By Meg Guiseppe Informational interviews are ones that you pursue yourself, to learn more about your target companies, which again, is part of your due diligence. They are informal conversations with people working at the companies and in the fields in which you want to work, or people who are within a few degrees of separation from…
Are you prepared to ASK intelligent questions, to position yourself as someone extremely interested in the organization? After all, the interview process is all about you and the company assessing each other for good fit. As I said, this is part of your due diligence. Now is the time to find out if this job and company are really right…
By Meg Guiseppe Remember that interviewing is a two-way street. You should be assessing them just as much as they assess you. Along with the research work on the company you did in your interview prep beforehand, the interview itself will help you fill in gaps for your due diligence into whether this company is a good fit for you. Doing your…
Power posing right before entering the job interview has been shown to improve performance. That is, adopting stances associated with confidence, power and achievement — chest lifted, head held high, arms either up or propped on the hips. And your body language in the interview can have a dramatic impact on how you are perceived. Practice some of these…
By Meg Guiseppe Virtual job interviews are here to stay because they’re a more cost effective and efficient way to conduct interviews. You’ll need to be up-to-snuff on using this and other technologies for your job that you may be unfamiliar with. Performing well in these kinds of interviews positions you as savvy with the new world of work, and ready…
(Editor’s note: If there was ever an executive recruiter to help military professionals and their families, it’s our colleague Meg Guiseppi.) We want to share several of her short articles, taken from her recent LinkedIn post, that will help those facing a future exodus from military service to new career opportunities. I’m not getting many interviews. What am I doing…
By Meg Guiseppe If you’re not able to answer the basic questions, like “Tell me about yourself”, it will be difficult to position yourself as a good fit. Having answers at-the-ready for a variety of questions makes you better able to tackle the harder questions that come out of left field. Remember that at the executive level, interview…
By Meg Guiseppe Ideally before your job interviews start, you should get things in order to present yourself in the right way to attract more opportunities: Create an executive resume that showcases your personal brand and other good-fit qualities for the employers you’re targeting. Build an online presence that promotes your good-fit qualities, and will make you visible and findable to executive…
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