by Barbara Safani | Feb 7, 2009 | career management, interviews, networking, resume, salary negotiation
When I want to get an important piece of job search information out to my readers quickly, I often write a mini blog post on the microblog Twitter. I’ve culled my top ten tweets over recent months and posted them below. If you want to read all my posts on...
by Barbara Safani | Feb 3, 2009 | Happy About My Resume, resume
You’ve heard it before…Most hiring managers spend less than 30 seconds looking at a candidate’s resume. How can you ensure that your resume passes the hiring authority’s initial screening and gets put in the “yes” pile? Find out on...
by Barbara Safani | Jan 31, 2009 | salary negotiation
ABC’s 20/20 recently ran a story on salary transparency and interviewed Suzie Orman and Penelope Trunk who advocate for full disclosure of all employees’ salaries. I can’t agree that knowing the exact salaries of everyone in your office is a sound...
by Barbara Safani | Jan 29, 2009 | interviews
I just read an interesting article in Harvard Business called “The Interview Question You Should Always Ask.”According to author, Peter Bregman of Bregman Partners, asking candidates what they do in their spare time can provide valuable insight into their...
by Barbara Safani | Jan 26, 2009 | cover letters, interviews, resume
For this week’s final post in the Ask the Recruiter series, I interviewed Winnie Corton. She has held several human resource roles in the financial services, retail, pharmaceutical, and not for profit sectors and most recently she was a recruiter for Citigroup....
