Interview Follow Up – Get the Offer! Smart job candidates put a lot of effort into getting ready for an interview. Amateur interviewers assume mission accomplished once they shake hands and leave. Those serious about getting an offer to know their work isn’t done. A solid follow-up could be the missing ingredient to put you

Crushing Your Interview with Success Stories When you’re interviewing for a new position, chances are you’re up against other candidates with resumes that read much like yours. They’ll have worked in similar positions, with matching responsibilities and skills. How can you stand out? Your accomplishments are unique to you and show you’ll succeed under tough

The 3 R’s to Ace Your Interview Interviewing is a challenging, complex process. Your success depends on your ability to communicate. Miscommunication leads to mistakes that will lose your offers. In our 30+ years in the recruiting field, we’ve worked with candidates who left an interview thinking they’d nailed it, only to find out their

Do Not Make This Mistake! There exists an age-old rule of interviewing almost every professional knows. It’s something we’ve advised candidates against for the 30+ years we’ve been in business. Despite this, we’ve seen an uptick in candidates making this mistake and torpedoing an opportunity in the process. What is this mistake? Talking about politics

3 Interview Mistakes to Avoid PRA USA has been in business for 30+ years, and in that time we’ve seen candidates make a multitude of mistakes in their interviews. You can never say “we’ve seen everything,” because there’s often a new surprise right around the corner. That said, certain errors keep rearing their ugly heads.

Set-Up a Winning Video Interview – 5 Tips Remote work is on the rise, kicked off by the COVID crisis. It follows that video interviewing is increasing as well. A successful set up is key to being successful in this space. The image interviewers see when you come up on the screen has the same

Salary Negotiating – Tips from an Expert Job seekers are often intimidated by the idea of negotiating a salary. Money is an uncomfortable topic for a lot of people, especially when it comes to how much you’ll be making for at least the next year. There’s a wide variety of theories, articles, videos, and other

5 Ingredients to Writing a Follow-Up Note I was talking to an engineer this past week looking to keep in touch with a company he’d interviewed with right before the quarantine. I suggested dropping them a quick note to make sure they were keeping him in mind. He asked me what he should put into

3 Big Tips On Nailing Your Interview We’ve been in the recruiting business for thirty years, which means we long ago lost count of the number of people we’ve coached through the interviewing process. Most of them regarded interviewing as a test they must pass. They believed the main objective was to communicate how their