PAGE TWO: Continuation of Job Search/Career Articles & Links
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�?JOB SEARCH: Interviews
Advice for Polishing Rusty Interview Skills
- If you haven't interviewed in your years, this CareerJournal.com article is a must-read to help you prepare.
Answering Interviewers' Improper Questions
- Boston Globe Job Doc advice.
Become the Top Candidate
- Job Seeker Weekly article advises creating job-related anecdotes to use in interviews.
Change Your Job Search Strategy
- Article from Job Seeker Weekly
Great Tips for Phone Interviews
- Article from Job Seeker Weekly that offers guidance, suggestions, and solid advice on how to approach and handle a phone interview.
How to Answer Questions about Your Weaknesses
- CareerJournal.com article discusses some strategies and tactics that you can use/rehearse.
How to Handle a Bad Interview
- Article from Job Seeker Weekly
Interview Small Talk Makes a Big Impression
- Author of this article from CareerJournal.com offers suggestions and guidelines on being both attentive and personable during an interview.
Interview Question: Why Are You Still Unemployed?
- Article from Job Seeker Weekly
Is Your Attitude Sabotaging your Interview?
- Q&A from Careerbuilder posted by TiredSecy
Networking Tips
- Article form Job Seeker Weekly
Practice Interview Questions
- From iVillage.com FYI--iVillage is a site targeted toward women; however, the interview advice is applicable to both women and men.
Questions to Ask in a Job Interview
- Article from Job Seeker Weekly includes a half dozen questions you can use and/or adapt to your situation. And of course, don't forget to write a thank-you note!
Questions YOU should ask during an Interview
- 2 questions to ask to help you ascertain interviewer's perceptions of you
What to Wear at Your Interview
- Article from Job Seeker Weekly
The Who, What, and Why of Interviewing
- An article from Job Seeker Weekly with advice from an Interview Coach.
Write a Thank-You Letter to Clinch an Offer
- An Article from CareerJournal.com
YOUR PORTFOLIO: How to Give Yourself the Interview Edge
- An article from Job Seeker Weekly advises how to present and "manage" your portfolio so that you get AND ace the interview.
�?JOB/CAREER ISSUES: On-the-job dilemmas and questions
10 Employer Secrets Worth Cracking
- This article from BusinessWeek Online includes suggestions for ferreting out info about family-friendly companies, retirement, company fiscal viability, and more.
10 Steps to Finding Your Passion
- Advice from Daily OM to identify what you love to do
20 Tips to Achieve your Career Goals
- Article from Job Seeker Weekly
Blindsided by a Performance Appraisal
- NYT article posted by Tiredsecy
The Boss' Perspective
- NYT article posted by Tiredsecy
Do Executives Need Computer Experience?
- Advice for the Computer Phobic/Novice from Job Seeker Weekly
How to Pick up the Pieces after Losing your Job--AGAIN
- Article from CareerJournal.com
Looking in the Mirror & Seeing the New Boss...You!
- Article from the New York Times; posted by Tiredsecy
Put it in Writing, Please
- NYT article posted by Tiredsecy
Sales Roles Evolve
- Are you prepared? Article from CareerJournal.com
Same Job/Less Pay Assumptions may be Incorrect
- Advice from Boston Globe Job Doc
Think Before Leaping at Another Job Offer
- Don't jump from job to job--advice from CareerJournal.com
Tips on Evaluating Telecommute Jobs
- Job Seeker Weekly Article
Want Success? Attitude is Everything
- An exercise & article from Job Seeker Weekly
What Summer Drink is Best When with Clients?
- Article from Sales & Marketing Management
When Family becomes the Job
- NYT article posted by Tiredsecy
The following two sites often advertise on MSN Career Communities:
WetFeet - Employment Guides WetFeet Insider Guides are comprehensive employment tools. Find your next career, research it and learn how to get the job. We make finding the right employment simple.
www.wetfeet.com
Looking for Job Information? Career Explorer.net - View career descriptions, choose the career for you, find a school, and get answers to financial aid, career placement, vocational and career education questions.
www.careerexplorer.net