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Easily Master Video Job Interviews

Be ready, use your performance now, because: You won't get a second chance to make a first impression!

Open up the hidden job market for yourself - Let yourself be approached!

Again, I hear the stories of the hidden job market. Job consultants think this is the absolute gold standard. "Activate your network of relationships" they say, doors will open that you have never thought off. And: I have to go one better here: Let yourself be approached! You'll be amazed at the jobs you'll be put on the radar for.

Algorithms in candidate selection: 5 tips for you in dealing with candidate software

In the future, I read in a recent article of the Bertelsmann Foundation, more than 70% of companies will use software for the selection of future employees. The screening of hundreds of applicants for job advertisements is too time-consuming. In economically challenging times, one can even speak of a flood of applicants.

Masks in job search: 5 tips on how to search properly

Search programs and masks for job search help you to filter specifically and get exactly the results you want. This leads to good hits, but can also limit the results. You will be provided with information about the things you are interested in, but at the same time you will receive little new impulses and you might miss important results. This also applies to your job search. Here you get some tips on how you can find even more suitable results for your job search on the Internet.

Job search: How to read, understand and interprete of job ad’s

To read between the lines Of the many tools used in recruiting and talent acquisition, the job ad is the most visible. But the job ad is also a tricky tool, because the communication is time-delayed.

Job ads: Read between the lines

Not only are reference letters peppered with hidden messages, also job ads can turn out to be deceptive. We have learned how to check the fine details of language usage in working certificates and written referrals and thus track down the secret messages.

Short Stories in the job interview? Prepare yourself!

Great! You have a face to face job interview ! Now you can show what you are able to. But which questions you will be confronted ?

Five tips: Navigate safely through your job opportunities

You are looking for a job and are applying for several positions. Unfortunately, the application processes do not run parallel to each other, but rather in different speed. At one company you already have an invitation to the second interview, while others are taking time after the first telephone interview.

When you stop learning: Leave the comfort zone!

Finally, with the bright summer days approaching, we enter a new beginning: the world after Corona. Back to a part of normality. Many of us have mastered the exceptional situation well, with adaptability and discipline.

Perspectives on and of Managers

A career as challenging mountain tour: entry, break and summit. "What my boss does, I could do myself as well," says the ambitious candidate in an interview. "What does he do"? I ask curiously.

Buzzwords on the resume: The ticket for your show_Talent Training

A resume lives: from the buzzwords. No, not the empty buzzwords and hackneyed phrases. Buzzwords are meaningful,

Job search after the lockdown: Is the hidden job market a way out?

Are you job hunting? At the moment there are fewer vacancies, but more job seekers compared to the same period last year, April 2019, the media is writing.

Career Development: Specialist or Manager Multi-skilled profiles_Talent Training

The following choice of personal development strategy has been a hot topic over the past decade: specialist versus management career paths. Both career models are being assessed and weighted up.

Benefit from the Know-How of an Experienced Headhunter

Current figures send shivers down every employer’s spine. The coronavirus crisis already cost 22 million Americans their job within four weeks. US unemployment rate has more or less tripled. In Switzerland, unemployment also surged as of mid-March as a result of the declared state of emergency. Early April, the impact on the labour-market is dramatic.

Design Thinking in Job Search

The 5 Steps for Design Thinking in your Job Search

Life Science Skill Need

Life Science Skill Need influencing entry salaries: Supply and Demand in the USA and in Europe.

Employee, 55+, looking for...

Yes, it does exist! It: discrimination of candidates over 55...

Job search using AI – an intelligent approach

Artificial Intelligence can facilitate job seeking. It nevertheless has pitfalls. Those who use AI for their job search should therefore do it as smartly as possible. Read more to understand what is at stake.

In the frenzy of virtualitiy

First a flirt, then a deep dive: the «War for Talents» is now being fought by means of virtual applications - with a lot of fake. This does not go without unlikely and comic situations.

Top application: How to write an impressive letter of motivation

In the end, only the CV counts for an application. And yet it has to come with a personal letter. The famous «Letter of Motivation». This is an opportunity to score more points which cannot be ignored. What usually strikes me about letters of motivation:

CV 4.0 – A Skill Sheet

Today, CVs are increasingly being sorted by standardised software. And recruiters are overwhelmingly selecting according to skills and experience. Therefore, restructure your CV as a skill sheet!

Hats off – Spare yourself the graduation!

Graduating at doctorate level may be supportive to a career - however, it has lost significance as the Anglo-Saxon business model is gaining more and more influence. Its high scientific value is undisputed, as confirmed by the recent contributions published in Computerwoche and on academics.ch, the online portal for scientific jobs.

Salary: How much can it be?

You are almost there: your «dream job» is within reach. Your second interview is coming up and you are carefully preparing for it. Every single information is valuable and the nagging question arises as how much the company has budgeted for this position - If the salary issue has not yet been discussed, it will without doubt come up this time: How much can it be?

Tips for applicants: what now? Who contacts whom till when?

You are looking for a job and have mastered the first hurdle: you are now sitting in the company you wish to work for and discussing about your dream job. You of course feel somewhat nervous at the beginning of the interview, which gradually gets better during the discussion. You reach calmer, safer waters, provide convincing examples, feel understood and in good hands. What now?

Decide without doubt

Are you spoiled for choice with the many job offers you received? Carry out a benefit analysis!

Thorough command of phone interviews – Sovereign troughout the interview with these 10 simple tips

Countless books deal with the job interview - which is not the case concerning phone interviews: guides on this topic are scarce, even though they often constitute a decisive screening:

No more dithering! Little dramas just before signing the contract

What kind of person are you: ditherer or opportunist? Narcissistic or intuitive? A brief typology.

Beware of unconsidered action! 5 good reasons not to change jobs yet

When career is a roller-coaster of emotion…

What we can learn from the Federal Council - 5 tips for an authentic communication

It is on everyone’s lips: the involuntarily comical speech of Federal Councillor Schneider-Ammann has gone viral.

A little boost to professional success – 10 tips for your career

gloorlang wishes you every happiness in 2016 – in your private matters and occupational career

Proactive job interview: 5 rules against arrogance, overselling and missed opportunities

We are looking for smart candidates. That means: It is not a question of finding the most qualified candidate. No. A recruiter is looking for the candidate with the maximum overlap. It depends on many criteria, that go beyond specific and precise skills.

Risky job-interview: How to deal mith gaps and inconsistencies in your resume?

Gaps and inconcistences in your resume: two lines for the river, on one side, a box for the candidate, a pennant for the interviewer waiting and observing on the other side.

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