You know how people sometimes say “if were a snake, it would have bit you?” when you overlook something obvious that’s right in front of your nose? Recently, I’ve been pointing out something along these lines that comes up fairly frequently with regard to the interviewing process. While most job hunters diligently prepare to answer […]
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Age Discrimination: Playing Defense
August 12, 2013 
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In my most recent post, which you can find here, I shared some thoughts on the subject of age discrimination and encouraged older professionals to “go on offense” and focus on framing their years of experience as a unique asset/advantage to employers. My thought was that even if a job hunter didn’t overtly bring up […]
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August 8, 2013 12 Comments
In preparing for a recent presentation I gave on the topic of age discrimination, I uncovered two interesting bits of trivia that may surprise you 1) Age discrimination IS actually legal in some respects (you can discriminate all you want against people in their teens, twenties, and thirties — you just can’t show bias against […]
Continue readingThe Extra Mile: Building Your Interview Cred
June 17, 2013 4 Comments
While I’m not sure if everybody has been impacted by this trend, over the last few weeks I’ve seen a strong uptick in the number of people landing interviews — with at least a half-dozen clients reporting that this interviewing activity has translated into a new job opportunity! What’s more, among the several notes I […]
Continue readingHumblebrags & Humilfidence
June 12, 2013 5 Comments
It is just me or did the notion of “straight talk” go away in the nineties or something? These days, especially given the rise of social media, we’ve seen a real challenge arise in terms of how you go about communicating your strengths, exploits, and accomplishments to the folks in your network — while at […]
Continue readingLeveling the (Interviewing) Playing Field
May 17, 2013 4 Comments
Given the tight economic conditions over the last five years, and the buyer’s market that this has created in terms of the employment scene, a great many job hunters have expressed frustration with how they’ve been treated by potential employers — and some of the crazy hoops they’ve had to jump through in pursuing opportunities. […]
Continue readingCheaply, Perfectly & Immediately
November 9, 2012 0 Comments
Those of us in the 40+ age bracket may still remember the days of the Sears Wish Book, when children across the country (including myself) would start anticipating the holiday season months in advance and poring over glossy colored photos in the Sears catalog, picking out gifts to add to our Christmas list. You had […]
Continue readingSkype/Video Interviewing Tips
August 13, 2012 4 Comments
Not surprisingly, I’ve had more and more people ask me in recent years “Matt, I understand some of the pointers you share about succeeding in a normal interview — but do you have any special tips to offer in regard to acing a video interview or Skype interview?” To date, my answer has been pretty […]
Continue readingStand & Deliver: Interview “Presentation” Requests
June 18, 2012 6 Comments
Of all the various sundry facets of the job search process, the item that has changed the least over the years, in my opinion, is interviewing. While new job-finding tools and technologies emerge constantly, and resumes have given up a lot of ground to social media sites as of late, there just really aren’t that […]
Continue readingGive Me Your Facebook Password — Or Else!
March 22, 2012 7 Comments
As much as I hate bowing to peer pressure, in this case I suppose I’d be remiss, as a career blogger, if I didn’t at least touch on the latest “big story” about employment that’s sweeping the country — which is the recent article from the Associated Press that suggests a growing number of employers […]
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