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12 Indirect Job Interview Questions and What They Really Reveal
The interview is a classic point of stress for most job seekers, and with good cause. Many firms like asking indirect questions that make it hard to judge what information they’re really fishing looking for. Of course, interviewers don’t want anyone to know the motivation behind their method of questioning, or else potential job candidates […]
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Federal Jobs Hiring Reform
Federal government recruitment and hiring will be revamped and updated. On, May 11, 2010 President Obama signed a memorandum calling for federal government hiring reform. The memo calls for removing the essay-style questions in the application process because of the lengthiness they present. It also called for increased involvement in the hiring process itself by […]
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Using LinkedIn in your job search
Recruiters use LinkedIn to search for, find, and contact potential candidates on a daily basis – in fact, there are over 1,000,000 sourcers, recruiters, and human resources professionals on Linkedin in the United States alone! While I typically write posts for sourcers and recruiters to show them how they can more effectively leverage social networking sites like LinkedIn […]
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