When you are hired for a new position, it is important to make a good first impression and establish credibility. We encourage our candidates to follow some of these important points that were made in the HBR video "Establish Credibility in a New Job": Identify Key Problems or Opportunities Identify…
Here are 3 key interview faux pas we encourage you to avoid if you want to get hired. 1. Constantly talking about the problems of past employers Perspective employers do not want to hear about bad managers and problems from previous positions. The company interviewing may have some problems they…
Interviewing Tips Remember, you are selling an overall package: Yourself! For you to be successful, you need to know 1) Who You Are, 2)What Skill Sets are Important, and 3)Why a Company should hire YOU. We encourage you to have a two-minute talk about yourself and be able relay this…
Often, we are asked how to write a resignation letter when moving to a new company, so we thought it would be helpful to put together a blog post to help those out there who need to accomplish this which can be an emotional task. Here are some tips we…
Take control of your career and lift those around you up as well! Complacency and arrogance will hurt your short and long-term career development, and your leadership impact. 5 Common Career Development Mistakes Dan Schawbel, author, entrepreneur, and global keynote speaker, wrote a compelling article that rings true to me. In his article,…
Executive Job Search - When you land in the right position, how do you start off on the right foot? You have worked at your job search by responding to job postings, interviewing, sending out resumes and networking with everyone on your list and beyond – now you have landed…
We wanted to share with you some excellent proactive steps you can take to reverse the negative effects of a less-than-great interview experience. The author of an article entitled "7 Things You Can Do after a Really Bad Job Interview" provides these: Reflect on the experience. Learn from it. Learn…
What is your process in preparing for a job interview? Do you research the company’s website and write down questions to ask the interviewer? Do you practice your answers for potential interview questions? Do you decide what you are going to wear before the morning of the interview? Do you…
We at Centennial, Inc. use Skype interview out of town candidates, so we know that this type of interview is very popular and will continue to gain in use as well. Whether it is Skype, Oovoo, Google Video Chat, FaceTime or any other video interviewing tool, there are some things we…
