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- You can never be fully prepared for an interview
- All of the reference books and blogs in the world can't fully prepare you for an interview. The reason is that every interviewer and every interviewing situation is going to be different. by Toni Bowers
- Tags: Handshake, Interview, Professional Development, Sales Strategy, Career, Sales, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- The 10 best ways to handle a job interview
- Given the current economy, maintaining contacts with other companies can be critical. Knowing the right people can help you land a better job, one with more pay or perhaps the chance of advancement. Getting that next job, of course, often involves an interview. Here are some tips to help you...
- Tags: Job, Job Interview, Interview, Recruitment & Selection, E-mail, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Online Communications, Calvin Sun
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Mining project requirements -- techniques to use before and after an interview
- Conducting a good interview to gather project requirements can be a daunting task -- particularly if you are interviewing a stakeholder who holds a high position in the organization, or has a reputation for making people uncomfortable. Good preparation and good follow-up are critical factors in a successful interview. ...
- Tags: Technique, Interview, Joe Goss, Productivity
- Download resources 2008-03-20
- Mining project requirements - techniques to use before and after an interview
- Tom Mochal recently provided excellent tips on interviewing techniques to gather project requirements. Conducting a good interview can be a daunting task -- particularly if you are interviewing a stakeholder who holds a high position in the organization, or has a reputation for making people uncomfortable. Good preparation and good...
- Tags: Technique, Interviewee, Question, Interview, Mentors, Tom, Joe Goss
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- What do you do when an interviewer is a jerk?
- In my last blog, I gave some do's and don'ts for interviewing. That was a list of things you, as the interviewee, have some control over. But what do you do when the person conducting the interview is a jerk? Case in point: A few years ago,...
- Tags: Job, Life, Vice Chancellor, Interview, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- 10 mistakes managers make during job interviews
- Conducting effective interviews requires a balance of instinct, insight, and some solid preparation. It also helps if you don't make certain blunders, such as monopolizing the conversation, asking leading questions, or applying too much or too little pressure. Here's a look at typical missteps to watch out for. ...
- Tags: Job, Interview, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Download resources 2007-04-27
- Cojen - Do I have the right information
- I'm doing a job interview tomorrow morning, and speaking with the recruitment agent last night, she was just giving me some bits and pieces.Now she mentioned that they use Cojen, but said not to worry as it would be something they would tech me if
- Tags: basic info, career, cojen, interview, programming, Shellbot, software
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
- Interview with Blanca Valbuena
- A few months ago, my friend Blanca Valbuena pointed me to a Web site that she and her boyfriend, Antonio Davis, opened up devoted to food and restaurants. We had caught up with each other in late 2006; we had drifted apart since college (how we met is a rather...
- Tags: Antonio Davis, Interview, Web Development
- Blog posts 2007-03-06
- Tough Interview Question - Help Please
- Why are you leaving your current position? The real reason vs. what you should sayAt the core of why I want to leave is the fact that my boss is a micromanaging jerk who has alienated everyone on the team. In fact, four employees have quit within the...
- Tags: job, RB_ITProfessional
- Discussion threads 2007-02-28
- Two Great Interviews - Stross and Hodgeman
- BoingBoing has led me to two great interviews with two of my own personal icons: John Hodgeman The PC from the latest Apple ads who makes his living with fake trivia and appearances on The Daily Show. Brief and snark-a-licious.Charles Stross, my all-time favoritest science fiction writer (I own and...
- Tags: BoingBoing, Interview, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2006-09-25
- Spiceworks: Rapid Ruby, Customer Focus, and Starting a Company
- In November 2006, I reviewed version 1.0 of Spiceworks IT Desktop, and I was rather impressed with the product and the company on many levels. Today I had the opportunity to talk with Scott Abel CEO and Francis Sullivan CTO of Spiceworks. Spiceworks is a small startup located in Austin,...
- Tags: Application Development, Code, Code Writing, Developers, Development, Development Process, Interview, Programming, Rapid Ruby, Ruby, Software Design, Software Development, Spiceworks
- Blog posts 2006-12-04
- Interview with Boris Nalbach of Collax
- A recent review of the Collax Business Server product that I wrote for TechRepublic recently prompted an email exchange between myself and Boris Nalbach, CEO of Collax. Mr. Nalbach graciously accepted my offer of performing an interview via email Collax is based out of Germany. Collax uses many new and...
- Tags: Collax, Collax Business Server, Collax Inc., Interview, J.Ja JJ, Linux, server
- Blog posts 2006-11-20
- Job Interview
- Ok, job interview on Monday.Now problem is, i always freeze up in interviews. In my head i know what i am going to say, but when i go to say it, it comes out comepletley different.And even worse, when asked specific tech questions, i completey blank.I feel like such an...
- Tags: job, nervous, off-topic, interview, career, Shellbot
- Discussion threads 2006-11-16
- DOWNLOAD: Develop your personnel management skills
- http://downloads.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=254188After you take a look at this download, please post your feedback, ideas for improvements, or further thoughts on this topic.
- Tags: JodyGilbert
- Discussion threads 2006-08-28
- Interviewing
- InterviewingMy company is looking into using a behavioral interviewing tool from a company calledExecuserve. While I subscribe to the idea that behavior is as important as skills in an employee, I'm not sure I believe that a questionnaire is going to accurately going to gauge the personality of a...
- Tags: tool, dalton.justin@..., interview, hiring, career
- Discussion threads 2006-04-20
- Advice on refusing unwanted job
- I've been working as a network administrator in a good job for several years now. One of my in-laws gave my resume to his organization and they would like to interview me for a network support job dealing with a certain network software/email system that I have past experience...
- Tags: career, current job, interview, job, smr19
- Discussion threads 2006-02-02
- Stretching truth = lying
- Stretching truth = lyingLying is a false statement deliberately presented as being true. Stretching the truth is the same as telling a lie.If you state that you have a degree and you don't, you've told a lie. If you state that you have certified training on new hardware/software...
- Tags: lie
- Discussion threads 2006-02-01
- DOWNLOAD: 10 extra questions to help you make the best help desk hire
- http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-10878-6025840.htmlAfter you take a look at this download, please post your feedback, ideas for improvements, or further thoughts on this topic.Thanks,--The TechRepublic Content Teampersonal hygieneGreat questions--will give them to my boss for him to ask the next guy when I get fired.Here's one I thought of, especially as some of...
- Tags: Help desk, Call centers
- Discussion threads 2006-01-11
- Post Interview - now they won't return call
- Post Interview - now they won't return callThis is driving me nuts. I had an interview, which I thought went well. I e-mailed the HR and IT guy about 2 weeks later, to ask where they were in the search - no response.I called the HR guy last week and...
- Tags: career, contact, follow-up, hiring, interview, job, silvioandpauly@..., telephone
- Discussion threads 2005-12-13
- DOWNLOAD: Use this checklist to verify job skills and resume claims
- http://techrepublic.com.com/5138-10878_11-730082.htmlAfter you take a look at this download, please post your feedback, ideas for improvements, or further thoughts on this topic.Thanks,--The TechRepublic Content TeamJob skills and ResumeYou have to be sure it is HR that is performing the checks and balances in verifying education and calling on previous and/or current...
- Tags: job, Human Resources, it management, resume, interview, hiring, JodyGilbert
- Discussion threads 2005-12-05
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