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what to do with bad interviewers

Job Advice Blog

But if you’ve just met the person, how are you to know if they’re a lousy interviewer – or you’re a lousy interview? But if you’ve just met the person, how are you to know if they’re a lousy interviewer – or you’re a lousy interview? I speak often about the importance of an interview being a two-way street.

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Beware of Career Marketing Firms

Job Advice Blog

He was asking me to evaluate a proposal he had received from a career marketing firm. Next, I Googled the company name–and searched on other search engines as well–to try to learn something about the proposal/agreement signer with the title of managing director. My research led me to a résumé-writing service.

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Adapting to Change

Office Dynamics

I explained how I deserved some of my duties back and proposed suggestions that would allow me to keep those duties & my schedule. He did show up…25 minutes late, but I was still prepared and ready. He shook my hand, smiled and apologized for being late…we were off to a good start. Dana is also available to speak to small groups.

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Five Reasons It's a Good Idea to Stay on a Sinking Ship

On The Job

You catch the boss working on his resume. I once interviewed a woman whose company was in deep financial doo-doo and was doing everything but selling the copy machine on eBay in order to survive. But while others were frantically sending out resumes, she decided to stay put. Time for you to join the exodus, right? Not so fast.

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5 Simple Career Management Tips Everyone Should Follow Starting Now

Eat Your Career

Keep your resume up-to-date. Even if you aren’t actively job searching, your resume should always be ready to go so you don’t get stuck making last minute updates. Your resume is one of the most important documents you have to offer so you don’t want to rush it or ignore it for years on end. Get started NOW. Get a mentor.

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Be An Unforgettable Speaker – Organization Techniques That Make You Easy to Work With

Stephanie LH Calahan

As a speaker you have a number of things to juggle -- proposals, marketing collateral, networking conversations, presentation material, contracts, travel, etc.  This past Monday, Michele Price interviewed me on #SpeakChat.   Are you an event coordinator or do you conduct interviews with speakers? 

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Riding that Job Wave

Who's the Real Boss?

Are you hanging around in your own role because you feel you haven’t served a long enough period of time for it to be justifiable on your resume? We all have fear of having a resume that you could play hop scotch on. But let me flip this around for you and present another perspective.