Posts Tagged ‘job’
The Cost of Interviewing the Wrong Applicants
A well-known employer in NYC posted a VP of Engineering position recently and received over 4000 applications. The TA team spent days attempting to narrow down the resumes to a reasonable number for the SVP of Engineering to interview. Even after eliminating unqualified resumes, those remaining looked so similar that it was hard to distinguish…
Read MoreManaging Your Job Search: Why Planning Matters
Your job search starts before you ever click apply. Once you’ve created your resume and built out your online profile, you still need to prepare a plan of attack to manage the job search from start to finish. Managing your job search goes hand in hand with submitting applications. You’re tracking, strategizing, and networking your…
Read MoreLinkedIn: Building Your Professional Online Profile
Building your professional online profile is necessary for anoyone on the job market. For most people, this means creating and maintaining a LinkedIn account. Unless you are seeking a position that requires a portfolio of work (like Github), LinkedIn is the right place to start your professional branding. LinkedIn is the gateway to professional networking…
Read MoreBuilding Your Resume for Your First Job or Internship
The Resume A resume tells a quick story that leaves employers asking for more. A simply formatted, clean, and spellchecked resume goes a long way. Avoid colors, designs, or fonts that may be difficult to read when printed or on mobile. Keep your resume to one page and the font to a reasonable size. And,…
Read MoreThe Financial Burden of Return to Office Orders
Over the past few months, many notable companies have charged forward with 5-day-a-week return to office orders. Yet, many of their workers have built their entire lives around working remotely. The have bought houses, altered childcare arrangements, and sold cars. Whether workers joined companies as remote workers or the remote work was a product of…
Read MoreHow Many Interviews Will Candidates Endure Before Calling it Quits?
Candidates have largely driven the hiring market over the past few years. However, in 2024, employers have lengthened the hiring process, ensuring that they are hiring the right person the first time around. Employer expectations are high. Candidates are enduring multiple rounds of interviews from junior level programmers to senior engineers. Yet, at what point…
Read MoreRestoring Job Seeker Confidence
The recruitment process is perceived as one-sided. The candidate is in the hotseat. They need to put their best foot forward, exude experience, and project confidence. Plus, they need to do it repeatedly in front of panels of co-workers, hiring managers, and the c-suite. Job seekers are bombarded with tips, tricks, and advice about how…
Read MoreLeveraging the Hype Cycle for Your Career Search
Hype Cycle, a term coined by Gartner, often describes the cycle of maturation, adoption, and social applications for technology. Largely, this method zooms out on applications to see how tech will evolve over time. It provides reliable insight to manage deployment and meet company goals. However, the Hype Cycle is being adopted by job applicants…
Read MoreWhy are Companies Reluctant to Continue Interviewing New Candidates?
Why are companies so reluctant to keep interviewing new candidates when someone is already in the third or fourth round of interviews? Too often, companies bank on one applicant who is already in process to fill the job. It’s one of the biggest mistakes that organizations make during the hiring process. The job market is…
Read MoreAvoiding the Job Application Black Hole
Finding a new job is stressful. Finding a new job when you’re already employed is a full-time job. The preparation, resume writing, skills assessments and interviews are nothing short of a juggling act. Yet, before you ever get the chance to speak to someone, you have to apply. Ideally, every application would come with a…
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