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Apr 4, 2011 Interviews

Your Greatest Weakness

by Leah Gibbs

The fastest way to make a good interview go bad is to avoid questions posed by the interviewer. The one question candidates love to avoid is, “What is your greatest weakness?” Most candidates are quick to respond with superficial answers such as “I’m a workaholic” or “I’m a perfectionist.” Not only are those responses boring, [...]

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Mar 23, 2011 Interviews

Psychotherapy: Let’s get down to business

by Jenni Ellard

When business consultant, Rob Montgomery, became increasingly aware of the huge emotional and mental stress his clients often suffered as small business owners and managers he found a way to help them.

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Mar 18, 2011 Interviews

Tricky job interview questions you’d better have an answer for….

by Karalyn Brown

According to Ross Clennett, trainer to the recruitment industry, a good interviewer should not ask you job interview questions about your strengths and weaknesses.  Instead they should ask more pointed job interview questions where you, on the other side of the table, need to provide evidence. Here’s his list of ineffective job interview questions and [...]

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Feb 25, 2011 Interviews

Get That Job! 5 Great Tips to Ace the Interview

by Leah Gibbs

With all of the challenges the current economy is throwing at us, more and more people find themselves looking for new jobs. Many people perform great in the initial screening process only to find themselves being passed over after the in-person interview. Here are five job interview tips that you can use to increase the [...]

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Feb 4, 2011 Interviews

What to do if you don’t have referees

by Karalyn Brown

If you’ve been out of the workplace for a while or changed jobs a lot you may have trouble supplying recent referees. You may even be concerned about the type of reference you’ll receive. Many people have had bosses they don’t trust and jobs that are just rubbish. First step, don’t panic. I get this [...]

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Jan 20, 2011 Interviews

Job interview question and answer: If you were a piece of fruit what would you be?

by Leah Gibbs

Although it sounds like a question from a cheesy dating program, this is actually an invitation for you to showcase your skills and qualities.

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Aug 2, 2010 Interviews

Why job interviews are like first dates. Seven signs you’ll be seeing each other again

by Karalyn Brown

Sometimes you walk out of a job interview and you just know you’ve hit it off with the interviewer.  You have that sense of warmth like the job is a good fit. You can only think good things about the job, the interview and the employer. A job interview that’s gone well is almost like [...]

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May 5, 2010 Interviews

Clare Lancaster talks to us about Women In Business

by Leah Gibbs

Clare Lancaster is a communication design professional with over 10 years of online business development and marketing experience and the owner/editor of Women In Business, a website that helps women in business and female entrepreneurs use the internet for business. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal and Forbes and she is [...]

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Apr 30, 2010 Interviews

Karina Pengelly – The Australian Home Study Institute

by Leah Gibbs

Karina Pengelly,  Director of the Australian Home Study Institute talks to Your Balance about being a work at home mum and working part time. She obviously has a super power, running a busy family with her husband Jay and  family of four kids – she still gets time to read a book, go to the [...]

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Apr 2, 2010 Interviews

Getting the most out of a telephone interview

by Linda Enever

Linda Enever a Careers Advisor and Recruitment Consultant says getting past a telephone interview is a skill of its very own. And it is not until we are seeking a job that the skills of the phone interview are called upon. Lets try and demystify what is trying to be achieved by the person conducting [...]

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Mar 24, 2010 Interviews

Sophee McFee is on the “Up”

by Leah Gibbs
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At the age of 21, Sophee McPhee was at a crossroad in her life having battled with anorexia for nearly five years. Then she started a unique magazine for women.

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