by Joey | Oct 27, 2014 | Interviews
Earlier in my career I found myself sitting in a corporate office, replete with clichéd leather couches, anxiously awaiting the start of my interview for a communications role. Trying to relax, I forced myself to stop going over questions and answers in my head and...
by Joey | Oct 21, 2014 | Interviews
Earlier this year I discussed 3 Questions You Should Ask Your Interviewer. Turns out there are 9 questions you should ask (oops!). Thus this addendum. Be sure to put the following to your interviewer (and yourself) before you accept a new position: “What will be...
by Joey | Sep 10, 2014 | Career Killers, Interviews, Networking
When going to an interview, pretend (a little) that you are going to a dinner party…either with your own family, or some other clan. And be hip to the fact that certain topics are inappropriate at such assemblages. Your political or religious affiliation...
by Joey | Sep 8, 2014 | Interviews
You’re at the interview, but you’re not AT the interview. Know what I mean? Sure, you’re physically present in the sense that your body is sitting in a chair and your mouth is dutifully moving up and down, answering the questions being asked of you by your...
by Joey | Jul 3, 2014 | Interviews, Salary
You’re sitting in a three-star eatery on a first date with someone you find most attractive. “Could this be the one?” you wonder. But you’ve lived long enough to know that looks ain’t everything. Before you go head over heels, you need to see what’s lurking beneath...
by Joey | Jun 13, 2014 | Interviews
Did you just have a job interview? Are you feeling uneasy about your performance? Here are three sure signs that your interview, or at least a part of it, didn’t go as well as you’d hoped—and what you can do to salvage it. Your small talk was smaller than you...
