Lazy Recruiters, Please Pick Up the Phone

Recently, one of my friends forwarded me an email from a recruiter at a Fortune 100 healthcare company. This recruiter asked him to send her an email explaining all the moves and gaps on his resume and to give detailed answers to specific behavioral questions, such as provide an example of how you have built … Continue reading →

To Share or Not to Share

Should you share your pay information with a recruiter? A lot of candidates are not sure how to answer this question. On one hand, compensation is always a sensitive topic and most of us know that whoever throws a number out there first will have to stick to it, more or less. On the other … Continue reading →

I’m So Nervous!

Today is the big day! After days/weeks/months of waiting, you finally got your time to shine in front of the hiring managers. However instead of being proud, most of us feel nervous. In fact, when I talk to my friends who are preparing for interviews, nervousness is the number one emotion they feel. I’ve been … Continue reading →

Where is my recruiter?

You submitted a resume, got a call from the recruiter, nailed the interview, the  recruiter promised to get back to you regarding the next steps. Now the waiting game begins, you don’t hear from anyone for several days, you send an email to check in, you still don’t hear anything for another several days, you … Continue reading →