In today’s tough job market, it is important to carefully present your professional work experience to avoid being perceived as unreliable or unstable. Even though we’re in a global recession, recruitment managers will still view unexplained gaps on your résumé as a red flag, particularly if you’re male.

This question is designed to find out if you are manageable as an employee and whether you can handle criticism, rather than simply getting upset by it. The interviewer may also be trying to find your standard response to attack. The answer you give will give something away about you, so you must present yourself as someone who can see the bigger picture and accept direction, but who also has a decent quotient of self-respect.

This is one of the toughest interview questions. Unfortunately, it is also one of the most popular with interviewers so expect to be asked this question everytime you attend an interview. As with many tricky interview questions, it is possible to immediately shoot yourself in the foot, so you need to be a little bit careful here.

The job market today is characterized with numerous job seekers. Employers on the other hand are seeking employees who have an idea of what they can offer in a work place, have proof of required skills, and know their interests in an organization. It is essential for you to understand your skills.

A potential employer’s first impression of you is your cover letter because it is the first thing they see. Your cover letter is a key part of your application to a prospective employer, and introduces you and your resume. This is why your cover letter can easily be one of the most significant factors in the success of your job-hunting campaign.

Cold Calling is one of the most effective but often overlooked strategies for finding employment because many people are frightened of calling people they don’t know. However, with a 95% success rate, do not underestimate the effectiveness of this technique.

Creating a strong résumé begins with understanding how to control your image. Every job title, every phrase and every verb you use on your résumé causes a potential recruiter to make assumptions about you that either detract from, or add to, your image.

This is the one of the most common and dreaded interview questions, and your answer will set the tone for the entire interview. While it may be a totally unnecessary question with which to begin an interview, the fact is most interviewers begin interviews with this question, so you need to know how to respond to it intelligently.

hat interviewers are actually doing when they ask the ‘weakness question’, is to see how you approach the question and what your response indicates about you: Can this candidate admit imperfection? How does this candidate identify and adjust for his or her shortcomings?

The job interview is, without a doubt, the most formidable obstacle in the job hunting process. A strong résumé can open up great opportunities but will not get you the job. The interview is where you validate everything that got you the interview in the first place, and made you stand out from the other candidates.