Acing the job interview is your last hurdle before landing your dream job. With something so important on the line, you don’t want your wardrobe to eliminate you before the interview starts. In this post, we’ll share easy ways to know exactly what to wear and everything you need to know about how to select …
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NG Career Strategy Awarded Top 25 Job Interview Blog and Applicant Website!
At NG Career Strategy, our mission of helping job seekers becoming smarter about the job search has always been a labor of love. Hearing the success stories of our clients and followers makes every bit of that labor worth it but it certainly doesn’t hurt to receive an award for all that hard work as …
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20 Questions You Should Absolutely Never Ask in an Interview
“Do you have any questions for me?” is the standard final question you can expect as your interview nears the end. If you’ve been properly prepping for the big interview, then you have been researching the company and you have intelligent and engaging questions ready for the interviewer in response. Remember, interviews should be a …
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Negotiating the Perfect Benefits Package [What to Consider]
When an offer is on the table it can be difficult to know how much leverage you have for negotiation, particularly when it comes to putting together a comfortable benefits package. Most people have a hard number in mind salary-wise when they head into a job interview, but leave benefits more speculative. However, it is …
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How One Job Seeker Landed 2 Job Offers in 2 Weeks
Have you ever spent hours working on your resume only to find that it’s quickly rejected after hitting “send?” Not a great feeling right? Well don’t worry – you are not alone. I work with clients each week who are producing some pretty amazing results in their job searches. Their stories might be your stories …
How to Land More Interviews Without Ever Sending a Resume: Strategic Networking 101
Do you feel like you’re spending a ton of time in your job search but producing very little results? If you’re struggling to land interviews, even after sending tons of applications, then it’s time to switch gears and try a new strategy. Ramping up your networking is where you’ll want to focus if you hope …
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How to Find & Communicate Your Career Accomplishments
When working with clients to optimize resumes and verbal professional branding, I often hear the refrain: “I don’t have any accomplishments. I just do my job.” This is how many people think about their work: simple, mundane, sometimes even boring. While the work you do may seem ordinary in the day-to-day and not like anything …
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Win Over Hiring Managers With this Irresistible Job Search Approach
“Why won’t someone just give me a chance?” All too often this is what I hear from frustrated job seekers. You send out resume after resume, deal with arcane online applicant tracking systems, and slowly slip into despair. In the world of insane job qualifications and entry-level positions requiring 5 years of experience, this has …
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5 Trick Job Interview Questions and Tactics Designed to Make You Fail (And How to Beat Them)
For most people, interviewing is the most stressful aspect of their job search. There are a number of ways to make sure you’re prepared for your interview but what happens when you encounter trick interview questions or tactics designed to make you fail? In an effort to see just how well you perform under pressure, many …
7 Signs it’s Time to Hire a Job Interview Coach
The job interview can be awkward, stressful and a huge stumbling block for anyone who hasn’t prepared both mentally and strategically for the various stages and encounters. Fortunately, there are resources available for getting past the interview and landing an offer. Interview coaching is one of the best resources available because it equips you with …
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What is Your Salary Expectation? [8 Things You Need to Know About this Interview Question]
“What is your salary expectation?” It’s one of the most dreaded interview questions of all times probably because it blends the awkward conversation topic of money with the fear of asking for too much, too little or downright rejection in the worst case scenario. While answering questions about salary may be low on your priority list, it’s …
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10 Interview Tips: Turn a Failed Job Interview into a Job Offer
It’s no secret that the journey from “job seeker” to “hired” is full of obstacles scattered along the way. For some it’s the resume and actually landing an interview, to begin with, that presents the biggest challenge. For others, landing interviews is easy – it’s acing the interview and getting the job offer that’s the …
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