Career Advice Journal

Stay confident, avoid smart retorts and brush up on subject knowledge.

Are you not able to find a job despite your excellent credentials? Are you sure you’re not committing any deadly sins during your interviews? Double check these to be more cautious.

Nearing the completion of your PGDM / MBA course? As dream companies visit your campus, Harpreet Singh, Executive Director, Educomp Raffles Higher Education Ltd. shares tips on acing placement interviews.

One of the advantages of getting to know the recruiter is that you perform more confidently in the interview. You get clarity on what they expect from you and therefore come prepared for the interview.

If you think your creativity and talent can be put to better use, start exploring your options and switch to a more satisfying career and a better life.

We dread interviews and when we are scared, we bungle. Confidence and preparedness are the only two things that can help you keep cool and succeed at interviews. Here’s how.

A resume is an essential element in the job seeking process and it assists the candidates in getting interview calls. It is pre-dominantly a sketch of the candidate’s employment and educational past.

Ever caught at a loss of words in an interview? It is a common phenomenon to weigh each question asked by a recruiter before answering. It is important to sound proper in an interview.

What we have here is a list of things that an employer is thinking while sitting in an interview. You will know exactly what went wrong, if you didn’t get the job after an interview that you thought went off pretty well.

Do you graciously accept feedback at work, especially when it is negative? Or do you go in the defensive mode?

“Why do you want to leave your job?” or “Why do you want to change?” are the most basic questions during an interview but also the trickiest ones; as you can be eliminated from consideration, with a poorly conceived response.

Work gaps or quick job hops sets the alarm bells ringing for a recruiter; so what can you do if you are caught in such a situation? Here are some tips to prepare you face the interview grill on your work gaps or job hops.

A cover letter is the first impression for a recruiter and must encourage him to read your resume further. Read on to find out why you need a cover letter and how to go about writing it.