Author: Alice Boyes Source: Harvard Business Review Do you ever find yourself endlessly mentally replaying situations in which you wish you’d performed differently? You wish you hadn’t said that dumb thing. You wish you’d volunteered for that project that’s now winning accolades. You wish you’d spoken up. You wish you hadn’t dropped the ball with that potential client. Overthinking in this way is called rumination. While we worry about what might occur in the future, we rumi

Source: Undercover Recruiter When it comes to writing your CV, the things you omit can be just as important as the things you include. Even if you are the greatest candidate in the word; sloppy mistakes in your CV can get you instantly rejected. So if you’re struggling to land job interviews; check out StandOut CV‘s latest infographic to ensure that your CV doesn’t contain any of the following mistakes. 1. An unprofessional email address Your CV is a professional document and

There are so many things that can kill the careers of good, hard-working people. Honest mistakes often carry hard-hitting consequences. We usually only hear about the more egregious examples, such as when Yelp employee Talia Jane became an Internet sensation for writing a blistering post criticizing the company’s low pay and its CEO. To no one’s surprise, she quickly found herself out of a job. Most people don’t go down in a blaze of glory like Talia Jane; they kill their car

Author: Kema Christian-Taylor Source: Huffington Post In the spring before my freshman year of college, I attended Harvard’s Prefrosh Weekend for recently admitted students. My cousin, a second-semester freshman at the time, ripped the welcome folder from my hands the moment she saw me: “You don’t need this. Never bring this out again.” As I started walking around with her and her friends, looking at the clusters of newly admitted students, painfully distinguishable by the br

You crafted a great cover letter, made sure everything in your resume was in order, and landed an interview. Everything seemed to go smoothly during the interview and you came out feeling confident. You may have even decided to put your job search effort on hold because you were pretty sure that you would get this job. A week later, you got an email from your prospective employer telling you that they had chosen another candidate for the position, but they would put your resu

A classic cover letter mistake has long been not bothering to send one. Call it a sin of omission. I’m OK with this because, as a recruiter, I almost never read cover letters. I find the resume a meatier, more comprehensive read than most cover letters. You can find opinions a-go-go on the necessity of cover letters. Sadly, there’s not much hard data backing up either the pro or con positions. I was curious, so I decided to look for some good research on the topic. I found th

We often hear advice about what we should do when applying for jobs, job search tips that help guide our hunt for the perfect position. But here’s something that’s even more helpful when it comes to crafting the perfect application: advice on what not to do during your job hunt. Recruiters and hiring managers all have their own personal preferences about little things that turn them off from candidates and applications. But when you look at some of the worst offenders, you’ll

Sophie Deering at TheUndercoverRecruiter.com has put together the top 10 mistakes you should avoid while job hunting. Bellow are the top three, click the link below to read all 10! Try not to pass the blame. You are responsible for you own job hunt, not other people. Be positive and take control of the situation. Don’t let it take over your life. As important as it is to take your time to tailor well thought out cover letters and job applications, you don’t want to spend 100%

Most of us make two mistakes when we are being questioned in an interview. First, we fail to listen to the question. We proceed to answer a question that was not asked or to give out a lot of superfluous information. Second, we attempt to answer questions without preparation. Not even the most skilled debater can answer questions off the cuff without damaging his or her chances of success. Bottom line … BE PREPARED! Tell me about yourself? What is your greatest strength? Wha