When Anna Klenman and her boyfriend moved to Los Angeles, they decided to try a local temp service for employment opportunities. Her boyfriend went in one day and was told, "We have lots of jobs. We'll get you placed right away." He was working in less than 48 hours. Encouraged, Klenman went in soon afterward and was interviewed by the very same client-placement manager. But instead of an enthusiastic response, Klenman was told, "It's a difficult market. You should apply to as many other temp services as you can." Why the difference in attitude? Klenman contends it was because she is significantly older than her boyfriend. "It's a competitive market, and temp services want to supply companies with young, f....
Author : Beth Braccio Hering, CareerBuilder Writer
Just because you got an interview doesn't mean you'll know all the right things to say once you're in the interview chair. As a matter of fact, most people definitely have few stumbles before winning that job. When it comes to interviews, practice and experience make perfect, career experts say. Here, interviewers and human resources experts share the things job seekers say that leave them scratching their heads: "There are plenty of common interview questions, and when an interviewer asks one of the basics it is expected that the applicant will have a well-rehearsed response. For example, 'Why would you like to work here?' is a standard interview question, so one would expect interviewees would ha....
Author : Alina Dizik, Special to CareerBuilder
High school and college may seem like a distant memory, especially if you're an experienced professional who hasn't looked at a textbook in years. But some job seekers are channeling their school-age selves with many of the same consequences. You may not get a trip to the principal's office, but you could take yourself out of the running for the career you want. From procrastinating to goofing off, following in your teenage footsteps is never a good idea. You may not even realize you are doing it. Here are three mistakes you may have made in school that you should avoid repeating: Waiting until the last minute to study The night before a paper was due, there you were, trying to quickly w....
Author : Robert Half International
People wallow a lot in the world of work. You don't have to look far to hear people grumbling that they don't get paid as well as they should or that their employer skimps on benefits like vacation time, a 401(k) or bonuses. Too often, people have these frustrations because they accepted their initial job offer and didn't attempt to negotiate a better one. Although negotiating can be a very rewarding part of the job search process, many people don't bother doing it because they think the first offer is acceptable, don't want to rock the boat or assume revisions to an offer are unrealistic given the state of economy. According to Gail Geary, author of "Your Next Career," job seekers who shy away from nego....
Author : Selena Dehne, JIST Publishing
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