Discussion: March 9, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
In today’s newsletter a reader says:
I have a medical condition (since birth) that has no effect on my work: my hands tremble a little or moderately. It’s called “benign essential tremor.” It is not Parkinson’s or anything like it. I worry that it scares off employers when I interview.
Today I [...]
Discussion: March 2, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
In today’s newsletter a reader throws down a challenge:
I love this classic question from interviewers, as if they’re in a bar looking for a date rather than in an office hiring an employee: “Tell me about yourself.” I can answer that, but what’s the best way to say it?
How to [...]
Discussion: February 23, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
In today’s newsletter a reader takes an interview with a company that wants to “meet and talk in general,” with no indication there’s a specific opportunity on deck. No problem, I say to the reader. It’s good to meet new people. But when the company brings you back for a [...]
Discussion: February 9, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
In today’s edition a reader says, “My degree beats your certification!”
Why are firms so ignorant of one’s university degrees and instead treat certifications like CPA with much more respect? To complete a degree takes quite a bit of effort. (Try to take MBA school in four exams like a [...]
I’ve spent years sharing advice about job interviews. My main advice is to walk into a job interview prepared to stand and deliver: Show the employer how you will do the work profitably so the employer will want to hire you.
But sometimes I forget that that’s the substance of a good interview. A good interview [...]
Discussion: February 2, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
A reader asks for advice:
After several years of being a single mother I am now looking for work. However, due to family obligations I do not wish to work full time; ideally 20-30 hours per week. I have successfully found work using your approach in the past and would [...]
Discussion: January 26, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
A reader’s query: In today’s newsletter, a “less than qualified” job applicant wonders how to shake the interview up.
Is it ever proper to tell the interviewer that looking for “exact skills” will result in hiring someone who is likely to get bored easily and move on when the [...]
Every January, pundits publish their predictions for the new year. I don’t make predictions because I prefer not to be judged when I’m wrong ;-)
But it’s not hard to surmise that if the economy improves this year, the employment shoe will be on the other foot. The personnel jockey who has routinely been spitting rude questions [...]
Discussion: January 12, 2010 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
In today’s newsletter: A reader without a college degree wonders how to win a job where a degree is required.
I have ten years of work experience, but I do not have a degree. What is the best way to answer when an interviewer asks why I do not have [...]
Discussion: December 22, 2009 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter
Usually the Readers’ Forum in the Ask The Headhunter newsletter starts with a problem or scenario posed by a reader. Then we all pile on it, here on the blog.
This week I’d like to pose a problem myself. The current edition of Wired magazine features an article about failure [...]
