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A natural flowing, context-specific elevator speech is an important part of your professional portfolio. Unfortunately many elevator speeches sound the same and, let's face it, are quite boring. In order to grow professionally it is best if you have several different elevator speeches you and...
As a hiring manager in the consulting and financial services and consulting industries I have reviewed literally thousands of resumes. It is true that most of the resumes get about 10 seconds of consideration before they are dismissed. However, some of the resumes receive a lot more...
"Your Attitudes Affect Your Behaviors"
Remember that phrase. Whether you are looking to advance your career, find a job, increase sales or anything else you want to accomplish your attitude is is the starting point.
Dictionary.com defines Attitude as
"manner,...
Congratulations! After working hard on your resume you have received an invitation for an interview. Great! Now, how do you handle some of the tough questions:
- Why are you leaving your current position?
- Discuss an ethical dilemma you've faced and how you responded.
- Tell me...
Is your resume focused on your past experience and accomplishments? Even if you tailor your resume to a specific job description you could be making a mistake in your job search. Almost every resume I have seen has focused on past accomplishments. And while this is certainly acceptable, if...
Whether you are an interviewer or are being interviewed the key characteristic to look for in a candidate is whether they are passionate about the work the position has to offer.
For the candidate, a genuine interest in the position and the work involved is often times the deciding factor...
