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Getting Grilled in Your Job Interview: Preparing for the "Question Behind the Question"
When preparing for an interview, it’s important to approach every question critically, and read between the lines. On “The Grill,” Higher Ed Career Coach Sean Cook and co-host John Mayo, Jr., Area Coordinator for Traditional Housing at Western New England College, will discuss the “questions behind the questions,” and help job-seekers plan their approach to common questions.
Be Like a Ghostbuster
It’s easy to build up a decision in your mind until it’s reached monolithic heights. The more important a choice feels, the higher the likelihood that you will feel paralyzed by it. This is especially true when you find yourself needing to choose between things you are passionate about and weigh them against the things you need to do and your available time.
Saying No and Scaling Back: Separate, But Related Choices
I recently had a discussion with a fellow coach...
How To Overcome Your Phone Interview Hang-Ups: 10 Tips for Success
Phone interviews are known to create anxiety similar to that experienced by teenagers waiting for an answer from a potential prom date. Symptoms may include sweaty hands, shortness of breath, confusion about what to expect from the conversation, babbling, long pauses, tangents, and complete loss of the reason. How you handle the conversation you answer the phone may even determine whether you go to the big dance
When the Phone Doesn’t Ring: Tips on Following Up After a Job Interview
When the phone doesn't ring after you think a...
Salary Matters: 5 Ways to Find Out About Pay Without Asking
If there’s one part of the job search process that causes candidates universal anxiety, it’s discussing salary. One of the search terms that job-seekers look up, before arriving at this site, is “tactfully asking about salary.” Since asking about salary is such a nerve-wracking experience, here are five ways to find out about salary without asking (or at least asking outright).