Employment Testing

Along with application forms, resumes and interviews, some companies or recruitment agencies use numerous tests in pre-employment selection. Although not all employers rely on testing while looking for suitable candidates, tests can help significantly save time and money by decreasing the number of applicants based on their personal or professional skills. Moreover, if conducted properly, test is supposed to generate more objective and unbiased results as it minimizes the personal contact between the applicant and the recruiter. Continue reading

Massive Resume Distribution

If you are an active job seeker and subscribed to any career advice newsletters, you are familiar with one of the latest trends in job search – massive resume posting that allegedly enables your resume to get to more than 1,000 potential employers. Is it really effective? Shouldn’t every resume, let alone a cover letter be tailored in accordance with what an employer is looking for? What is that detail (or two) that makes your resume stand out in a crowd? Continue reading

Resume Writing

The main purpose of the resume is to introduce a job applicant to the potential employer.  A well composed resume is supposed not only to attract the employer’s attention but can also say a lot about an applicant’s character. And as we keep mentioning, you will never have the second chance to make the first impression.   Does this mean that in order to be noticed by the employer you resume should be as unique as possible?  Not necessarily.  Quite the opposite. Continue reading

Hiring Process Step-by-Step

Before embarking on job hunting, it is a good idea to get to know the structure of the hiring process in detail. It would help diminish inevitable stress and figure out an appropriate behaviour during this process. Well, what are you to be prepared for? First of all, we need to mention that the hiring process may vary from one employer to another, but there is a certain framework that underlies recruitment and selection in any organization. Continue reading

Job Type and Job Status

Before embarking on a career change, make sure you clearly understand terms that are used in the interviewing/hiring process. If you are interested in a long-term stable employment, you are most likely looking for a permanent full-time job. Sometimes recruiters and hiring managers use the terms full-time and permanent interchangeably. As a matter of fact, these mean two different things. Continue reading

How Is Your Job Search Going So Far?

At the early stage of the screening process it is paramount to make a positive impression on the interviewer, whether it is a potential employer or a recruiter from an agency. The type of questions such as “How is your search process going so far?” might sound like a polite way to start a conversation, and you might think that the recruiter does not put much weight on it. Continue reading