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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

Use a 30/60/90-Day Business Plan for Job Interview Success

Candidates are always looking for an edge in job interviews, and they try to gain that edge in different ways: crafting a killer resume, dressing for success, practicing interview questions and answers, researching the company, building a brag book, or even practicing positive body language. However, one thing candidates often overlook, or never even consider, is creating a business plan for interviews.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

***Curriculum Vitae Tips: Use Principles of Good Resume Writing to Get a Better CV

CVs are the long, detailed cousin of the resume. It delivers much more information than a resume and takes many more pages to do it. But whatever differences they might have, CVs and resumes both have the same function: to get you interviews. If you have a curriculum vitae and aren't getting the job interviews you would like, you can borrow good resume writing principles to make your CV more effective.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

Phone Interview Tips - Number 36: How to Keep Them From Screening You Out

Phone interviews are really phone screens. They are screening candidates, narrowing down a list that’s too long, figuring out who to invite in for a face-to-face interview. So really, in a phone interview, they’re looking for reasons to mark you off the list—to screen you out. Your job in phone interview is to keep them from eliminating you, so you can get to the face-to-face interview. How can you keep them from screening you out? The answer might surprise you.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

Phone Interview Tips - Number 34: Thank You Notes

How do you follow up after a phone interview? You better follow up the exact same way you would after a face-to-face interview: you send a well-thought-out, comprehensive, and timely thank you note.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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Phone Interview Tips - Number 33: Typical Phone Interview Questions

Here’s a secret: There’s really only so many interview questions you can ask. Some hiring managers like to break out of the rut and ask crazy things to catch you off guard, like “What kind of tree would you be?”, but most of the time they tend to ask the same kinds of questions. There’s just basic information that they all need to know in order to make the decision to hire you. So what you need to know is what questions they’re most likely to ask you so you can be ready to answer them. What are the most typical phone interview questions?

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

Phone Interview Tips - Number 29: Things You Should Never Say

We all spend a lot of time talking about what you should say in phone interviews—how to answer interview questions, how to sell yourself for the job, how to ask questions of your own. But have you ever considered what NOT to say in your phone interview? Sometimes what you don’t say is just as important as what you do say. Here are several things you should never say in a phone interview. “What does your company do?”r

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

Phone Interview Tips - Number 22: Don’t Talk Too Much

What happens if you talk too much in a phone interview? Or related to that, you offer up Too Much Information? Both show poor communication skills that could keep you from getting the invitation to the face-to-face. It’s important that you know how much to talk and what to say to have a successful telephone interview.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

Phone Interview Tips - Number 18: Speak the Right Body Language

Even though your interviewer can’t see you, using the right body language in your phone interview will help you to have a better outcome. Smiler One of the simplest things you can do to project confidence and enthusiasm over the phone is to smile while you talk. It’s amazing what smiling does to the sound of your voice. You sound friendlier. You sound more relaxed. It’s all good. Stand Upr

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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Phone Interview Tips - Number 15: How to Give the Interviewer What They’re Looking For

What are hiring managers and human resources people looking for when they call you for a phone interview? There’s a general answer and there’s a specific answer, and you need both.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

Phone Interview Tips - Number 14: Your Phone Interview Voice

You might not think about the quality of your voice before your phone interview—but you should. Interviewers concentrate very hard on your voice in that conversation: Do you sound alert? Confident? Enthusiastic? Are there any red flags they need to be worrying about? They just don’t have that much to judge you on when you’re on the phone, so they focus on what they can—the words you say, how you say them, and the sound of your voice. Warm Up Your Voice Before the Interviewr

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

Phone Interviews Tip 10 – Prepare Answers to Common Phone Interview Questions

You always want to prepare answers for common interview questions before every interview. If you occasionally have to stop and think a bit before you give your answer, that’s OK. But if you constantly have a deer-in-the-headlights look in your eyes, it will be painfully obvious that you’re unprepared for the interview and you don’t care that much about getting the job. They can’t see your blank, panicked eyes in the phone interview, but those long pauses can also be pretty damaging.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

