What if there’s no time to prepare for the job interview?
In the June 19, 2012 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job hunter is frustrated by last-minute interviews: Here’s the harsh reality of job interviewing. You apply for a job, you are called in for the...
View ArticleHiring Manager: HR is the problem, you are the solution
In the July 17, 2012 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a manager complains that Human Resources (HR) departments are behind the talent shortage: I don’t have a question, but I want to share stories about...
View ArticleAm I cheating on the company that’s interviewing me?
In the August 21, 2012 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job hunter wants to know whether it’s okay to interview with a company, when another company paid the airfare: When a company flies me in to...
View ArticleCould you score an interview with this manager?
In the September 11, 2012 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a manager takes us into “the lab” and shows us how he actually interviews candidates to determine whether they can do the job. Special Edition...
View ArticleHow do I sell my extensive academic credentials to an employer?
In the September 18, 2012 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job hunter asks how to parlay his considerable academic credentials into a good job: Here’s hoping you can knock some sense into me. The job...
View ArticlePBS NewsHour: Online job applications keep America unemployed
Are online job applications driving people insane? Or just driving them away from jobs they can do? When PBS NewsHour‘s Paul Solman reported on America’s biggest job killer — the automated job...
View ArticleYada, Yada, Yada: Desperate hiring
In the November 13, 2012 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a hiring manager asks how to distinguish acting from honest interviewing: Hiring great people is a noble goal but it raises two challenges: how...
View ArticleThe shortcut to success in job interviews
In the January 8, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job hunter asks whether I really mean it: I agree with your non-traditional approach as the means to take control of one’s destiny in terms of...
View ArticleBeat The Salary Surveys: Get a higher job offer
In the February 19, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job applicant resists lower job offers “justified” with salary surveys: I don’t like telling employers my salary history when they ask, and I...
View ArticleBet you can’t answer this one interview question: A challenge to Lou Adler
In the February 26, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a hiring manager wants to know what one question I love to ask job candidates: When I interview people, I use questions my personnel department...
View ArticleIs it ethical to go on this job interview?
In the April 23, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a loyal employee wonders whether it’s honest to go to a job interview: I’m working for a great tech company on the west coast in a job I enjoy, but...
View ArticleWhy employers should pay to interview you
In the April 30, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a job applicant invests more than eight hours in interviews and asks why the employer acts like her time is free: The rudeness of employers seems to...
View ArticleWho says 58 year olds can’t get a job?
In the May 14, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a reader tells how he landed a job with more money, more vacation, in short order — at age 58: I just wanted to tell you that I got a new job. Though...
View ArticleJust how stupid is Google about interviewing?
So I get back from a week-long trip to the San Francisco Bay Area and find a slew of e-mails from readers who wanted to share a link to this hilarious article in The Atlantic: Google Finally Admits...
View ArticleShould you disclose your salary history to a headhunter?
In the July 30, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a reader frets about disclosing her salary information to a headhunter (and to an employer): I am a great fan of your newsletter and just read your...
View ArticleFearless Job Hunting: Should I accept HR’s rejection letter?
This week’s Q&A is an excerpt from Fearless Job Hunting, Book 4, Overcome Human Resources Obstacles, $6.95 (PDF, instant download). Order your copy now and get Book 2: Avoid Employment Scams, Ruses...
View ArticleWhat to do about a broken job
In the August 27, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a reader is frustrated by interviewers who don’t want to talk about the work that needs to be done… I think your suggestion to “do the work in the...
View Article5 Job Search Nightmares
In the September 10, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter we tackle 5 nightmares: An employer wants free work A relocation dream turns into a horror story A guy’s network POOF! disappears into thin air...
View ArticleAsk questions. Be likeable. Get hired.
In the October 22, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a reader tries to keep everybody happy in the job interview: I was wondering what to say when asked, “Do you have any questions?” when you’re...
View ArticleTop 10 Stupid Interview Questions: #1 – #5
In the November 5, 2013 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter, a reader asks about “sample” inteview questions and answers: I am preparing for an interview with one of the big consulting firms, and I thought I...
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