Yesterday I posted the article, A Hiring Manager’s Diary Includes Valuable Lesson. Today, I want to extrapolate the lessons. Please feel free to leave your comments and suggestions.

7 Lessons From The Hiring Manager:
1. Make sure your resume defines who you are, what you know and what you’ve done so the hiring manager can relate your career to their needs.
2. Summarize what you will bring to the company.
3. List specific key words on the resume that will identify critical skills that will be meaningful to the hiring manager.
4. Be able to tell the hiring manager how well you have done your jobs, …read more

At least a couple of times a day I get asked a question about the hiring process from people in my life – friends and family. There is always someone who is looking for a job and they know me, my passion for helping people find and get the jobs they want. I had one of those conversations this evening. I was on my way out the door and one of my friends said, “hey, I need to talk to you.” And I knew, it was a job question or issue or something about an interview.
The Situation:
He is a salesperson …read more

I have been wanting to host a job fair here at Interview Chatter for awhile, but I haven’t figured out a format yet. However, what I have been able to do today is to share a blog carnival with you, introducing you to other bloggers and websites that provide excellent information in the Career & Job Advice niche.
Take some time to go through and click the links included in this post. Many of these posts have great advice that will help you in your job search, job skills and even some inspirational post. Enjoy!
 Job Search
Jose DeJesus MD presents Business Relocation: Tips …read more

If you get to hire the next President of the United States, I believe like a hiring manager, you should be looking for specific skills and abilities from the candidates. Their life experience and vocation should definitely be a major part of your consideration. But there are two other qualities I believe are underrated in the evaluation of our candidates for this extremely important job opportunity. The quest to be the most powerful leader in the free world is the epitome of a competitive job search. Who gets to make the hiring decision? I submit to you, that every U.S. …read more

Do you know who you are and what you bring to the table? Part 2
This morning I met the new President for the division I work for in my day job. This man, I will call him Steve, knows who he is and what he brings to the table. The table I am speaking about is a metaphor for the hiring discussion. But it can also be a metaphor for the job itself once you are hired.
Steve is new, two weeks in this organization and he is out meeting the customers and employees so that he can have …read more

Do you know who you are and what you bring to the table? I would venture to say that most people do not know who they are and what they bring to the table. Let me start by saying this, if you don’t know your value, your values, your skills, your abilities and how to articulate them to a hiring manager, you don’t know who you are well enough to get the jobs you may be qualified to get.
The table I am speaking about is a metaphor for the hiring discussion. The meeting between you and the hiring organization. What …read more

The first time I ever dealt with a true micro-manager was when I was interviewing for a job at a very large, well known company. I won’t share the name. The interview was an all day affair that began at 8:00 am, included a lunch interview, and didn’t end until 5:00 in the evening.
My 8:00 am interview was with the hiring manager. My potential boss. He interviewed me and did as most managers do, asked if I had any questions. Of course I had questions, I am the interveiw guru. I better have questions.
I asked him about his management …read more

There has been some discussion today concerning my last two blog posts, Do You Dare Lie? and Don’t Be Too Honest?
Here is a comment from one of my readers:
I remember lying in an interview one time. The interviewer first told me that the company was a smoke-free environment and then asked would I have a problem with that? I said “no” because I did not smoke. (LIE) He looked at me a minute and then ended the interview nice and polite with “we will call you for another interview with the department manager” (LIE). He never called and it was …read more

Over the last week, I have had the opportunity to answer questions about employment over at Yahoo! Answers. I responded to one of the questions. My answer was selected as the best answer received by the asker, Cynthia. Below is the question and my answer.
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Cynthia: I was fired from a job a couple years ago and I wanted to know if I should or could use this job in my resume and employment history? It’s my longest employment history so I gained a lot of my experience from this job but I was fired for petty theft. If a prospective …read more

Now here is an interesting question for you to consider when thinking about an interview. Are you an asset or liability for the organization you are interviewing with?
As a hiring manager when evaluating candidates, determining whether you as a candidate will add value to my organization is a very important question to answer.
Managers must determine the risk vs. return they will get for hiring you and allowing you to work in their organization. As a candidate you must demonstrate your value – you must demonstrate that you will be an asset to the organization.
Questions to consider to determine …read more