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A 90 Day Interview Plan is also known as a 90-Day Plan, a Business Plan, or a 30-60-90-Day Plan. Whatever you call it, the point is that it’s a plan—a plan for how you will attack your new job in the first 90 days of employment. Having a plan, or a strategy, in place helps you show your true ... Views: 2196
Are you in an executive job search? Statistics say that you’ll spend one month in the job search for every $10,000 you earn. Do you have that kind of time? Of course not.
You can have your pick of executive positions if you are as strategic with your executive job search as you are with your ... Views: 1806
As a career coach, I talk to job seekers in difficult circumstances all the time. One of the biggest problems that job seekers can face is that at some point, they were fired--for fault. It wasn't downsizing. It wasn't the economy. They did something that caused the company to let them go. ... Views: 1755
Job seekers over 50 (and over 40) can run into real trouble getting job interviews. Before you assume it's age holding you back, make a few improvements to your resume.
With the right resume know-how, your age and experience will be a huge positive for you in the job search.
Try these ... Views: 1921
My most popular ebook, How to Answer Interview Questions, is now available as an Amazon Audible Audiobook! (It’s also available as an audiobook on Google Play, iTunes , Barnes and Noble, and Audible.)
You can learn the best answers to 101 job interview questions in the car, on the train, ... Views: 2287
If your job search sucks, it's probably the result of one of 3 things:
You can't find good jobs to apply for
You can't get interviews for jobs you are interested in
You go to interviews, but you don't get job offers
If you want to find great ... Views: 2146
Hiring managers love behavioral interview questions, because these kinds of questions dig deeper into what kind of employee you really are.
Answers to behavioral interview questions must be in the form of stories, or examples of things you've done in your career. They are projections from you ... Views: 2405
CVs are the long, detailed cousin of the resume. It delivers much more information than a resume and takes many more pages to do it. But whatever differences they might have, CVs and resumes both have the same function: to get you interviews. If you have a curriculum vitae and aren’t ... Views: 2143
A 90-Day Business Plan for your job interview is an outstanding tool to show the interviewer why you're the one they should hire--whether you're very experienced or just starting out in your field.
If you really want the job and you're facing some stiff competition, a 90-day business plan is ... Views: 2459
How to answer common phone interview questions
Hiring managers don’t necessarily want to spend a lot of time, money and energy interviewing every potential candidate face-to-face. So most of them fall back on the practical: phone interviews. Do well with the phone interview, and the ... Views: 1460
When you take the big step out of military service back into civilian life, the last thing you need to be worrying about are the difficulties of a civilian job search. It’s true that veterans’ unemployment rates are higher than average, and it’s true that there are specific obstacles in your ... Views: 1909
Phone interviews are an incredibly critical tipping point in the hiring process. They liked what they saw your resume enough to talk to you…will this phone call make them like you enough to call you in for a face-to-face interview? There’s a lot you can do to prepare for phone interviews and ... Views: 1502
Phone interviews are really phone screens. They are screening candidates, narrowing down a list that’s too long, figuring out who to invite in for a face-to-face interview. So really, in a phone interview, they’re looking for reasons to mark you off the list—to screen you out. Your job in ... Views: 1432
Do you know the most important question you should ask in phone interviews? Hopefully, you already know that it’s important that you should ask questions in your telephone interview. But you might not know that one question in particular can ensure a good interview or even turn the tide of a ... Views: 1479
How do you follow up after a phone interview? You better follow up the exact same way you would after a face-to-face interview: you send a well-thought-out, comprehensive, and timely thank you note.
Your thank you note should actually be a thank you email. Why an email? Because it’s ... Views: 1522
Here’s a secret: There’s really only so many interview questions you can ask. Some hiring managers like to break out of the rut and ask crazy things to catch you off guard, like “What kind of tree would you be?”, but most of the time they tend to ask the same kinds of questions. There’s just ... Views: 1368
Job interviews are all about communication, right? You will only get the job if you can successfully communicate that you understand the job, that you can do the job, that you will do the job, and that you pose no risk to this person’s continued employment. (That’s why 30-60-90-day plans are ... Views: 1446
One of the easiest ways to make a good impression in your phone interview is to be calm, cool, and collected. To do that, you need to be prepared, organized, and relaxed. Here are some tips that will help you have a great phone interview.
