Job Interview Questions

Do you get a sick feeling driving to work every morning? Are you depressed? If you read through the following and these apply to you, you may be stuck in a dead end job or a job that could eventually cause some issues.  read more »

So they offered you a counter offer after putting in your resignation. Never, ever accept a counter offer. If you do, they’ll have you. They’ll mistreat you and you’ll end up leaving anyway.

Even if they offer you substatially more salary. Don’t accept the counter offer. If they’re willing to pay you this great salary now that you’ve quit, why weren’t you worth that before?

Your resignation should be exactly that, it shouldn’t be a fishing effort to get a counter offer. Don’t even consider counter offers…ever.

Are letting your current employer know that you are looking for a new job? This can mean the difference of wanting to get a new job and having to get one.

Many employers don’t want someone around who doesn’t want to be there. Someone who is just biding their time until something better comes along?  read more »

Your job search should be subtle. You don’t want everyone at your current employer to know that you are looking for a job.

Lots of people think that if they threaten to look for a new job or go on an interview, that their current employer will get scared, etc. This is not the case, if anything it puts more pressure on you to get a job. What if you tell your boss and go on the interview and blow it? Now your boss knows he’s got you.  read more »

Career builder had an intersting article today. It focused on being liked at your current position. It says that some employers focus more on your charisma than on your academic background or professional qualifications. Very interesting stuff.

“For years we’ve heard that it’s more important to be respected than liked. Yet study after study is proving conventional wisdom wrong — finding instead that the road to success is more often a series of popularity contests.  read more »