One more thing not to do

If you have submitted a resume and are expecting someone to call you on the phone, make sure to have a professional sounding message on your answering machine. I just called a candidate that had Timon and Pumba from The Lion King singing as his message. I almost hung up and tossed his resume in [...]

10 things to help you get hired

In my last post I outlined several things to do to not get an interview/job offer. Well I decided to flip it around and focus on some positive things that may help you along the job path. By the way I have to tip my hat to my wonderful wife who made many of these [...]

10 things to make sure you don’t get a job offer

I’m currently working to backfill a position at my company for a Senior Systems Administrator. Even though I’ve received a couple hundred resumes over the past 3 months, I have yet to fill the position. Yes, I’ve had some people in for interviews but none of them have been quite the person I’m looking for…..well [...]