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How to Spring Clean Your Resume

While many tend to eliminate garage clutter or organize their closest once spring comes around, it is important to keep your resume updated as well. Stay on top of your job search! In order to gain the interest of a job recruiter and stand out among other applicants, follow these simple tips. Create a Professional Summary An ...

3 Vital LinkedIn Strategies that Will Help You Get Hired in 2013

If you are a frequent reader of the GetInterviews Blog, then you already know that we value the importance of using social media in the job search. If you’re a job seeker in 2013, being active in the social spaces can really improve your chances of getting an interview – more importantly, the job you want. ...

3 Sure-Fire Ways to Create a Gleaming Online Reputation

Do you know what’s being said about your personal brand online? It may be common sense, but having just one negative result show up when a recruiter or hiring manager enters your name in Google will undoubtedly harm your chances of securing the position. Think about all the online communities you may have signed ...

4 Job Search Resolutions You Absolutely Must Follow in 2013

We are officially into 2013! It’s a new year. This is the time to think about what you can do to better yourself as a person. While New Year’s resolutions are often difficult to keep, the ultimate result of following through are often rewarding. What resolutions did you make for yourself this year? If ...

How Casual Should You Dress for a Job Interview?

When preparing for a job interview, appearance can make or break the chance of landing that job. An estimated 55 percent of individuals base their opinion of a person on first impressions. Wearing the right clothes to an interview plays an important role in the interviewing process. The job applicant is essentially selling ...

4 Bad Habits That Can Destroy Your Job Search

The hardest habits to break are those that we do not even realize are bad habits. While it is easy enough to identify smoking and drinking too much coffee as forms of bad habits because of their damaging effects on our health, it is not quite as easy to identify bad job search habits. However, becoming aware of these ...

Why Business Cards are Still Important in Today’s Job Search

While there has been a sharp rise in the number of apps claiming to allow users to make and send “virtual” business cards, there is still a large demand for the small rectangular pieces of paper that have been a staple of business for centuries. Today, business cards are more than a way to give your address ...

5 Killer Mistakes Made During Phone Interviews

As hiring managers receive thousands of applications in their quest to fill one job position, you’ll find that they begin to use phone interviews as a way to narrow down the applicant pool. While most job seekers may not be too familiar with the art of the phone interview, there are 5 things you have to avoid in ...

4 Ways to Get Your Resume Thrown Out

Have you recently applied to a job posting where you were confident that you met all of the qualifications for the position, but have not yet heard a response back from the company? If so, your resume may not have reached the hands of an HR representative. Getting your resume in front of a hiring manager is a difficult ...

Tips for the Recently Unemployed

Losing a job can be very depressing, but steps should be taken immediately once your contract has reached termination. It’s also very important that you avoid the unemployment blues and to stay positive! While keeping your spirits high, your lifestyle will have to change a little bit. With that being said, ...

4 Ways to Improve your Job Search Right Now

As the summer winds down, how’s the job search going? Did you stay on top of the latest job search strategies, or did you ease up a little? In a recent article, we discussed the negative influence that the summer season may have on job seekers. Since many job seekers minimize their efforts during the summer, it’s ...

4 Great Quotes that Relate to the Job Search

What is your favorite quote? History has brought us some of the most motivational and inspiring quotes we’ve ever heard. The best quotes, however, are the quotes that can be applied to a variety of people in different situations. These are the quotes that are often shared and interpreted from generation ...

Don’t Lose Sight of the Job Search this Summer!

No denying it now – summer is here! The temperatures are soaring and the kids are out of school for the next few months. Often times, job seekers tend to slightly lose focus on securing employment because of these reasons. However, the summer should neither halt nor negatively impact your job search. In fact, the ...

5 Questions to Ask during an Interview

You’ve got the interview? Congratulations! You’ve successfully crafted a resume that impressed the employer. However, the hard work isn’t over. You still need to impress in the interview. Good interviewing can be achieved with proper preparation. You know that you can do the job, but you have to help ...

3 Vital Strategies to Beat the ATS

Have you applied to a variety of jobs online, but haven’t heard back from anyone? There are a lot of factors that can plague your job search. One of those factors is failure to beat the Applicant Tracking System (ATS). By definition, an ATS is a “software application that enables the electronic handling of ...

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