Talent Alley

Most employers don’t get much practice interviewing potential hires and rely on the historical standby questions that are detailed in every job interview book ever written. However, those managers who are more adept and skilled at interviewing candidates will likely adopt behavioral interviewing to sort out their prospects. Behavioral interviewing cuts through the banalities of [...]

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I was reminded today when I read a terrific post on the importance of storytelling in corporate branding at Beg To Differ of the crucial importance of storytelling to job seekers who desperately need to set themselves apart during the job search process. The importance of the personal story was perfectly illustrated to me last [...]

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I’ve collected a number of articles and interviews with some of the country’s most innovative and successful executives to discern exactly how they attract highly talented and energized employees to their organizations that continually fuel their success. There was a lot of overlap and similarity between these successful hiring execs that centered around several consitent [...]

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Most first job interviews are conducted via telephone. Once your resume has caught the hiring manager’s attention, and they believe that your qualifications match their needs, they will typically call you to determine quickly if you have the potential to fit into their organization. It’s essential that you be ready for that first call because [...]

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An imaginative job seeker ensured that his profile and pitch would be seen by his targeted hiring executives. All for less than $6. How this can work for you, too.

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In Episode 9 of our real-life, real-time job search experiment with Cleveland sales executive Tim Krenn, we prepare for an interview with the CEO of a potential employer. Tim’s success in developing his personal branding characteristics and his distinctive personal branding statement (I’m the guy who can build the relationships with the people you most [...]

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Though readers may view this ongoing series tracking the job search of Cleveland sales executive Tim Krenn as an interesting case study, for Tim this is real life. The guidance we provide needs to produce real results in the form of a job offer out there in the real world. That’s why this morning’s call [...]

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When we last left Tim Krenn, our Cleveland-based sales executive, we instructed him to create his personal branding statement – the single sentence that defined the value that he brings to an organization. Tim examined his professional strengths and crafted the statement: I’m the guy who can build the relationships with the people you most [...]

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Day 4 of our real-life, real-time job search with Cleveland sales executive Tim Krenn. For those of you just tuning in, we’re documenting the real-life job strategies and efforts of a Cleveland-based sales executive whose looking for a new job. So far, we’ve had Tim create his social media identities on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, [...]

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For those of you still skeptical about the value of a thoughtfully written thank you note to those you interview with, I present the story of an anonymous Cleveland executive (let’s call her Jane Doe) who was told yesterday that she received a six-figure job over her competitors because she was the only candidate who [...]

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