Job Hunt Cleveland: Host Mark Gonska with Matt Kress During the recent episode of Job Hunt Cleveland, host Mark Gonska was joined by Vice President of Human Resources, Matt Kress, to discuss interview best practices and career advancement tips. Click on the video to the left to watch the interview. Highlights include: What NOT to do in an Interview: Don't eat a banana. … [Read more...] about What NOT to Do in an Interview. Plus, One Simple Tip to Advance in Your Career.
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Giving Feedback to Your Boss? Stop Using the F-Word!
Giving Feedback to Your Boss, Employee, Colleague or Friend? What one word can ignite the Twitter kingdom (now X) with viral vitriol, end a high-profile career in a minute, and can change Wall Street’s “Buy” to “Sell”. What one word should be stricken from our vocabulary? It’s the “F-Word” – FEEDBACK. “Can I give you some FEEDBACK?” “Here's some FEEDBACK on your … [Read more...] about Giving Feedback to Your Boss? Stop Using the F-Word!
Are Virtual Meetings and Working Remote Making it Virtually Impossible to be Promoted?
Remote Work Has Significant Benefits. Could the Cost be Lack of Career Advancement? Two years of Covid have forced many employers into a new reality where survival has brought with it a pandemic game of Whack-a-Mole (has the name been changed by the PC police?). A workaround on one challenge leads to another issue popping up. A record 3.8 million Americans quit their jobs in … [Read more...] about Are Virtual Meetings and Working Remote Making it Virtually Impossible to be Promoted?
Networking Not Working?
Is Finding Your Next Job All About Networking? It Could Be. Remember your Griswoldesque neighbor who feigns interest in what you have to say only to let you know how wonderful HIS life is? He is smarter than Biden and Trump put together and his great _______________ (fill in the blank with anything he describes as awesome i.e. HIS garden, HIS landscape, HIS home-brewed beer, … [Read more...] about Networking Not Working?
It’s NOT illegal to Hire a Headhunter
Not in a CUBU Situation Is hiring a #headhunter admitting defeat? After all, you probably have an excellent HR crew, including Talent Acquisition pros who have found and onboarded many great candidates. Yet hiring a Headhunter may make more sense than ever. It’s not an indictment of your in-house HR team. They are skilled in delivering talent in nearly every case. Yet, there … [Read more...] about It’s NOT illegal to Hire a Headhunter