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• Handling the “Do You Have Any Questions?” Question

  Thanks to Phil Rosenberg at Secrets of the Job Hunt for providing this primer on asking intelligent questions, when prompted, at the end of a job interview: Do you have any questions? This is asked at the end of most interviews, and it gives the candidate Read More... Posted Monday, September 29, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Communication, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing, Professionalism

• Surviving the Interview – On No Experience

  In his book How to Win Friends and Influence People , author and motivational guru Dale Carnegie says that the person who can speak acceptably is usually considered to possess greater ability than he actually has. In my experience, this is true. If you Read More... Posted Friday, May 30, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Entry Level, Best Practices, Communication, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing

• How to Crack the Recruiter Code

  On Chris Russell’s Secrets of the Job Hunt blog, Phil Rosenberg offers some smart info on getting what you need from recruiters. Phil suggests that in order to develop successful relationships with recruiters you must adopt the attitude that you work Read More... Posted Monday, March 31, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing, Professionalism

• How to Avoid Age-Bias Landmines

  Thanks to Todd Raphael’s World of Talent blog for pointing out TechRepublic’s new article on how to avoid age-bias landmines during the interview process . According to the article, you may encounter subtle age bias in questions and comments from interviewers. Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Communication, HR Issues, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing, Troubleshooting

• How to Write the Perfect Thank You Note

  On Vault.com this week, Judi Perkins offered some great advice on writing a thank you note after a job interview. I love this topic because it’s discussed so infrequently, as if people fundamentally understand that a thank you note should in fact be written, Read More... Posted Monday, June 18, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, Communication, Handy Resources, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing

• Cover Letters Shouldn't Get Laughs

  Employment Digest has this amusing post on language-challenged cover letters, excerpted from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . According to the article, these are statements from actual cover letters, which, unfortunately, were actually read: “As indicted, Read More... Posted Friday, September 22, 2006 7:10 AM by AlexandraLevit | 1 Comments Filed under: Communication, Job Hunting, Personal Marketing, Professionalism, Workplace Humor