Should You Accept a Pay Cut? 3 Factors That Actually Matter If you’re looking for a new job and you get an offer that pays less than you’re used to earning, should you accept it? As with so much in life, the answer is not a straight yes or no. You’ll need to weigh your…
Read MoreAn eternity can pass between the job interview and finding out whether you landed the job — at least that’s what it often feels like to candidates. Hiring managers, on the other hand, have a lot going on during those weeks, but they are wise to be just as tuned in as candidates to how…
Read MoreHow to Prevent Employee Burnout: Practical Tips for Employers and Employees Working from home sounds like a sweet deal. It has many advantages, to be sure. But it can come with a sneaky side of extra stress. Too much stress for too long leads to employee burnout, which is a problem for mental health and…
Read MoreStop Wasting Time at Networking Events: What Top Recruiters Do Instead When you are searching for a new job, networking plays a major role. But what if you’ve had your fill of crowded happy-hour-type events or breakfast mingles? Those traditional forms of networking are good, but sometimes they don’t make sense. Either circumstances require them…
Read MoreAre These 7 LinkedIn Mistakes Killing Your Job Search Before It Even Starts? It’s wise to assume that a potential employer will check out a candidate’s LinkedIn profile. Is yours ready to impress? The LinkedIn profile is a key piece of professional branding. It’s one of the first things that rises to the top when…
Read MoreShould You Get a Master’s Degree? Salary, ROI, and What Hiring Managers Think As a professional looking to advance your career, you may have asked yourself, “Is a master’s degree worth it?” How badly you need a graduate degree to advance your career depends on several factors. A graduate degree is expensive and requires a…
Read MoreWorking From Home? How to Maintain Work-Life Balance Without Burning Out Work-life balance has always been important. It has become even more so in this unprecedented season when the separations between work and home have literally disappeared. As we write this in the spring of 2020, more employees than ever are working from home to…
Read MoreHow to Explain a Gap in Employment Without Losing the Opportunity Riders on London’s Metro are told to “mind the gap” every time they get off the train, because the gap between the train door and the station platform will trip them up if they aren’t paying attention to where they step. Job seekers need…
Read MoreTough Interview Questions and How to Answer Them: A Recruiter’s Guide Do job interviewers ask tough interview questions to trip up applicants on purpose? It might seem like it sometimes, but thankfully it’s not true – not in the malicious sense, at least. Interviews are carefully planned, though, to get beyond canned responses and discern…
Read MoreVideo Interview Tips: What Recruiters Actually Look for on Camera If you’re seeking a new job, you need to be camera ready. No, you don’t need a makeup artist, but you do need to prepare for a video interview, which is becoming more and more common in today’s workplace. In this article, we’ll cover the…
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