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Leave Feelings about Former Employer at Home When Interviewing

January 24, 2012  |  Posted By: David Thomas  |  Posted in Preparation

Ninety-nine percent of us have all had that employer we didn’t like, who messed up our careers, made eight-hour days seem like 16 hour days, and on and on. That being said, have you gone on a job interview recently and purposely or accidentally trashed a former employer? If the answer is yes, there is [...]

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What Do They Want? A Look into Skills Employers Seek from College Grads

December 12, 2011  |  Posted By: Angelita Williams  |  Posted in Preparation

Being a member of Gen Y, you probably know what a terrible rap we get in the media. “Entitlement” is probably the number one epithet that gets thrown at us constantly, but there’s a barrage of others—narcissistic, intolerant of criticism, empty of anything closely resembling a work ethic. We know that, while there’s probably some [...]

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Sowing the Right Seeds with an Interview Follow-Up Strategy

November 10, 2011  |  Posted By: Kimberly Wilson  |  Posted in Following Up

Most people when they walk out of an interview just want to sink into a comfortable chair, breathe, and get their mind off whether they just made an absolute fool of themselves or not.  But the interview itself is only one part of a larger process that some people, to their later disappointment, neglect.  The [...]

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PRHR’s #1 Interview Skill

June 9, 2010  |  Posted By: Trevor Wilson  |  Posted in Interviews

Silence. Precious silence. I couldn’t agree more. You have to read The #1 Job Interviewing Skill from Punk Rock HR. It explains exactly why what you don’t say is more important than what you do say. I wish I’d written this… Silence is your secret weapon. Check it out here.

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