Type “Any Job” into Google. Look at the related searches: “any job openings,” “any job available,” “how to get any job,” “any job that is hiring right now.” The list goes on. A lot of people just need a job.
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Category: Author: Joe Weinlick
Would You Rather Be Working on Thanksgiving?
In a poll Nexxt conducted last week, 49% of job seekers said they would be willing to work on Thanksgiving. Another 13% were already doing so. A sad sign of the times that, despite being several years into the recovery,
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Be in Control of the Process, Part II
I recently told a story about my experience as an interviewee. Now let me share one as a hiring manager. I was once part of a team that had settled in on two finalists for an important position. They both
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Be in Control of the Process: Part I
As a job seeker, I was once told by a recruiter that the team that interviewed me really liked me and said I answered every question well. But, I didn’t get the job. I asked why, and am glad to
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To Get Hired, Paint a Vision of What You Can Do for Them.
Here’s a secret. Very few companies are actually very good at evaluating talent. They agonize over hiring decisions, eliminating most candidates early on and subjecting finalists to a barrage of interviews. How do you make it into consideration, and then
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Confidence: The Intangible Edge
Two people interview for the same job. Both are qualified, and both interview well. Which one gets the job? In most cases, the answer is the person that the interviewers can see doing the job. The person who reduced the
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