The “what is your salary requirement” question is always a tricky and awkward one to answer. The best way is to avoid answering it tactfully for as long as possible. I recommend the following strategies in address the salary requirement question. Try your best to not provide any numbers – because you want to avoid either… ...
Job searching tips
Best Questions for a Job Seeker to Ask in an Interview
An job interview is a two-way street. You are there to demonstrate your qualifications, but you are also there to get more information. So always be prepared to ask some questions in an interview, if time permits. Most interviews are structured so that you can ask questions in the last 5 or 10 minutes. Here… ...
Eventually you will always find a parking spot
I volunteer at a healing center once a week. Since it is located in the shopping part of the city, parking is always hard to find. Sometimes, I am lucky and find one right across from the office right away. Other times, it will be take me 20-30 minutes and I would be 5 blocks…
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Career Lessons from Gen Y
Gen Y is definitely a generation to be reckoned with. We are told their generation will fundamental change the way the work world operates. I believe it. I came across this article in the New York Times in Dec 2010 called “No Jobs – Young Graduates Make Their Own” – which talks about how young… ...
What Not to Do with Resumes
A friend sent me two articles last week that I wanted to share. After reading them, I want to share some advice for what NOT to do with resumes. First article is called “Linkedin – Top 10 resume words to avoid”. According to Linked-in, the following are the top-10 most overused terms. I did a… ...
Don’t Make this Fatal Mistake in Interviews
I had lunch with a Deloitte alumni friend recently. He is now a VP of Retail Sales at a major financial institution. Since he knew I had a passion for career coaching, he told me the following recruiting story. In the last few weeks, he has interviewed over 20 candidates for several sales openings, Manager… ...
How Hiring Managers Think
I went to a café for lunch today. I don’t usually eavesdrop on other’s conversation, but in this café, it’s so cozy it’s impossible to ignore other’s conversations. Well I happen to overhear a very interesting and loud conversation between 3 people who work at an environmental software company. They are trying to decide whether… ...