Guest blog spot by Outside-In® Team Member Caitlin Olszewski It happens at the end of every single interview and yet it still seems to secretly tie the shoelaces of even the most prepared candidates. We often find that when we are preparing candidates for interviews they ask for advice on how to answer, “Do you […]
Guest blog spot by Outside-In® Team Member Caitlin Olszewski There’s no beating around the bush about it—interviews are scary. All of your achievements, education, and skills culminate and boil down into a firm handshake and a nerve-racking hour in a conference room. Many candidates research and Google interview tactics to help them find success in […]
Guest blog spot by Outside-In® Team Member Caitlin Olszewski Writing your resume for the approval of a hiring manager can always be a frustrating challenge. At Placers, we are often sought after for job application and resume advice. We’ve put together this carton of tricks and tips to take your resume from scrambled to sunny-side up. […]
A couple weeks ago, we had a candidate completely WOW us. Our team felt pretty confident about her skills and personality when we introduced her to our client to interview with five different people on their team. We knew that she would impress each one of them but we had no idea we could like […]
Everybody makes mistakes, but a job interview is not the time when you want to make them. Each interview is a chance to make the best impression of yourself that you can, but if you don’t prepare well enough, you’re liable to make some common mistakes to cost you the offer you were hoping for. […]
by Ed Weirauch, Career Transition Coach at Barton Career Advisors Job interviews can be one of life’s most stressful situations. And fearing the question, “why did you leave your last job?” can be a top source of stress for you. But today, the answer to this question carries less weight than it did prior to […]
by Rich J. Kolodgie, Managing Director, Barton Career Advisors “Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be […]
