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9 Ways You’re Unknowingly Sabotaging Your Job Interview

9 Ways You’re Unknowingly Sabotaging Your Job Interview

It’s never a call anyone wants to receive. Your resume was great, you were prepared for your interview, but an employer decided to move on with someone else. If this happens once you may think, “I wasn’t a great fit”, but if you find yourself consistently being passed...

The Difference Between Hard Skills and Soft Skills

The Difference Between Hard Skills and Soft Skills

When an interviewer asks about your skills and experience, it can be confusing exactly how to answer. Beyond making sure your professional presentation is air-tight, what exactly is your interviewer looking for? Surely, they're not looking for you to repeat the...

Seven Ways to Say You’re Actively Listening

Seven Ways to Say You’re Actively Listening

Active listening is an important skill in both personal and professional life. From helping you interview to remembering important information, being an active listener is a more necessary quality than some would think. So how do you show you care? Are you an active...

A Complete Guide to Letters of Recommendation

A Complete Guide to Letters of Recommendation

After your interview, most companies will perform a background check on their top candidates. This can include a criminal background screening, calling your references, and even screening an applicant’s social media profiles. When it’s down to you and a few other...

5 Best Practices of Workplace Etiquette

5 Best Practices of Workplace Etiquette

How you present yourself to others in the workplace is vital to being successful. Whether you are interacting with others face-to-face or digitally, learning how to manage your professional relationships and maintain good etiquette is important for your job security...

Ask a Recruiter: How Far Back Should I Go on My Resume?

Ask a Recruiter: How Far Back Should I Go on My Resume?

If you are well-established in your career, are returning to the workforce or just beginning your job search, it can be tough to decide what to include on your resume. For professionals who have an eclectic work history or are further along in their career path,...

How to Start Your Resume When You’re Just Getting Started

How to Start Your Resume When You’re Just Getting Started

The most important part of job searching is creating a resume. But if you are looking for your very first job, where do you start? Without any (relevant) job experience it can be difficult to build your resume. After all, how can you sell someone on your work...

The Ultimate Guide to Decoding Job Descriptions

The Ultimate Guide to Decoding Job Descriptions

If you’ve spent any amount of time searching for a job, you know that job postings come in all shapes and sizes. You can learn a lot about a position and a business based on what an employer decides to put in (or leave out of) that space titled, “job requirements”....