Your face-to-face interview is a time to learn all you can about the company, while they learn about you. It is hard to remember that the Hiring manager will be checking for potential red flags during the interview process. If you know what they are thinking, you will never have to worry that your actions or what you say is waving a red flag. Here are 12 things to avoid: 1. Arriving late for the interview 2. Treating your staff dismissively or disrespectfully 3. Not wearing appropriate attire for the position 4. Meet and greet 5. Talking too much 6. Speaking negatively about past e ..read more

A positive mindset is the best way to approach your interview. After you get your butterflies flying in formation, review your 7-step plan. 1. Have a theme 2. Know your strengths 3. Know any Red Flags 4. Know what they will ask 5. Know your value 6. Have an exit plan 7. Ask permission to follow up Think about typical questions you could expect to be asked in an interview. This starts with “can you tell me a little about yourself?” This is not an invitation to talk about the pony ride you got for your birthday in the third grade. It should be short and concise and end with how what you ..read more

It never dawns on most people that they need a resume, until they neeed a resume. And then, the whole process gets rushed. If they use an on-line template, they may not be promoted to remember major accomplishments. And if they engage a professional, often times their main focus is getting it done so they can use it. Today I want to give you 17 reasons why you need a current, up=to-date resume. 1. Your employment situation can change in a minute 2. To avoid panic if you are laid-off or lose your job 3. To find a job, if you are un-employed, or under-employed 4. To remember all the maj ..read more

It is easy to see your way towards your new job when the sky is clear, and things are going your way. But what happens when the fog rolls in? Do you have a plan, a roadmap to your next job that you can use when things are not as positive? My clients use a Six-Second Action Plan. This allows them to know what their next step is each day, each week. They can refer to it whenever they need to know the next step towards their new job. Their plans include deciding which of the 12 ways to land a job they will use. Then they decide how many hours each week they will devote to each activity. Once ..read more

Competition is fierce. Every day, 40,000 new resumes are being added to Monster.com. That’s 1,666 every hour and 27.7 each minute of the day. Many companies receive hundreds and frequently thousands of unsolicited resumes each week. Statistics show Google, for example, receives 1,500 per day. That’s a lot of competition. To create an attention-getting resume, you need to create more than a laundry list of responsibilities. You need to show your STAR’s. You present a situation, what you did to correct it, and how it turned out. How you did a job is more important then the job responsibilitie ..read more

Has this ever happened to you? You hear about a job and review the posting. The job description reads just like your resume. You have done everything that the company is looking for. Your references and your on-line presence confirm you are that person. You apply and get a call for an interview. The job seems destined to be yours! But something goes a little sideways during the actual interview and two weeks later you learn they hired someone else. What happened? Employers really are only looking for three things. The first two are what get you into their office for the interview. The third i ..read more

Welcome to Six-Second-Jobs Podcast. I am your host Joel Quass. Today we will spend some time talking about how to give them what they want, how they want it.  Remember, in the end, it's not about you. The Hiring Manager has a problem and they want you to be the answer to that problem. If they can hire you, they are the hero to their Boss, to their team, to the company. So, in some ways, they are pre-disposed to want you to fill the job. Hiring you solves their problem.  But you must make it easy for them and show them you meet or exceed what they need. Here are some things statistics show abou ..read more

Six Second Jobs Podcast    Episode 1 - Introduction Welcome to Six Second Jobs Podcast. I am your host Joel Quass. In my first episode, I am going to give you an overview of my subject, which is landing a job. I will focus on four areas: Interviews Career Coaching Linked in Profiles Cover Letters Ok, so I will focus on five areas. I will also talk about Six Second Resumes and other Self-Marketing Tools. To land your dream job, there are only two things to work on. One is getting interviews, and two is getting job offers. Everything I will talk about relates in one way or another to these two g ..read more