Tag Archives: human resources

3 Common Mistakes Job Seekers Make

Don't lose an opportunity because of avoidable errors

Be sure to avoid making these top errors when pursuing job opportunities.

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: January 9, 2012 Tags: career advancement, career development, career strategy, career transition, employment, human resources, job interview, job seeking, joblessness, jobs, unemployment

From Mouths of Recruiters: 4 Ways To Tank the Interview

Avoid these mistakes to land your dream job

Four common mistakes job seekers make that turn off recruiters.

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: November 30, 2011 Tags: Career, career advancement, career development, career transition, employment, human resources, interview, job interview, job seeker, job seeking, jobs, recruitment, unemployment, workplace issues

4 Destructive Workplace Myths

Common company practices that hinder productivity

Four common workplace myths and why they don’t work in the office.

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: November 18, 2011 Tags: career advancement, career transition, executive leadership, human resources, interoffice politics, jobs, productivity, time management, workplace, workplace issues

4 Assets Senior Professionals Bring to the Workplace

Workers over 50 offer valuable skills developed by experience

By Tucker Mays and Bob Sloane

Posted: November 10, 2011 Tags: baby boomers, boomers, career advancement, elders, employment, hiring, human resources, Job Market, job seeking, jobs, senior citizens, senior professionals, unemployment

There has been a a lot of advice for job seekers on how to conduct a successful interview. However, there hasn't been much focus on the toughest interview of all, the one you face when you are over 50. This age group has the highest rate of unemployment today, and the highest level since the Great Depression.

Interviewing can be especially challenging for job candidates over 50 because recruiters and hiring authorities can hold biases, and many are are not good at interviewing to start with. Many workers over 50 never really had to learn how to interview seriously for a job while out of work, or might still hold on to outdated standards when it comes to marketing themselves.

Here are five important strategies for the over 50 job seeker on how to ace the interview and use their age as an asset, not a handicap. ---Tucker Mays and Bob Sloane

5 Interview Strategies for the Over-50 Job Seeker

How to sell yourself so that age is an asset, not a handicap

How senior workers can sell themselves in the job market.

By Tucker Mays and Bob Sloane

Posted: November 9, 2011 Tags: baby boomers, boomer job seeker, boomers, career advancement, career transition, Generation X, human resources, job candidate, Job Market, job seekers, job seeking, jobs, senior citizen, senior executive, senior job seeker, senior workers

How to Cope with the ‘Mean Girls’ at the Office

Remain professional --- and strategic --- in resolving interoffice conflicts

Madame Noire tells how to remain professional in solving interoffice conflicts with coworkers.

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: October 27, 2011 Tags: human resources, interoffice politics, Madame Noire, office conflict, office politics, stress, workplace conflict, workplace issues

Wake-Up Call: How a Young Bachelor Rebounded after Getting Laid Off

Real-life lessons of triumph over unemployment

Marc, 32, thought his job as a manager in the telecommunications field was safe, until…

By Aisha M. Taylor

Posted: October 17, 2011 Tags: Aisha Taylor, career advancement, career transition, depression, employment, firing, human resources, Job Market, jobs, jobs bill, recession, TAYLORmade Professional Career Consulting, termination, unemployment

You’ve prepared your best suit, printed several copies of your resume and placed them in your nicest portfolio--- even said a prayer. You’re a little nervous but confident and hopeful that this will be the job for you. You arrive early, sign in with the receptionist, and wait for your name to be called. You greet the interviewer with a firm hand shake and a winning smile, take your seat, make eye contact, and maintain your best posture. You’ve got this interview in the bag ... that is until you’re hit with one of these common, tough questions.

We've got you covered. While you can never prepare for every question, you can strategize how you’ll respond. Check out how best to tackle the difficult questions most interviewers ask. ---Aisha Taylor

How to Answer the Most Common — And Difficult — Job Interview Questions

Come with your A-game to avoid tanking during the job seeking process

Here’s how to answer typical interview questions that job candidates commonly flub.

By Aisha M. Taylor

Posted: October 7, 2011 Tags: Aisha Taylor, career advancement, career development, employment, human resources, interview, job interview, Job Market, job seeker, jobs, TAYLORmade Professional Career Consulting, unemployment

10 Ways to Cope with a Job You Hate

If you don't have the option to quit, here's how to avoid a meltdown

Hopefully a few small changes in dealing with your job can make the difference between…

By BlackEnterprise.com

Posted: August 30, 2011 Tags: Career, career advancement, career strategies, co-workers, conflict resolution, employee management, employment, human resources, interoffice conflict, interoffice relations, job, Job Market, office management, office politics, stress, work-related stress

So you've made it through the undergraduate experience and you're headed into the job market. You've done your internships, volunteered and built up a pretty nice professional and social network. As part of <a title="our Back-to-School coverage" href="http://www.blackenterprise.com/backtoschool/"><strong>our Back-to-School coverage</strong></a>, BlackEnterprise.com offers this step-by-step guide to finding career success, from the search, to the interview, to salary and benefits negotiations to keeping the job. <i> --- Janell Hazelwood </i>

From College Graduation to Career Success: Your Step-by-Step Guide

How to successfully transition from college student to working professional

Here’s a step-by-step guide for college graduates to finding career sucesss, from job search to…

By Janell Hazelwood

Posted: August 25, 2011 Tags: Aisha Taylor, Back to School, career advancement, career strategies, employment, hiring, human resources, interoffice relations, interview, job interview, Job Market, job search, job seekers, job seeking, jobs, unemployment, workplace issues, workplace strategies