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Career Tips: Why you should do informational interviews | Sports

What is an informational interview?

It’s a way for you to learn from someone with firsthand knowledge about the industry. It is not a place for you to hand over a resume and ask for a job or ask about any open positions. Think of it as a research opportunity — it’s simply a networking technique that lets you grasp a better understanding about the industry and/or company you want to work with.

It may help you with a job search as you make more connections, but please do not think of it as an equivalent to a job interview because it’s not….   Read more…

Don’t Take the Phone Interview for Granted : Spherion Career Blog

This new trend of more intense phone interviews could be a direct result of the economy. Companies are being flooded with resumes from laid off workers, so to find the most qualified applicants, phone interviews are used as a weed out tool to make sure the best applicants are being invited in for the face to face interview.

So be prepared for the phone interview. Here are a couple of tips to keep in mind:

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When Job Interview Questions are Tough to Answer: How to Give the

With all the advice out there about how to handle job interviews (especially tough job interviews), it is always interesting to get different perspectives. And in a recent blog on avoiding interview pitfalls it was interesting to read a great tip on how to handle some particularly difficult job interview questions…   Read more…

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