Job Seeker Blog
Job Seeker Blog
30Jul
Be Accomplished, Not Seasoned
It’s a fact of life – father time always wins – despite all of our efforts. As we mature and gain more experience, it is important critical to keep progressing and advancing your career. Inevitably,
07May
Signs It Is Time to Move On
Whether you’ve been with your position six years or six months, you know whether you are happy with your HR or payroll position. You may have settled in and convinced yourself that you are happy – or
07May
Don’t Be This Person: When Interviews Go Bad
The in-person interview. In today’s search for a new HR or payroll position, it is harder than ever to land. Remarkably, as an HR and payroll recruiting firm, we notice some pretty egregious examples
07May
Preventing Your Resume from Being Fast-Forwarded
With the advent of the DVR, the prevailing wisdom was that it would bring an end to television advertising as we knew it. After all, making it easy to fast forward through commercials would diminish
18Mar
Some Tips for PhoneInterview Success
Often a phone interview is a necessary step along the journey to your new opportunity. No one ever landed a job with a stellar phone interview, but many candidates have lost one. Remember the goal o
18Mar
Keep Yourself Sharp,Looking or Not
It’s easy to settle in to a position and put it on cruise control. You have a great job, you are happy, and/or life circumstances dictate you are sticking with this position for the foreseeable futur
18Mar
Getting Past a Job Gap
Even with the economy bouncing back, there are still a lot of great people who have had difficulty landing an opportunity. At the same time, life’s circumstances can lead to a prolonged time when you
20Jan
Is Your Career Off Track? Here are Some Tips to Steer it Back
Let’s face it – careers have ups, downs, and steady points. Sometimes a steady job can become a plateau we are comfortable with or worst case, a rut. If you are in the same position for several years
20Jan
How to Handle a Second Interview
You’ve applied, passed the first interview process and have been invited back for a second interview for your next payroll or HR job. Since you’re on such a roll you should keep doing what works, rig
20Jan
Interviewing 101: “Tell Me About Yourself.”
As inevitable as weather small talk is this question:
“Tell me about yourself.”
Don’t take this question lightly – it will set the tone for the rest of the interview.
You even see this question co
