How to Respond to Four Common Salary Negotiation Questions

After interviewing dozens of women, I learned that one of the main reasons their negotiations didn’t go as planned was they weren’t prepared to respond to what the other person said. To make sure that doesn’t happen to you, read on for the most common things you’ll hear and tips for how to respond.

Learn How to Lead Different Types of Individuals With the “DiSC” System

The DiSC behavior assessment is based on the theories of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and it centers on four major behavioral traits that everyone has on some level in the workplace: dominance, influence, steadiness, and compliance. A graphic from Eastern Nazarene College’s business management masters program explains how to determine what behavioral traits your team members have, how they prefer to work and communicate, and … [ Read more ]

Seven Useful Microsoft Excel Features You May Not Be Using

Microsoft Excel is packed with useful data management features that don’t see a lot of use, like pivot tables, index and match, and conditional formatting. If you’re just using excel to sum and chart columns, this graphic can show you some other tools to help you become the spreadsheet ninja you always wanted to be.

Of course, real spreadsheet ninja probably already use these features on … [ Read more ]

What Hiring Managers Actually Want to Know About You

Here is an insider look at what goes through a hiring manager’s mind during an interview. In general, employers are looking for the best technical and cultural fit that their budgets will allow for. While these questions will all go through their minds, the questions they end up asking usually aren’t as direct. So, know that no matter how wacky or irrelevant the question might … [ Read more ]

Prepare These 15 Stories for Your Next Job Interview

Storytelling is perhaps the best way to present information so it’s memorable and relatable, and it can make you stand out especially in job interviews. Career expert Liz Ryan of Human Workspace drew up this poster to help you arm yourself with stories before your next interview.

Six Questions That Will Ease Your Mind Before an Interview

As you gear up for an interview, you’re likely agonizing over the questions you’ll be asked, the answers you’ll give, and how to make the best possible first impression. Most of your preparation will probably focus on the time you spend face-to-face with your interviewer. But to be 100% prepared, there are a few things you’ll want to clarify before you show up in your … [ Read more ]

​Four Skills That Will Turn You Into a Spreadsheet Ninja

Spreadsheets are one of the most mystifying pieces of software you’ll encounter in your adult life. As scary as they can be, though, you can do an awful lot with just four simple skills. For the purposes of this article, we’ll be focusing on Microsoft Excel, since this is the most widely used spreadsheet software. However, nearly all of these skills and features are useful … [ Read more ]

The Five Basic Questions Interviewers Really Want You to Answer

The reason you will always struggle to prepare answers to every single question you are asked in an interview is that the interviewer themselves didn’t prepare them. They don’t really care too much about all the answers you give either. What we do know is that an interviewer has one major objective to fulfill and that is to get the answers to the five basic … [ Read more ]

Six of the Most Common Resume Flaws (and How to Fix Them)

When job hunting, your résumé has a way of highlighting little career imperfections in black and white. Maybe you’ve job-hopped, had a long gap between gigs, or earned a degree that requires explaining (hello, art history majors!). Is there a way to smooth over these résumé imperfections—without being dishonest? You betcha.

You just have to get creative, be upfront, and do a little rebranding. We spoke … [ Read more ]

The Biggest Interview Mistakes HR Experts See (and How to Avoid Them)

They meet more people in an afternoon than most of us do in a year. But what faux pas do human resources pros see again and again during the interview process? Lifehacker picked the brains of two high-profile executives to find out what you definitely should and shouldn’t say, as well as what they secretly think of your résumé.

12 Steps You Should Take Before You Accept the Job Offer

You’re in the process of interviewing at a company and it seems like you’ve got a good shot at the position. Terrific! Before you rush to say yes when you get the offer, though, make sure this is really the ideal place to be employed. Here’s a handy list of twelve things you should look into.

Shunryu Suzuki

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few. Always begin, again and again.

Top 10 Tips for Acing Your Next Job Interview

Finding a job is tough enough as it is without having to go through harrowing interviews. Here’s everything you need to know about nailing your interview so you can get through it stress-free.

How to Generate More Interviews with Your Resume

It’s a situation pretty much everyone finds themselves in at some point during their careers: sending your resume out to scores of recruiters and/or hiring agents…and not hearing anything back. Before you consider giving up on your ideal job, here are three powerful tweaks you can execute that will immediately increase the amount of attention your resume receives.

How to Tackle Three of the Toughest Interview Questions

You got the job interview. You prepared by studying the company and thinking about your interview answers. Now what? What separates candidates who get job offers from everyone else? It turns out that interviews are not merely about answering the interviewer’s questions. Interviewing is a skill that can be systematically improved. Here are three of the toughest interview questions. You’ll see what most people say … [ Read more ]

How to Stand Out in an Interview

You’ve just landed a job interview for a position you really want. Congratulations! Now, you know you only get one chance to impress, but how exactly do you do that? Given all of the conflicting advice out there and the changing rules of getting a job, it’s no wonder that job seekers are confused about how to best prepare for and perform in an interview. … [ Read more ]

The Hardest Job Interview Questions—And How to Ace Them

How many people would use a drug that prevents baldness? Name as many uses for a brick as you can in one minute. If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and dropped in a blender, how would you get out? Major companies are asking challenging job interview questions like these. Here’s how to prepare.

How to Choose the Best Chart for Your Data

Numbers don’t lie, but a bad chart decision makes it extremely difficult to understand what those numbers mean. Before you put together another PowerPoint presentation, make sure your pick the right type of chart to clearly communicate the information you want to share. Here’s how.

How Can I Make Sure My Resume Gets Past Resume Robots and into a Human’s Hand?

Employers and hiring managers are turning more than ever to resume screening software, thanks to the overwhelming number of job applications they get. It pays to know how these systems (called Applicant Tracking Systems or Automated Resume Screeners) work so you can make your resume more relevant to the job you’re applying for. Here’s a brief overview of how the software analyzes your resume and … [ Read more ]