As the April Conference approaches, I wanted to share my experience as a Hiring Manager. I attended several Alliance Hiring conferences, whether in person or virtually. I wanted to share what traits I sought out when interviewing candidates. For this post, I decided on a different format – Video Blog (vlog). I forgot to mention, […]
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Interviewing & Story Telling
As I think about the interviewing successes of our candidates over the last two decades, there are many reasons that some people excel at interviewing. For some it has to do with their track record of achievements, for others it may be due to the diversity of experiences they have, and for others it may […]
Prepare to Copy
The idea for this tip came to me recently when I was doing a practice interview with a candidate. She asked a good question I hadn’t had to address in a long time. The question was simply: “Is it okay to take notes during an interview?” My answer was “Yes, but ….” Obviously, the ‘but’ […]
Transition Tip: Tax Issues with Bonuses?
A while back we had a candidate receive a job offer that caused him some concern. He was perfectly fine with the compensation amount but was a little troubled that a portion was going to be a guaranteed bonus. His concern was that he had heard that bonuses get taxed at a much higher rate […]
The Most Amazing Resume Tip That Broke the Internet
Now that we have your attention, we need to come clean and admit that we might have exaggerated a tiny bit. Perhaps this tip won’t be that amazing, but it’s still pretty good. We gave it the snazzy title to illustrate our real lesson for the day. No doubt, you have surfed the web and had your attention […]
Focus on the Job at Hand
There is a chance that one day you will find yourself interviewing for a very large company – the type of company whose website overwhelms you with the number and diversity of its various business units. Perhaps the classic example of such a company is Johnson & Johnson which has over 200 separate operating companies. […]
Gaining Awareness While on a Budget
When moving from the military to the corporate sector, it’s a good idea to make yourself situationally aware of what’s going on in the business world. Oftentimes we find interesting articles online to provide to our candidates, only to realize those articles are locked behind a paywall. Frustrating yet understandable since journalists have to make […]
Three Resume Dilemmas and How to Deal with Them
We’ve got resumes on our minds here at Alliance since we are deep into providing resume feedback to candidates slated to attend our November hiring conference. After having coached thousands of military candidates over the years, we thought it would be a good idea to mention three common dilemmas that many have asked us about, […]
Why You Lost the Interview You Thought You Won
Perhaps the worst part of competing for a job is to come out of an interview believing that you nailed it, only to find out that you didn’t make the cut. If this should ever happen to you, you might think “How could they not have liked me? I had a great answer to all of their […]
Career Considerations for Remote Work
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, you know that many employers have become more open to allowing their employees to work remotely. It’s one of the many byproducts of the pandemic. And if you knew that, you are also aware that many employers are pulling or have pulled) their […]