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How to Address Salary Expectations in an Interview

Those notorious interview questions about strengths and weaknesses or long-term goals may not be anyone’s favourites. However, if there was ever one question that consistently throws even the most confident interviewee – it’s the salary expectations question. Given that remuneration goes hand-in-hand with work, why should it be so difficult to answer? Social codes around […]

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Job Interview Process Explained

The job interview process consists of three parts. It starts with the introduction, goes on to the purpose of the interview, and ends with the closing of the interview. If you understand the objective of each part—from the interviewer’s point of view—you can increase your chances of beating your competition. After all, someone will be […]

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The Older Job Seeker: Strategies for Deflating the Ageism Myth

Recently, a client in her fifties told me that in a job interview an employer told her outright that they were really looking for someone much younger. She said that this experience caused her a lot of anxiety and has made her very self-conscious. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated incident. In a coaching session, […]

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How to Overcome Your Insecurities

Are you insecure at times? Of course you are, because this is how we keep checks and balances over our daily behavior. As a practicing career coach, I see this personality trait every day. And because about 70% of my clients are in transition, I see it more than others do. I remember that when […]

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Good Practices When Asking for a Letter of Recommendation

Whether you are applying to a university program or for a new job, you will eventually find that you need to stockpile some letters of recommendation (also called reference letters).  While requesting and writing letters of recommendation were once a common practice, neither are as prevalent as they once were.  Furthermore, younger generations who were […]

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Interview Question: Why Do You Want to Work for Us?

In our series on interview questions that you can expect, this is one that will come up in almost every interview. And, consider yourself fortunate: This interview question is one of the top ones to separate the people who are 100% interested in a position from those who are just blindly interviewing. In fact, in […]

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Giving Answers the Interviewer Wants to Hear While Being True to Yourself

Have you heard the phrase “under promise and over deliver”? It’s an important one in business, because it asserts that you are not tooting your own horn in a way that’s overblown, but that you are able to do an even better job than you have advocated. And in almost every situation, it’s a valid […]

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How to Deal with an Interviewer Who Doesn’t Look Interested in Your Candidacy

Have you ever gone to an interview and gotten the feeling that an interviewer was dismissing you before you even started talking? It can feel frustrating and make you wonder why you bothered coming in, but there are several steps you can take to help salvage the interview. 1) Take a moment to regroup. Sometimes […]

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Interview Question: Where Do You See Yourself in One Year?

In the not-too-distant past, this question used to be, “Where do you see yourself in five years?” But with the ever-evolving and quickly changing business environment in which we live today, the timeframe has often been shortened because most people realize that so much can happen in five years – entire industries can be born […]

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