How to Ask to Work From Home When Applying for a Job?

Bay Area housing is crazy expensive and traffic horrible, so I am so happy to see work-from-home policies emerge since COVID. Companies are much more flexible than pre-COVID. If you are now looking for a job, how do you raise working from home in the interview process? If working from home is an absolute requirement, […]
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Want to Become an Exec? Check out These Post-COVID Recruiting Trends

Today’s Wall Street Journal reported key changes in executive recruiting due to COVID. During COVID, executives stayed put, and companies wanted to maintain stability during uncertainty, which resulted in a 61% drop in CEO turnover. Now, however, experts expect CEO turnover to rise by up to 30%. Some trends in executive hiring due to COVID: Virtual interviewing […]
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Why Employers Go Silent in Interview Process

As in dating, ghosting also occurs in the interview process. Employers who initially seem interested then disappear, often for the reasons listed below (as detailed in this excellent article): The most benign reason is the employer is still sorting through resumes, hasn’t figured out whom to hire yet, and doesn’t want to give feedback until […]
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5 Tips on Working with a Recruiter

Recruiters are the gatekeeper to the interviewer and the guide through the job process. Here are five things job seekers should do: Respond to calls promptly. The hiring manager is likely breathing down my neck to get answers, so the longer you take, the worse we all look. And the manager will often like best […]
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No Such Thing as “Wasting Someone’s Time”!

I work with great employers and contact a lot of candidates about roles. I often get this head-scratching response from them, “I don’t want to waste anyone’s time.” Here are 3 reasons why there is no such thing as wasting anyone’s time in that context: If you have already been identified as someone with the […]
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3 Things You Must Do to Land an Interview

Get ready for fall recruiting season! Start strategizing how to land interviews. To save you time, I am distilling the comprehensive post What No One Tells You About Landing an Interview into 3 short points: Show you are a good fit with the prospective employer through your tailored resume. Well-known brands like great clients you’ve […]
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3 Things that Can Go Wrong If You Apply Directly to an Employer

The post Potential Dangers of Applying Direct (and Bypassing Recruiters) lays out 3 problems that can arise if you apply directly to a company and not through an experienced recruiter working on the search. In summary: Losing the personal introduction. Employers are flooded with applications. If they are using a recruiter, it means they vetted […]
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