You can never underestimate the importance of attending job fairs for potential employment opportunities. With hundreds of employers in attendance, whose sole purpose is to look for potential new hires; this is a perfect place to meet hundreds of prospective employers face to face in one place. The atmosphere can also be a bit stressful [...]

How important is body language in a job interview? During a job interview, your body language is just as important as your responses to the interviewer(s) questions.
About 85% percent of our interpersonal communication is nonverbal. How you sit, communicate style, eye contact and even facial expressions, provide a good assessment tool and impact how a [...]

Bringing you more information to accompany our previous article on Getting Your Resume Noticed Online, here is a video brought to you by BusinessWeek and Monster who talk with recruiters and job searchers about what it takes to get noticed by employers checking you out in cyberspace. Reminding all job seekers the importance of first [...]

With millions of resumes being posted online each year, how do you get your resume noticed among other job seekers? Receiving resumes online has now become the preferred method by employers of all sizes. With an electronic resume, your resume can easily be passed along internally within a company, which makes things simple, less time [...]

Here is a great article by writer Tony Martin of the Globe and Mail. In the article, Why are they asking me this? Tony Martin interviews six seasoned hiring managers on some favorite wacky interview questions they may ask candidates during the job interview process. The article confirms that candidates can never predict what interview [...]

After seeing thousands of resumes as corporate HR and having written hundreds of resumes as a professional resume writer, the biggest resume mistake made consistently is what I like to call, “Resume Identity Disorder” or RID.
Does your resume suffer from RID?
Resume Identity Disorder or RID is when your resume presents itself as job description [...]

You have now spent week and perhaps months looking for employment opportunities and your phone finally rings for an in-person job interview. Before the call ends, the employer reminds you to dress business casual for the job interview. Putting the phone down, you ask yourself, what is “business casual”? Does this mean you can wear [...]

As with the resume a well written employment cover letter is vital when introducing yourself to an employer or applying for employment. Many job seekers spend hours preparing the resume, while very little if any thought is given to creating an effective cover letter. Although, some employers may not take the time to read the [...]

If you feel nervous before or during the job interview, you are not alone. For many, the thought of speaking in front of a panel of employment interviewers ranks among life’s most stressful challenges. Even the best speakers can feel anxiety in a job interview — but that doesn’t mean they aren’t confident.
Nervousness is energy. [...]

You’ve just been told of a long term lucrative staffing contract and you know that your recruitment and staffing agency can do a fantastic job finding resources for the potential client. Now all you’ve got to do is convince them that your recruitment company should be a shortlisted vendor or staffing provider. The only thing [...]