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What Are Your Weaknesses? This is the most dreaded question of all. Handle it by minimizing your weakness and emphasizing your strengths. Stay away from personal qualities and concentrate on professional traits: "I am always working on improving my communication...

1. Too Focused on Job Duties Your resume should not be a boring list of job duties and responsibilities. Go beyond showing what was required and demonstrate how you made a difference at each company, providing specific examples. When developing your...

The Employment Clinic   You’ve been fired, what do you do next?   By Lawrence D. Alter   Do nothing at all until you have had a chance to assemble your mental resources, consider how the termination was handled, and review the separation...

Having to perform a job search is rarely at the top of a list of "fun" ways to spend ones time. Job search is generally regarded as dreary work at best. And why not? The process is almost always spent independently. Job seekers look at newspaper ads...

Transposing two of the commands in the ritual used by the execution squads of old — "Ready! Aim! Fire!" — yields some guidelines for those in the employment hunt. "Ready!": Initial Research "Where do I begin?" is the hapless cry of many a job...

No one sets out in a job to fail or to be mediocre. Even so, some people seem to succeed at everything they touch, while others just get by. There are some employees who demonstrate a steady and progressive climb to higher levels of development and...

We can all agree that business today is traveling "faster than the speed of thought." Yet, have we taken the time to acknowledge the skills and approach needed to compete in today's fast-paced economy? Whether you're trying to promote an idea, solve...

So, given that it's an absolute imperative to have a positive attitude, what steps can a job seeker take to foster one? He or she can heighten their awareness of how they come across to others. Sometimes knowing how you present yourself to others...

Many people, under financial or other pressures to find work quickly, feel they can’t afford to take the time to get organized. On the other hand, conducting your job search in an organized manner will reduce the amount of time you spend looking for...

I get a lot of questions these days from frustrated job seekers, who want to know how to get noticed by employers, how to network more effectively, etc. After pouring over my email inbox for the last 30 days, I picked four commonly asked questions...

Transposing two of the commands in the ritual used by the execution squads of old — "Ready! Aim! Fire!" — yields some guidelines for those in the employment hunt. "Ready!": Initial Research "Where do I begin?" is the hapless cry of many a job...

How’s work going?" This is such a common question that we never really answer. After all, does anyone really care about our employment issues when they have a list of their own? Have we all become conditioned to put up with the daily grind and just...

Recently, I’ve heard buzz on a number of individuals about their work performance and it wasn’t good. Here are just three of them. Scenario One: The person in question damaged an important client relationship by repeatedly missing deadlines and...

Part II: The Blue Print In part one of Taking Your Job Home: Facing the Issues, we covered concerns your employer would have if you asked him to let you work at home. There were five issues: Privacy and safety, Dealing with Co-workers, Communication,...

You resigned. You were given a counteroffer. Now what? Breaking up is hard to do. To gear up for the fateful day, the "dumper" usually plays the scenario over and over in his or her mind until the perfect break up line is found; a line that...

When’s the last time you responded to, or actively courted, the attention of a recruiter? When happily employed people get a call, they usually terminate it fairly quickly – because they’re happily employed. Those who are unhappily employed respond...

As a former executive recruiter and headhunter, I can tell you there are a lot of industry secrets. Having access to those secrets can make the difference in whether your resume is accepted—or rejected—by top headhunters. As you focus your job search,...

Did you ever notice that there are certain people who have great jobs? They are always working on a consistent basis even in shaky industries and uncertain times? And then there are those who are either constantly unhappy in their careers, or...

Are you frustrated when you receive no response after you send out resumes, no follow-up calls to hear how you did on interviews, no replies when you are trying to gather more information about a prospective employer? Well, you are not alone. Over...

Are you finding it hard to generate meaningful interviews? When you get an interview does it seem as if the other candidate is always getting the offer? Has your job search gone on for months with no results, and are you finding it difficult to stay...

How do you feel at work? Are you tired throughout the day? Being tired and having low energy is common in the workplace. How can it not be? You’ve probably been getting up early five days or more per week for years. You probably get home late...

Did you ever notice that there are certain people who have great jobs? They are always working on a consistent basis even in shaky industries and uncertain times? And then there are those who are either constantly unhappy in their careers, or...

he Internet is easily the world's most powerful employment tool. With the Web, you can access millions of job openings on thousands of sites. With email, you can quickly contact employers and ask for interviews. Yet, if used incorrectly, the Internet...

Dear Joan: I am looking for some pointers on job interviews. I have been told by two interviewers that I don't seem assertive or aggressive enough. I do possess those strengths, as I am currently a vice president in a very demanding job. What...

Do you keep getting rejected at each and every interview that you go on? Is this getting you down? Making you feel dejected? Before you decide that ‘it’s all someone else’s fault’, have you thought of the possibility that you might be going wrong somewhere...