Jobless Corner

Don’t bring mom to the job interview, warns Fortune’s Anne Fisher. Here are some of the goofiest things job seekers have done when meeting hiring managers.
(Fortune) — Even in a relatively strong job market, it can be tough to make yourself stand out from the competition. So it seems some job hunters these days are […]

Hey, I came across this article this morning and thought I would share it with you as a follow up to my last post on Dressing for Success in an Interview.
The article was written by Alison Doyle, for About.com.  She is a job search expert with many years of experience in human resources, career […]

I believe that Sprite (Coca Cola product) marketers knew what they were doing when they came up with the slogan “image is everything”. In addition to this, we have always been told that first impressions mean a lot.
When it comes to job hunting, It’s probably one of the most overused phrases in job-hunting, but also […]

There are two cows in a field, one says: “Mooooo,” the other says: “You cow! I was about to say that.”

Not the sort of thing you would imagine saying at an interview but it helped Kelly secure a job as a PR manager.

“The interviewer had been trying to unnerve me all the way through by being really confrontational, then asked me to tell a joke. I later discovered all new starters were expected to repeat the joke that got them the job to everyone in the company on their first day. Obviously only those who managed to come up with something were successful.”

Once you have sent your resume to a company and survived the weeding out process, your resume typically gets passed along to the hiring manager.
Phone Interview
So why do companies conduct phone interviews? Phone interviews give the company a chance to get a feel for your skill-set, interests, desired compensation etc., and see if there […]