Phone Interviews Tip 6 – How to Project Enthusiasm

What hiring manager doesn’t want to choose someone who is sincerely enthusiastic and excited about the job? They all do. If you’re excited about the job, you’ll try hard and probably do better than someone who isn’t. Plus, your genuine enthusiasm will make them like you more. If they like you, they’ll be more likely to hire you.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

Job Search Advice: References – Written vs. Verbal

Have you ever wondered if it carries more weight to have a written reference letter, or if it makes a better impression to have your reference speak directly to the hiring manager on the phone? The answer is: both. Written references and verbal references serve different purposes in your job search and your interview, and so you need both types. The written reference letter is often used as a “hook” to get the attention of the hiring manager. It’s good enough to get an interview, but often not quite enough to cement the offer.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

What to Look for In a Great Interview Coach

Today’s job search is unlike any we’ve seen before. Competition is especially fierce in this economy, and candidates get weeded out quickly. If you’ve landed the interview, you need to bring your best game right off the bat and knock the socks off the hiring manager. One of the most effective ways to become an all-star candidate is to hire an interview coach. Individualized coaching takes your personal work history and talents into account and customizes solutions for you.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

What’s Your Greatest Weakness? How to Answer the Most Irritating Job Interview Question—And Still Get It Right

“What’s your greatest weakness?” is one of those typical but tough job interview questions. We all hate this question, but it comes up all the time, and your answer is critical. You know you’re going to get asked, so be prepared. It’s trickier than it seems on the surface, and there’s an art to answering it well. Do you give your real weakness and how you’ve overcome it? Or do you pinpoint a quality that contributes to your success? How do you answer it truthfully (because they can see through a snow job) but still present yourself as the best candidate for the job?

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

Job Search Technique - Find Hiring Managers on LinkedIn - How Can I Use LinkedIn in My Job Search?

You may be wondering what LinkedIn is. Or you may be a user of LinkedIn and wondering what is the big deal? Or you may be thinking to yourself, I think everyone is wasting their time investing in LinkedIn. Well, read on... LinkedIn may be the positively greatest tool ever created to help you find exactly the hiring manager or referral you are looking for. You see, LinkedIn is an unparalleled tool for identifying specific job holders in specific companies. This fact makes the service the probable best possible source to reach the exact hiring manager you are seeking.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

Tips for Landing a Medical Sales Job

The term "medical sales" covers a lot of area: medical device sales, laboratory sales, clinical diagnostics sales, biotechnology sales, imaging sales, pathology sales, pharmaceutical sales, and tons of other niche areas of health care sales. Even though there are strong differences in style (capital vs. consumable sales, for instance), there are several basic, bedrock things you need to know if you're going to land a job in one of these areas.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

Mid-Life Career Changes: What You Need to Know to Beat Out the (Younger) Competition

The days when a young college grad could start with a great company and settle in for a 30-year promotion-filled career with them are gone. Not only do we job-hop from company to company these days, more and more of us career-hop….but that’s where it gets tricky. Career-hopping in mid-life brings a unique set of challenges for the job candidate. It can be done, and done well. Older candidates can bring experience, good judgment, and stability to a position, but there are a few negative stereotypes you might have to overcome before you land the job.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

Your Profile on LinkedIn is Your Key to a Great Job

As any job-seeker can attest, finding a good job in today’s business climate can be quite challenging. The good news is that it is not an impossible task. There are some tools that people can use in order to increase their chances of landing a great career opportunity. One of these tools is LinkedIn, a professional networking site that connects individuals to a wealth of career resources. It can refer you to people or companies that are looking to hire someone new. In order to maximize the power of LinkedIn, your profile must be well-constructed.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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By Peggy McKeeRecently published1 topic

5 Things That Will Stop You From Landing the Medical/Healthcare Sales Job You Want

Here are 5 mistakes to avoid if you want to get into medical or healthcare sales. Some of them seem funny, but they are all very serious errors that recruiters frequently see candidates make. 1.

Primary topic: Interviewing Skills

Interviewing Skills

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