After Steve Jobs’ resignation from Apple last week, my friend Ann Woodward posted his 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University. There’s the often spoken, ever true nugget of “live each day as if it’s your last.” However, it was another lesson that was particularly meaningful to me as a recruiter who coaches people thru career [...]
There’s nothing more heartbreaking than when a well-qualified candidate fails to make it past the first interview. Why do things go sideways even when the skill set is there? This post explores the most common feedback from employers when they decide to pass on a candidate. If we were playing Family Feud, these would be [...]
Last week’s blog was about the top 5 interview questions that employers always ask. In this post, we’ll tackle the abstract, out-of-left field stumpers that leave you wondering: Why are they asking that? Did I answer right? Questions like “If you were a tree, what kind would you be?” or “What’s on your playlist right [...]
According to a recent segment on Good Morning America, these are the top five interview questions and you need to ace them: 1. Tell me about yourself. 2. What’s your greatest weakness? 3. What do you know about our company? 4. Where do you want to be in 5 years? 5. How do you respond [...]
Most of you should know by now that my chronic lateness extends to technology adoption. Although as a digital recruiter, I reasoned that I should have an opinion about Google+. So, I set out to produce an Executive Summary along the lines of What is it? Why should I care? How is it different/better than [...]
