I’ve been on my fair share of job interviews, and if there is one thing I’ve learned from all of them, it’s that the follow-up can make all the difference in the world. When I first graduated college in 2008, I started looking for my first real-world career. At the time, I – like many…
Plenty of IT Jobs, but Talent is Scarce
It is no secret that there is a lot of uncertainty in the employment market right now. The national unemployment rate hovers above 8 percent, yet for professionals in the information technology field, the odds are much improved. The unemployment rate in the tech field was 3.5 percent in July 2012, less than half the…
Four Things You Should Never Say in a Job Interview
There comes a time in every college graduate’s life when they must go and find that first real-world, post-college job. It can be difficult to transition to a life of job duties and responsibilities when the last four years have been dedicated to making the most out of the college experience. Yet just as the…
Think Like an Entrepreneur: Finding a Job in a Tough Economy
The following post is contributed by Nathalie Sanderson. Whether you’re in college, changing careers, sending out resumes, or preparing for an interview, finding a job in a tough economy can be quite a challenge. When times are tough, companies stop recruiting, interviewers are flooded with a deluge of resumes, and competition for jobs gets fierce…
7 Questions to Ask in the First Interview
So many times we are so nervous in the first interview, that when the interviewer asks the infamous, ‘so do you have any questions for me’ your mind, of course, goes blank. You know you have a list of questions but for some reasons you can’t think of any, so before your next interview review…