Jade was a new employee at her company. One of the attractors of choosing to work there was the work/life balance of their culture, which was promoted in the interview process. Early on, however, Jade observed that the people in…
Unspoken Cultures
Truth Telling Encourages Learning From Mistakes
As children, we were afraid to tell the truth when we made a mistake or if something went wrong, for fear of adult disapproval or punishment. Often this grew into defensive behavior, resulting in lying or blaming others for fear…
Resumes Must Relect the Needs of the Employer
One of the challenges of developing or updating your resume is the objective review of yourself and your career activities. It is quite common to orient the content of the resume toward those skills and accomplishments of which you are…
Use Your Time Wisely When Unemployed
Being unemployed brings with it a high level of anxiety for people who just don’t know what to do with themselves without a workplace to go to each day. The loss of structure, intellectual stimulation, and opportunity to be productive…
Poor Interviewers Can Cost Your Company Dollars, Candidates
Interviewing is where “the rubber meets the road” in the hiring process. It is where future relationships are formed which set the stage for individual, team and organizational success. Professionals currently in job search report that they are still experiencing…
Five Blind Spots in Making an Employment Decision
In making everyday business and life decisions, it is important to arm ourselves with knowledge that will help us avoid making major mistakes, particularly in the important arena of job and career choices. The following blind spots have been known…
Coach Employees Toward Their Own Solution
As supervisors and managers learn to develop their coaching skills with employees, it challenges them to release old habits that just don’t work. Telling people what to do and how to do it, over and over, will just fall upon…
Don’t Eliminate Job Possibilities Too Soon
With jobs as competitive as they are today, it is baffling why so many candidates discount or eliminate job or company possibilities too early on in the process. For instance, one candidate saw a job posting online that was very…
Asking the Right Questions in Your Interview
The interview process, at its best, is a give and take discussion which offers both parties the opportunity to get to know one another better. While the interviewer should be allowed to take the lead in the process, it is…
What is Your Job Search Style
Have the results of your job search efforts been less than you think they should be? If so, perhaps you should consider where your approach style fits on the PASSIVE-ASSERTIVEAGGRESSIVE scale. If anything, most job seekers tend to lean too…
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