How To Be Successful At Telecommuting

Phil Rosenberg

Jun 7 2011 by Phil Rosenberg originally published in reCareered.com  Many job seekers would love the idea of working from home at a telecommuting job. That’s easy if the job you’re interviewing for is already a telecommuting job – But what if it’s not ? How can you convince a hiring manager to consider changing an in-office job to a telecommuting position? Want to structure a telecommuting job, but not sure how? Afraid that telecommuting could leave you at a greater layoff risk or with lower advancement potential because you’re not at the office every day? At the core of both issues is employer value. If you create greater value for your employer in a telecommuting role, you’ll have less risk and less problems … [Read more...]

Advice from a Recruiter: Job-Finding Strategies You Need to Know

katherine_brooks

by Katharine Brooks, Ed.D. Turning Chaos Into Careers:  The inside scoop from a recruiting manager who's hiring.  This Katharine Brooks article including her interview with a professional recruiter first appeared in Psychology Today on March 10, 2011.  Fascinating, intuitive and confirming our suspicions on what works and what doesn't work in a job hunt anymore... Read the full article here. … [Read more...]

6 Common Interview Questions and How to Answer Each One

A guest blog post from Deborah Weiner I don’t believe for one minute that employers, recruiters and hiring managers are really trying to trip you up.   However, I do believe that they are trying to size you up. They want to see how you handle yourself under pressure. They want to determine how fast you think on your feet.  They want to see if you will sink or swim. Ok, a few mean ones are trying to screen you out of the process, but we can turn the tables on all of them by being prepared with the best responses to a few of their commonly asked questions. So grab a pen or keyboard and let’s practice.  Come on, give it a try.   We have listed some suggested answers below, so no peeking!  Here are six pretty common questions to … [Read more...]

Two-Week Notice – Nicety or Necessity

Should I give a two-week notice?

by Mac Byrd Once you have decided to leave a company, should you give an employer a two-week notice at the time of your resignation?  Five years ago, this question would not even be asked, but today is a different world.  Things have changed: acceptable business practices, policies and the business climate have changed in our new post-recession, mid-recovery economy. In reality, unless you are a unionized employee, there are no contractual obligations from the company to the individual defining separation processes and procedures.  In most lay-off situations, the employee is brought in at their normal start-work-time and escorted off the property 10 minutes later with their whole income-producing activity vaporized into a few words, a … [Read more...]