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The Top-10 Things Candidates Hate ( these are provided by an unknown source) Having no clue whom they are meeting with for an interview, how long they will interview for, and arriving somewhere on time in order to wait alone in a lobby, room, or restaurant (and feeling very conspicuous when they don't need a job!) while looking at their watch (every five seconds) for the late interviewer. Taking a personal day off on one, two, or three occasions to interview at XYZ Company, only to fall into the Black Hole of No Feedback and never to be spoken to again. Add that their wife continues to harp on the fact that they missed Johnny's recital by taking personal days to go interview for a new job when "You have a perfectly acceptable one right now." This is when your picture goes up on the dart board in their rec room. Learning after the fact that someone on the interview team thought that their resume showed ...

Why we do and do not Ask Questions John Miller author of QBQ put togethet a list of why we do and donot ask questions.  I found this list to be an eye opener so here you are. Asking questions is a skill required by people in all roles, job functions, and professions. Why exactly do we ask questions? Well, here are 15 reasons to do so! 1.   To acquire knowledge 2.   To eliminate confusion 3.   To cause someone else to feel special/important 4.   To guide a conversation in the direction we want it to go 5.   To demonstrate humility to another 6.   To enable a person to discover answers for themselves 7.               To gain empathy through better understanding another's view 8.               To influence/alter someone else's opinion/view 9.         ...

10 Common Mistakes People Make at Job Interviews compliled by Dave Johnson CBS Money Watch You can never be too prepared for a job interview -- you never know what minor element of your personality or presentation can make or break your chances. But while you may be polished to a luster for the usual interview questions and your resume is gleaming, what about some of the other intangibles involved in getting hired? After all, for better or for worse about a third of hiring managers assess candidates and make a hiring decision within the first 90 seconds. Fair? Of course not. But it does mean that its critical to control those elements that aren't just about your previous job performance. Recently, education research firm Classes and Careers published an interesting infographic that rolls up a slew of less obvious things that influence the hiring process. For starters, there are a number of nonverbal cues that hiring managers consider mistakes that can cost you the...