When things go wrong…

I have often times said that an idiot can do most jobs, it is when things go wrong that you find out what people are made of.  I am not saying that you should make something go wrong but if it does you need to know how to handle it.  One of the best podcasts...

Body language yells and screams

Many times it is not what you say but how you say it that matters.  Actually, if you believe the TED Talk from Amy Cuddy it can matter a lot even before the interview starts.  It seems that body language not only conveys things to other people but also to ourselves. ...

Interviews are a pain

Very few people like doing interviews.  This includes the hiring manager and the recruiter.  It sucks for everyone but most of all for the candidate.  As a candidate you are walking into a world where the rules are different and can change on a dime.  That being said,...

When the real you comes out.

You may have heard the quote from Dave Barry: “If someone is nice to you but rude to the waiter, they are not a nice person.”  This is especially true in the interview process.  A sales candidate just the other day failed this test.  They were in their...

Are you the product or the customer?

Recruiting these days resembles sales more than it does HR.  If you are unemployed I am sure you might not care but you should. Recruiters sometimes just want to get a butt in the seat and they do not care whose butt it is.  I am by no means saying that all or even...