Be Prepared – In fact, be over-prepared. Nothing ... Views: 1812
Want to be organized for your phone interview? Leave nothing to chance? Give yourself the best possible outcome? Then create a phone interview checklist like this one so you won’t forget any vital detail.
Pick a good time and place – The first thing you have to do when setting up a phone ... Views: 1646
We all spend a lot of time talking about what you should say in phone interviews—how to answer interview questions, how to sell yourself for the job, how to ask questions of your own. But have you ever considered what NOT to say in your phone interview? Sometimes what you don’t say is just as ... Views: 1545
Even if you’ve got all the big factors covered for your phone interview (quiet spot, landline, preparation), there are still some pretty small phone interview mistakes that will get you screened out and marked off their short list. Sometimes it doesn’t take much….phone interviews are real ... Views: 1399
For such a short conversation, phone interviews are a surprisingly wide-open opportunity for screw-ups. Why is that? Partly, it’s because in a phone interview, the interviewer is really looking for mistakes. Telephone interviews are a screening process—a way to weed out too many candidates. ... Views: 1394
How should you follow up after a phone interview? If you think that your follow up is the face-to-face interview (if you get it), you are making a mistake.
Following up after telephone interviews is just as important as following up after face-to-face interviews—whether or not you are ... Views: 1584
What’s the point of a phone interview? A phone interview is an inexpensive, time-saving way to determine whether or not you are worth the time, effort, and expense of a face-to-face interview. That’s it. For the employer, it’s a screening process: Do you merit further consideration? For ... Views: 1364
In any job interview, it’s important to use your best manners—and telephone interviews are no exception. Besides your resume, this is their first impression of you. Make it a great one by being super-polite and professional.
Set Up Your Space for Quiet
Nothing says “I don’t care about ... Views: 1385
In job interviews, the language you use can make or break your chances—and that’s even more true in a phone interview, where your voice is all they have to focus on. Your conversation must be professional. Several very common speech habits you probably have will hurt your chances of getting the ... Views: 1598
What happens if you talk too much in a phone interview? Or related to that, you offer up Too Much Information? Both show poor communication skills that could keep you from getting the invitation to the face-to-face. It’s important that you know how much to talk and what to say to have a ... Views: 1341
The art of conversation requires that you not only express yourself well, but also that you listen well. Good listeners are valued. Being a good listener means that you’re going to have a more productive, higher-quality conversation than you would otherwise.
Being a good listener is ... Views: 1457
In every interview, whether it’s a phone interview or a face-to-face interview, it is absolutely, critically important to ask questions. Why? (1) It makes you seem more engaged and interested in the job. No hiring manager wants to hire someone who isn’t going to be excited about working ... Views: 1364
Telephone interviews are tricky things. Even though they seem more casual, they are very, very important and should not be taken lightly. Even though it seems less stressful to talk to someone on the phone rather than facing them in your business suit, it’s actually a little unnerving to not ... Views: 1469
Even though your interviewer can’t see you, using the right body language in your phone interview will help you to have a better outcome.
Smile
One of the simplest things you can do to project confidence and enthusiasm over the phone is to smile while you talk. It’s amazing what smiling ... Views: 1399
For companies, the phone interview is a screening process. The hiring manager or human resources manager has a stack of resumes of potential candidates sitting in front of them, and their job is to wade through the stack and get it to a manageable number. Many candidates don’t realize just how ... Views: 1444
Phone interviews are notoriously difficult for the simple reason that the interviewer can’t see you. So much of how we communicate is through gestures and expressions and those have no meaning at all on the phone. But phone interview or not, it’s still vitally important that you project an ... Views: 1474
What are hiring managers and human resources people looking for when they call you for a phone interview? There’s a general answer and there’s a specific answer, and you need both.
