TO ASK for a job? If you really want a particular job, then simply asking for it at the end of your interview may help seal the deal. Hiring managers like hearing an interviewee say they want the job – it shows an enthusiasm for the role and confirms that…
Read More8 Killer Ways to Make a Great First Impression
By LaRae Quy – Ladders Is it shallow to judge people by their appearance? I mean, aren’t we admonished not to judge a book by its cover, or make assumptions about people based on what we see on the outside—things like race, gender, or age. Sure, we can tell ourselves that we are people of…
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