Career Advice Journal

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.

As you face difficulty in your career search, there are a few tips you can follow to stay motivated.

Not all resume gaps are indications of a poor job search.

So your dream job seems like a distant vision and you feel stuck and uninspired?

Should you put your hunt for a new position on hold until the fall rolls around? Here are four good reasons to keep looking for work this summer.

Should you employ some form of psychometric profiling in your recruitment process?