Don’t Play Hard to Get When Hiring
Hiring can be compared to dating and courtship in the amount of desire shown and expressed by both employers and candidates for the other. In dating, people often play their cards close to the vest, keep their actual feelings hidden. Even if they are actually very enthused about a new potential partner, they don’t […]
Don’t Call Me an Applicant!
To employers, an active job seeker is sometimes considered to be an “Applicant.” Applicants can be contrasted with passive candidates- those people who have been recruited for a job, but weren’t necessarily looking. They typically have their heads down, just doing their current jobs (which they actually enjoy). If a recruiter calls them, and offers what looks like […]
Vital Job Hunting Tips #2 – The “Informational Interview”
Many job hunting coaches advocate trying to get “Informational Interviews”, where you aren’t specifically aiming at a job, but just gathering information, getting advice, networking, etc. What can you try to accomplish in this meeting to improve the quality of the discussion? Here are some tips: Treat it as a customer visit – what is […]