First, let’s talk generalities. Above all things, a phone interview is a gating process. It’s a way to weed ... Views: 1570
You might not think about the quality of your voice before your phone interview—but you should. Interviewers concentrate very hard on your voice in that conversation: Do you sound alert? Confident? Enthusiastic? Are there any red flags they need to be worrying about? They just don’t have ... Views: 1446
Are you going to have your phone interview conversation on a landline or on a cell phone?
I personally think you should always, always use a landline. The sound quality of the conversation is better, there’s no risk of dropping the call, and there’s never any questions like, “Can you hear me ... Views: 1351
What are your phone interview goals? The bottom-line goal of any phone interview is getting the invitation to come in for a face-to-face. That’s the whole point of a phone interview. Your goal in this interview is not the job. It’s the next interview. The phone interview is a screening ... Views: 1354
How do athletes win championships? Practice.
How do violin students become virtuosos? Practice.
How do you get better at interviews? Practice.
Interviewing is not a talent. It is a skill. Most people don’t get a chance to spend much time honing that skill, because most of us don’t ... Views: 1354
Don’t be surprised in your phone interview if the hiring manager asks, “What do you know about our company?” It’s a reasonable question. Why would they want to bother talking with someone who doesn’t even understand what they do? And who didn’t care enough to find out? Some candidates think ... Views: 1547
You always want to prepare answers for common interview questions before every interview. If you occasionally have to stop and think a bit before you give your answer, that’s OK. But if you constantly have a deer-in-the-headlights look in your eyes, it will be painfully obvious that you’re ... Views: 1565
Why research the interviewer before your phone interview? Look at it this way: The job interview is a sales process in which you are both the product and the sales rep. One of the first rules of sales is “Know Your Customer.” You can’t sell effectively unless you know a little something ... Views: 1357
The very best thing about phone interviews is the fact that they can’t see you—which means, you can use as many “cheat sheets” as you want to. So what’s a cheat sheet? Cheat sheets are just what they sound like: Notes that help you do better on the test, which in this case is the phone ... Views: 1292
What hiring manager doesn’t want to choose someone who is sincerely enthusiastic and excited about the job? They all do. If you’re excited about the job, you’ll try hard and probably do better than someone who isn’t. Plus, your genuine enthusiasm will make them like you more. If they like ... Views: 1768
Phone interviews have all of the critical, “make-or-break” qualities of a face-to-face interview with none of the advantages. (1) You don’t have very much time to make a good impression. Phone interviews are very often over within 10-15 minutes. If you make a mistake, you don’t have much time ... Views: 1458
Does your mind ever wander, even slightly, when you’re on the phone? I think we’re all a little guilty of that…I mean, it’s not like they can see you, so we very often feel a little more freedom to look around the room or even complete another task while we’re on the phone. We’re not as ... Views: 1251
Think you can talk on the phone anywhere? That might be true if you’re discussing dinner plans, but it is not true for your phone interview. For that, you have to choose your location carefully. Why? Because this phone conversation is the gate you have to pass through to get to your ... Views: 1372
You have much more power over your phone interview than you probably think you do, including when to schedule it. If you can exercise that power, please do so.
Why is it so important to control when you interview? First, you want to give yourself enough time to prepare. This phone ... Views: 1435
I have heard some bad voicemail greetings in my lifetime…ones that make me listen to that person’s favorite song before I can leave my message, ones that were recorded by charming but difficult-to-understand 3-year-olds, and even some that tried to be funny but weren’t, like “How do you leave an ... Views: 1592
Phone interviews are often the very first step of the interview and hiring process. You’re not likely to get a call to come in and interview without some kind of conversation on the phone first.
How Important Phone Interviews Really Are
Your resume got you the phone call. Now this one ... Views: 1319
Offbeat Ways (Sandwich Boards, Dating Services, Your Child’s Ball Games, and other Desperate Job Search Measures )
If you’ve been out of work for a long time, you’re ready to try anything to find a job. Some of today’s suggestions are a little tongue-in-cheek, but some of them could be ... Views: 1556