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Interviews

Dec 16, 2011 Interviews

Why we don’t like exit interviews

by Anthony Sork

We don’t mean to be harsh here, but we really don’t like exit interviews.

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Nov 1, 2011 Interviews

Mastering the video resume

by Leah Gibbs

You can spend weeks perfecting your resume: selecting the perfect font that represents who you are, finding the right alignment for your bullet points and weighing up the pros and cons of hard versus soft copy. And this is all before you’ve decided what to include in it. Many a time your labour of love [...]

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Oct 11, 2011 Interviews

10 Better Ways to Answer the Tell Me About Yourself Question

by Leah Gibbs

You know it’s coming. It’s the most feared question during any job interview: Do you think I would look good in a cowboy hat? Just kidding. The real question is: Can you tell me about yourself? Blecch. What a boring, vague, open-ended question. Who likes answering that?

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Sep 20, 2011 Interviews

6 strange things your nerves make you do in a job interview

by Karalyn Brown

Many people come to me for help when they freeze up in interview, which they attribute to panic and nerves. That’s true. Your nerves can make you freeze up under the spotlight of an interview. What you may not know however, is that your nerves will make you do other strange things. So if you’ve [...]

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Sep 14, 2011 Interviews

Nine top tips for your second interview

by Enigma HR

Second job interview tips We all know the interview process can be lengthy these days. Given the economic uncertainty, we can confirm that our clients are taking their time to make their hiring decisions, particularly the big ones. We don’t blame them. In any economic time, hiring people is risky. If you’re looking for a job [...]

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Aug 26, 2011 Interviews

Will your recruitment consultant work hard for you, if you are registered with other agencies?

by Karalyn Brown

Recruitment Consultants I received these questions on my blog. I thought I would answer with a post. They’re good questions. “Hi Karalyn, I have now registered with several recruitment agencies when applying for positions advertised on the Seek website. I have two questions please … I have heard that if you register with many recruitment [...]

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Jul 27, 2011 Interviews

How to Deal with Salary History Questions

by Leah Gibbs

In response to an article detailing 2010’s Weirdest Interview Questions, BNET reader kjameshall asked the following question:

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Jul 13, 2011 Interviews

Seven most common job interview questions

by Karalyn Brown

You can’t predict every question that will come up in a job interview. There are some interview questions, your interviewer will ask you, where you’ll sit there and think “I really have no idea what you have just asked me! What is it that you actually want to know?” Sometimes interviewers will ask you a [...]

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Jun 7, 2011 Interviews

Sarah Stein and her amazing work at home journey. From corporate high flyer to Work At Home Mum

by Leah Gibbs

I recently interviewed Sarah Stein, of Miss Efficiency Bookkeeping.  Sarah launched her business model with the intention of working from home and having a baby. There have been many changes since launching in 2002 – starting out solo, hiring staff, moving to commercial premises, developing the franchise. Business has now come full circle and Sarah [...]

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Apr 28, 2011 Interviews

Full disclosure: Should your future boss know your future baby plans?

by Leah Gibbs

Job interviews are awful. AWFUL. Nobody enjoys them, let’s be honest. It’s an elaborate dance of Q&A, forcibly bright body language and awkward pauses. So much of what goes on in a job interview is unspoken. Especially when the interviewee is female.

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Apr 15, 2011 Interviews

Top Job Interview Fashion Disasters

by Timothy Ng

If we are to believe what the media tells us there are more people looking for work than there are actual positions for them to fill. For that reason you want to give yourself the best chance possible of being hired when you receive that much sought-after job interview.

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