by Irene Marshall | Nov 7, 2023 | Interviews, Job Offers, Job Search
Have you ever accepted a job and then realized you had not thoroughly checked out everything as part of your due diligence? If you will have a commute, have you driven to the office and back at different times of the day? When I was a recruiter, one woman did the...
by Irene Marshall | May 30, 2023 | Interviews
You might be surprised at what you find. I was recently interviewed by Fred Coon, with Stewart, Cooper & Coon. For over 28 years, his company has provided employment services for senior executives. He employs Executive Coaches and Career Strategists. I started my...
by Irene Marshall | May 2, 2023 | Interviews, Job Search
When I was a Recruiter at Robert Half, I interviewed a young Chinese woman as a candidate for a job. She was the only person in my three years who filed a complaint about me. What was the problem? She said that I told her she was “un-American.” What? The Regional...
by Irene Marshall | Jun 28, 2022 | Interviews
Have you thought you were prepared for an interview, but you forgot something? Sometimes the most obvious things are not obvious. If you are interviewing with a company that has a product or a service, it is important to personally experience what that is. I was...
by Irene Marshall | Jun 21, 2022 | Career Growth, Interviews
I once talked with a man who had been a stay-at-home dad for seven years but needed to go back to work. He had been the Chief Financial Officer at a company. His wife died in childbirth, leaving him with two special-needs twin boys. As he was in a good financial...