Recent Articles About - Interview Preparation

• Is Your Career in Danger? Take the Test.
  Charles Purdy, Yahoo! HotJobs senior editor • 19 Jul 10

  A successful career is built over a lifetime. Your goal can't be merely finding a job and then, in performance-review lingo, "meeting expectations." In a tumultuous...

• Body Language Can Make or Break a Job Interview
  Robert Ordona, for Yahoo! HotJobs • 09 Jul 10

  Savvy job seekers know how important choosing the right words is when we communicate with prospective employers--but what about nonverbal communication?"You could...

• Real Job-Interview Bombs
  Maria Hanson, LiveCareer • 08 Jul 10

  For job seekers, landing an interview is a dream come true. But unfortunately, the actual interview can quickly go from dream to nightmare. ......

• Successful Phone Interviewing
  Todd Bermont, for www.123Movers.com • 06 Jul 10

  A phone interview gives an interviewer a better idea of who the person behind the resume is. Todd Bermont of The Careers College gives his top five dos and don'ts...

• Online Mistakes That Can Jeopardize Your Career
  Robert McCauley, Robert Half International • 25 Jun 10

  Some call it "egosurfing" or "vanity searching." Others call it a wise career move. In today's digital age, it's becoming increasingly important to conduct a Web...

• Making a Transition Job Work for You
  Denene Brox, for Yahoo! HotJobs • 25 Jun 10

  Landing a job is tough these days. The job market is flooded with unemployed workers--so finding a job that's a good fit is even tougher. If you're a professional...

• What Employers Want from Job References
  Yahoo! HotJobs staff • 23 Jun 10

  A great resume and solid interview skills may place job seekers in the running for a position, but a new survey conducted by OfficeTeam, a leading staffing service,...

• When They Require Experience and You Have None
  Tara Weiss, Forbes.com • 18 Jun 10

  Lack of experience is often the biggest obstacle college graduates must overcome when entering the job market. Prospective employers can sound like a broken record,...

• 13 Ways to Sabotage Your Job Search
  Maria Hanson, LiveCareer • 18 Jun 10

  Looking for a new job but having no luck? You may be inadvertently sabotaging your efforts by making easy-to-avoid errors. "It still surprises me that in most cases,...

• 6 Soft Skills Everyone Needs
  Larry Buhl, for Yahoo! HotJobs • 17 Jun 10

  In a 2008 survey of more than 2,000 businesses in the state of Washington, employers said entry-level workers in a variety of professions were lacking in several...