This is absolutely a silly pet peeve of mine, but it came up again today, and I feel the need to mention it. If you are someone who wants to interview me, and you have my resume in front of you, why do you think it is necessary to tell me that I should dress professionally? As you can clearly see from my resume, I am a professional. If I don’t know how to dress forread more…
I have an interview in the morning. That means that tonight, I went through my pre-interview routine. It’s not that I purposely went about setting up a pre-interview routine, more that I simply realized I have one. First, I have to try on what I am planning on wearing. I have to like it. C has to like it. I have to feel professional and confident in it. Once I decided that I have the rightread more…
As I’ve mentioned before, I am job hunting. I’m not going all out and I am being selective about what jobs I am applying to. (Though I am trying to remember what I’ve learned about men applying to jobs where they meet 50% of the requirements and women feeling the need to meet at least 80%, and applying to a few “stretch” opportunities.) But job applications also mean job rejections. And I’m fine with that. However,read more…
Back in May, a fellow poster on a message board I frequent was looking for some advice to give his wife on her first phone interview. That was not a big deal, but some of the responses from people just blew my mind. This post is adapted from the advice I gave there (click here to read the whole thread), and is the second in my series about applying for (and getting) a job. You can readread more…
We have had a director level position open in my department for over a year now. This week, we were finally able to bring in 4 good candidates for in person interviews. We expect to make an offer next week. As the Operations and Administrative Programs manager for my department, I have been heavily involved in this process. It’s really the first time that I have been involved in the hiring process from beginning to end,read more…
When my boss, my department’s executive director, told me that he wanted me to take the lead on going through resumes and determining who we would interview for a director position we have open, I wasn’t thrilled. I know nothing about the work the director oversees, I’ve never hired anyone, and this is for a position at a higher level that I am. (I’m a manager.) I didn’t think I was really qualified to do this.read more…
