A reader writes: I applied for a job that was posted internally in my company. I was called for an interview but did not do well (I misunderstood a couple of questions and did not provide sufficient details). I did not get the job and it appears neither did any other internal candidate. The company […]
Read the full article →A reader writes: I am working in retail fine jewelry at present, and have secured another job. I know that my current manager will tell me to leave the day I resign, most likely call someone in to cover my shift. How do I resign gracefully, appearing to be giving two weeks’ notice when in […]
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Read the full article →EmailYourInterviewer.com has now generated more than 200 letters to employers who never bothered to get back to job-seekers who interviewed with them! EmailYourInterviewer.com is a free service run by Ask a Manager that lets job-seekers generate an anonymous, polite letter to employers who interviewed them and then never responded to them in any way. If […]
Read the full article →If you are applying for a job and tell me that you can do TWO jobs that I’m hiring for, combining them into one, and I tell you that’s really not possible because the workload of each is a full-time job on its own, you should believe me. I know that job-seekers are often told […]
Read the full article →A reader writes: I work in a small IMO insurance firm as a marketer and graphic designer. Today while outside smoking (I spit when I smoke), my boss came to me and told me that if he ever found me spitting on the walk way again he would write me up. We rent the building […]
Read the full article →If part of your job application strategy is going to be to point out a grammatical error on the employer’s Web site, please make sure that it’s actually an error. I received a cover letter last week that opened this way: “Despite my eagerness to learn as much as I could about the position, the […]
Read the full article →You know what’s not a good idea? Telling the person screening my calls that I’ll “know what the call is about” and refusing to elaborate further, when in fact I have no idea who you are and we’ve never spoken before. You know who does this, aside from overly aggressive salespeople? Job candidates who think […]
Read the full article →This is probably one of the most common questions I get: How and when do you follow up after an interview? You can find past writings on it here: following up after an interview when to follow up after an interview calling to follow up after applying for a job how to follow up after […]
Read the full article →How do employers choose from among many great candidates? I wrote recently about the fact that lots of great job candidates are getting rejected these days because in this job market, there are more good candidates than there are jobs available. When I have tons of great candidates and only one slot to hire for, […]
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