Joe’s Job Search Blog

1st “Tell something about yourself” - You will not be asked for your hobby. They need a brief summary, what kind of person you are, what you are better than anyone else, and what skills you bring to their company. Write and rehearse it.

2nd “Your Problems with co-workers” - Do not think this as a chance to gossip about past workplace. Show how you can solve interpersonal conflicts. Be very careful about how you describe other people. Avoid saying about their sex or race. The worst thing you want, is to be treated as a fan or racist.

3rd “What is your biggest weakness” (more…)

Job interview is a process of evaluation of a potential employee by a prospective employer for employment in their company.

A job interview usually takes place before setting decision, and will be used to evaluate the candidates. Interviewers are usually analysing of the included CVs, to select small number of candidates (shortlisting). A company in the search for a filling a vacancy interview a handful of candidates if the level of application has been high.

A usual initial interview form is the phone interview (job interview over the phone).
There are some specific types of job interview (stress interview, technical interview, behavioral interview)

Once all candidates have job interviews, the employer selects the most desirable candidate and begins negotiations on an job offer.

A typical job interview with a single candidate is a meeting with as a representative of employers, the potential supervisor of the employee is normally takes part in the interview. A larger interview panel often have a specialized human resources (HR) employees. Job Interviews usually takes from 15 minutes to two hours. (more…)

A job-search engine is a site that simplifies the job hunting (job search). These sites range from large generalists like Monster, CareerBuider, Hotjobs to small niche job sites. Job seekers can usually deposit resumes and show himself to potential employers, while the employer may place ads to search for potential employees.

Job search sites have grown from about 1000 to 30000 in 1996-2006 timeframe. A March 2005 survey found that nearly 75% of respondents use Internet as their primary method of finding a job, compared with only 2% using newspapers and magazines.

A recent trend in job search engines is the emergence of vertical search, where you can search engine to index the results of several other search engines in the same area. Examples of the work in this area are Indeed and SimpleHired. These sites have a one-stop-shop for millions of jobs (as opposed to thousands), and they are beneficial to the traditional job sites (such as Monster.com), providing more efficient use of their resources and target their advertising.

A trend in developing job search engines (or job boards, as they are often called), is encouraging users to their CV (curriculum vitae) and (more…)

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