The Plum Book is regarded as “essential reading for anyone interested in pursuing public service in the executive branch of government.”
The book represents a compilation of appointed jobs from all federal agencies, such as agency heads and their immediate subordinates, policy executives and advisers, and aides who report to those officials. It reveals salaries, who’s […]
Posted in Uncategorized, Internet, Blog, Creativity, Jobs, Value, Branding, Interview, Career, Career Life, Careerhacker on Mar 2nd, 2007 1 Comment »
The website the Vault evaluated scores of video resumes to select the 5 best submissions. Here were their observations:
A confident, poised video resume can make up for deficits in your written resume.
If you use the Q&A format, try not to jump immediately to your answers - wait a second or two.
Speak at a fairly slow […]
Here is some sound advice written by Perri Capell of CareerJournal.com:
Question: I recently sent my resume to an employer and want to know if the position is still open, when interviewing might begin, and if I’m a candidate. I’d like to call the human-resources department but don’t know what to ask. Any advice?
Answer:Following up […]
Tens of millions of VC dollars went into building video interview/resumes website’s during the late 1990s. It seems that this idea is becoming popular in the grassroots with job seekers now making their own career videos and posting them online.
Anjali Athavaley, of the Wall Street Journal Online, writes:
Though the practice is still in its early […]
Posted in Jobs, Interview on Nov 20th, 2006 No Comments »
Monster.com provides some good last minute tips for people who have an interview within the next 24 hours. The tips include:
Conduct basic interview research - find out as much as you can about the interview.
Learn about the company on-line - give yourself something to talk about in the interview besides the job description.
Think of some […]
