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 a chance to shine and stand out from the pack. Do you come loaded with ...

Over at Employment Digest, Kit Samuels talks about how you can turn a rejection from a job into a second chance at a future opportunity.  Bill suggests that you let go of your anger as soon as possible and e-mail a simple, clean, professional response to the rejection.  Don’t let spite or even a shred of sarcasm creep into your ...

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 for them, not the other way around.  His tips include: Give recruiters information ...

I just received an e-mail from a reader about Razume, a new online community where users can anonymously post, rate and review resumes. The service provides a fast and easy way to collect valuable feedback from knowledgeable sources like recruiters, and it’s free for job seekers.  It’s discreet too: users are encouraged to hide contact ...

Today’s post is provided by Jill, a certified resume writer at Career Edge, as part of the College Recruiter blog swap.   No marketer would ever use home-brand packaging to sell a premium product. The cost of the potential losses in sales revenue alone would be obvious, and yet daily highly qualified professionals sacrifice potential income ...

A professional acquaintance just told me about a guy she hired last year.  The guy was from Southern California and was morally opposed to moving to Philadelphia, where my friend’s company was based.  But he’d been unemployed for a long time and thought the opportunity sounded “good enough.”  He took the job.   My friend ...

[ImageAttachment] CollegeRecruiter.com has a great post on topics to avoid during job interviews.  According to Steven Rothberg, you should avoid topics such as sex, politics, and religion unless they are directly relevant to the position (they almost never are) as well as any discussion of compensation, your old boss, your significant ...

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, I have over five years of analyzing investments.”  “I received a plague ...

[ImageAttachment]   On the BostonWorks blog, Douglas Eisenhart talks about a recent poll conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers that found that the interview handshake beat out body piercing and tattoos as a key factor in the hiring decision. Thirty-three percent of employers said a candidate's handshake would ...

In a post on her blog Job Jungle last week, career expert Liz Ryan discussed a recent Business Week article she wrote about about interview follow-up. Ryan said that of course you should send an e-mail follow-up to everyone who interviews you - and a snail mail letter as well, especially to the hiring manager.  She also recommended that you ...