How to Connect with an Interviewer to Land Your Next Job

For most, a job interview is a nerve-wracking process. It’s only natural. After all, you’re being evaluated and questioned. Then there’s the fact that your future employment hinges on your success at making a good impression. While you can’t prepare for every possibility, or curveball an interviewer might throw at you, you can be well… Read more »

Don’t Hire the Wrong Candidate!

When you post a job opening, who do you expect to reply? Ideally, only candidates who are right for the role. But we all know this is not an ideal world, and many unqualified resumes will come across your desk as you search for the perfect fit. However, there are other things which might make… Read more »

Short-Term Work Experience?

Times are changing. While previous generations stayed at the same job for their whole working life, that’s not the case today. According to HR expert John Sullivan, up to 70 percent of employees quit their jobs within two years (source: Harvard Business Review). So, if like most job seekers, you have a lot of short-term… Read more »

The 4 Things Every Job Interview Should Uncover

Whether in a clinical, office or industrial setting, hiring a new employee requires getting to know dozens of candidates in a short amount of time. Judging a person with the limited information from a resume and interview is a tricky task. To help narrow your scope, consider the following four things you should learn about… Read more »

Pitfalls of Micromanagement in the Workplace

It starts off with thinking it would be easier to tackle a task herself than to rely on an employee to do it. Then it’s double- or triple-checking an employee’s work, creating schedules that are timed to the minute, and asking for reports on a fanatical basis. It’s called micromanaging, and almost every manager has… Read more »