WARNING: 8 Signs Your Job Interview is Scam

Job interviews aren’t just a time for you to sit in the hot seat and be judged. They’re also an opportunity for you to vet the potential employer—to determine whether this company would be a good fit for you, and to make sure there aren’t…

The 5 types of interview outfits that will get you hired

No matter what stage you are in your career, you need to dress to impress whenever you’re granted an interview. That might mean something different depending on your career status and the field you’re interviewing in, but the overarching…

How to Answer the “What is Your Current Salary?” Question in an Interview

It’s almost inevitable that in the course of your job search you will be asked for your salary history—either what you’re currently making, what you made in your previous position, or beyond. Employers want to know because they think it…

Why You’re Not Getting Paid More Money

Employers love to be vague about the salary they’re prepared to offer for any given position. You’ll often see “Commensurate with Experience” or “Dependent on Experience,” or other similar wordings. Basically, what you're offered…

How to Use Google to Create a Winning Resume

So you found the perfect job posting and think you really want to make the plunge this time and apply. But what's stopped you in the past is likely what's making you take pause now—you (of course) need to provide a resume, and the thought…

8 Interview Strategies for Introverts

It’s hard enough to find a job that’s fit for an introvert—let alone acing an interview for one. Perhaps you’re feeling overwhelmed by all of the interview advice out there, and feeling like you won’t ever quite be able to deliver? You…

How to Use Pinterest for Your Job Search

So yes, we all know of Pinterest as the go-to place to design a wedding mood board or pin recipes to try for summer barbecues. But did you know that you can also it for your job search? On this the fastest growing social media network, you can…

5 Ways to Use Snapchat in Your Job Search

Snapchat might not be just for teenagers and your more ironically social media savvy friends. 39% of users are between the ages of 25 and 44. It is one of the fastest growing platforms out there—with over 200 million active users—and is…

Optimize Your Resume for an 8-Second Skim

You’ve put all this time and effort into your resume. It reads like a perfectly crafted, grammatically perfect dream from the header to the footer. Trouble is, most recruiters and hiring managers will spend approximately 8 seconds perusing…

9 Super-Tricky Job Interview Questions and How to Answer Them

You’ve done a lot of interview prep already and you’re feeling pretty ready. But you’re still dreading the questions you haven’t prepped for—or the really tricky ones that seem perfectly simple, but have multiple strategic layers designed…