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Managing Multiple Job Interviews & Job Offers. With Steve Lewis: host of #HFChat 4/20

April 17, 2012 by Margo Rose

    At some point during a job search process, it is not unusual to be involved in several interview processes at the same time. Some opportunities might thrill us, and others may not.  So what does one do when juggling multiple interviews with great companies? How do we manage the job interview, and job [...]

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#HFChat Transcript for Friday, March 9, 2012

March 14, 2012 by Tom Bolt

On NCIS, the CBS blockbuster TV series, Gibbs Rule #6 is “Never apologize – it’s a sign of weakness.” Sorry, Jethro…I must say I’m sorry for the transcript of last week’s #HFChat being late this week. I especially need to send out a big helping of “I’m sorry” to our guest host, Jennifer Way, who [...]

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Next on #HFChat: Follow up or give up?

March 7, 2012 by Tom Bolt

As job seekers, we are focused on getting our information into the hands of the recruiters and hiring managers. With this in mind, what do you do to keep the lines of communications open? Do you go through the painstaking effort to find great jobs and have great interviews to then let the ball drop [...]

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#HFChat Transcript for Friday, March 2, 2012

March 3, 2012 by Tom Bolt

Occasionally the HireFriday gang gives the guest host roster a week off. This week the Twitter chat for the job seeker community was hosted by three of the leaders of the team: Founder and CEO Margo Rose (@HRMargo), Cyndy Trivella (@CyndyTrivella) and Tom Bolt (@TomBolt). The fierce chat raged about the topic Negotiating the Salary. [...]

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Next on #HFChat: Negotiating the Salary

March 1, 2012 by Tom Bolt

This week Margo Rose, Founder of the HireFriday movement, along with HireFriday moderators Tom Bolt and Cyndy Trivella will be leading the conversation around what job seekers need to know about negotiating their salary. We’re going to discuss how salary negotiation actually starts before the first phone screen or interview takes place, and how job [...]

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#HFChat Transcript for Friday, December 2, 2011

December 3, 2011 by Tom Bolt

This past Friday on #HFChat we revisited the age-old question about questions: in an interview the candidate needs to know how, when and why their questions fit into the conversation. As you can see from the chat dialog, interviewee questions can either help or hurt chances to get that job offer. We were fortunate to [...]

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Next on #HFChat: The Art of Asking Interview Questions…as a Job Seeker

November 29, 2011 by Tom Bolt

“Now, do you have any questions?” Every job interview, if the job seeker is lucky enough to get to this stage, is critical.  What controls whether or not you get an offer?  The résumé gets you in the door, but whether you leave as a job seeker or an employee depends on how you conduct [...]

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The Importance Of The Phone Screening Interview!

September 16, 2011 by Margo Rose

Phone Screening Interviews. Like them, or hate them, you’ve got to score well on the phone screening interview to be invited to the real thing. A face to face interview is ideal, but how many of you take stock in the importance this first step? Job hunting can be hard. It can also be an [...]

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#HFChat Transcript for Friday, September 16, 2011

September 16, 2011 by Tom Bolt

The #HireFriday community was founded by Margo Rose (@HRMargo). Her followers joined her vision was to create a community of recruiters and job seekers to promote learning and communication. Using the Twitter, the #HireFriday followers chat to help the reach and exposure of job seekers beyond their own sphere of influence. Every Friday at Noon-1PM [...]

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Next on #HFChat: The Critical Importance of the Phone Interview

September 15, 2011 by Tom Bolt

The first contact and the dialog which follows can be more important than we realize. Friday on #HFChat guest host Moises Lopez from Accenture, and key contributor to #HireFriday, will discuss the phone interview and “What you need to do and not to do that can make or break the job opportunity.” The proposed questions [...]

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