For most job seekers, the typical ‘reverse chronological order’ resume is sufficient to get a call back from a potential employer, move on to the interview and even land a job. However, the typical resume format isn’t always the best one to use. Other formats include functional, combination and nontraditional. Regardless of the resume type… Read more »
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Attracting Great Candidates Starts With a Great Job Description
With the labor market currently favoring the job seeker, people looking for work have more options than ever. The onus is now on employers to be as appealing as possible to job seekers. A simple, but highly effective way to attract top talent is to craft a great job description. If your company has open… Read more »
What to Consider Before Hiring Overqualified Candidates
Having to consider an overqualified applicant may not seem like much of a problem for employers; however, when you hire someone who is overqualified, you risk hiring someone who doesn’t feel challenged and becomes disengaged, possibly leaving as soon as a better offer comes along. Therefore, considering overqualified applicants is a tricky thing to do…. Read more »
Important Job Skills That Will Make You More Marketable
Technology is disrupting almost every industry right now, and a big result of that is increased pressure on professionals to keep evolving their skill set. Regardless of your career or industry, you need to stay on top of your skills if you want to be in demand. This means you must have the right mindset… Read more »
Five Skills to Be a Successful Electrician
With the Department of Labor projecting job prospects for electricians to grow more than the national average through 2024, now is the time to get in on this highly rewarding field. Electricians are capable of a wide range of tasks, ranging from the installation of wiring in a new construction project to replacing older electrical… Read more »
Why You Should Conduct Post Interview Reviews With Your Team
The typical interview allows hiring managers to gain a lot of information on applicants and holding a review session after all the interviews are completed is an effective way to process all of that information. Ideally, multiple people from your company should be included in an interview. These people should come from different backgrounds and… Read more »
Tips For Getting Out of a Rut at Work
Everyone has the occasional bad day or even the occasional bad week, but an ongoing rut at work could be harmful to your mental well-being and professional success. When you’re in a rut, you don’t do your best work and can become disengaged from parts of your job that used to inspire you. Over time,… Read more »
Tips For Interviewing Entry-Level Candidates
Entry level jobs can be particularly tricky to hire for. Hiring personnel have to figure out if an applicant can be successful based on limited work experience and an interview performance. Due to this degree of difficulty, asking the right questions of entry-level applicants during the interview is essential to a successful hire. Consider the… Read more »
When Is It Time to Start Hiring?
Having too much work is a good problem to have, as they say, and if you’re a business owner with this problem, your thoughts will likely turn to hiring more staff. However, it is important in these situations not to jump the gun. You don’t want to hire several new employees when the problem can… Read more »
How to Improve Your Interviewing Skills
Interviewing is challenging work, but being able to hire wonderful people and strengthening your company can be very rewarding. An interview should be a two-way discussion, and good interviewers make a deliberate attempt to get the most out of each one. They know that making applicants comfortable and combating personal bias will result in a… Read more »