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Are Your References Ready?

October 15, 2014 by Martin Buckland 1 Comment

You’ve had a successful interview and were asked to provide references. It’s time to pore over your list of contacts, ask if they’re willing to speak on your behalf, and brief them about this specific job opportunity. Right? WRONG! Your references should be sourced at the same time you’re building your job search plan, refining […]

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Don’t Let Your Body Language Destroy The Interview

September 10, 2014 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Congratulations! You submitted a compelling resume and secured an in-person job interview. The next step in your job search journey is to ensure the message relayed by your body language does not distract from the career message shared in your resume. The folks at The Undercover Recruiter shared an infographic displaying the process interviewers use […]

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Executive Job Interview Techniques for Telephone and Skype

September 8, 2014 by Martin Buckland 1 Comment

More companies and executive recruiters are conducting job interviews via telephone and Skype these days. This can be much more cost effective and convenient, particularly if the candidate lives in a different location. The benefit of Skype over the telephone is that it allows for video conferencing, so a hiring manager or recruiter can observe […]

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5 Communication Strategies for a Successful Job Interview

August 4, 2014 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

“Be yourself” is common advice we hear from parents and other caring supporters in our lives, yet you may not always show the best version of yourself. In a job interview, this could lead to being passed over or dismissed. Here are five strategies that will help you convey your strengths, skills and personality in […]

Filed Under: Career Management, Job Interview, Job Search

Job Interview Success

October 3, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Securing a job interview can be as exciting as landing the job! Are you prepared? If you haven’t had a bad job interview you’ve heard from someone else who has. There is no guarantee that nothing will go wrong; accidents happen, personalities differ and expectations could be dashed on either side of the table. The […]

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Soft Skills In Your Cover Letter

May 4, 2011 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Are you fully articulating your soft skills in your cover letter? Hiring criteria for some employers may revolve more  around hard skills, specific areas of expertise and relevant degrees, but there are many organizations interested in those soft skills relative to their corporate culture and conducive to an established team of employees. A BNET article, […]

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Are you interviewing in 20 year old attire?

November 25, 2010 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

If you are a senior executive you have probably updated your wardrobe several times over the past few years and would not consider  going to a job interview donning a 20 year old suit. If you are managing an executive career with your sites on moving up the corporate ladder, have you given consideration to updating your […]

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Job Interview Questions

September 17, 2010 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

??????????? Is your professional resume getting you in the door but you can’t get passed the job interview? Were you prepared and confident in providing answers to the job interview questions that were asked? There could be many reasons you were not considered as a potential candidate after your job interview and if you are not aware of the reason, […]

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Toronto ExecuNet Speaker, Bill Dennis

May 28, 2010 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

We are pleased to have Bill Dennis speaking at the next ExecuNet Meeting, June 23rd, 2010, presenting: ” Understanding and Succeeding With Interviewers of Different Cultures, Generations, and Personalities” During career transition, today’s executive experiences a world of widely different types of interviewers and these differences can significantly affect your ability to connect and successfully work […]

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Ten Tips – Get Ready to Get Interviewed

May 14, 2010 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Networking events, research, resumes, cover letters, thank you notes, phone calls, coaching, educational courses,……let’s face it, the time and effort that is necessary to secure a job interview can be at times, overwhelming! The majority of executives today are in career transition for longer than ever so when the opportunity arises for a job interview it is critical to be ready! Here are […]

Filed Under: Career Tips, Job Interview, Job Search Tagged With: Career Collective

Job Interview Advice – What’s In It For Them?

November 30, 2009 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

If there is one piece of advice you need to follow in your job interview it is to avoid the thought of what is in it for you and concentrate on informing the Interviewer what is in it for them. If you’ve made it to the job interview, you have successfully sold yourself in your resume, impressing upon a potential employer […]

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Professional Advice – Do Not Offer Personal Information

September 29, 2009 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Whether you are in a job interview or composing your resume,  Do Not Offer Personal Information! There are those who would like to believe otherwise, wanting to believe the decision maker actually cares but the professional advice offered by experts and decision makers confirms, be professional not personal.  Jessica Holbrook, a former Executive Hiring Manager for Fortune 500 companies and […]

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Be a Follower, Not a Leader

August 18, 2009 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Rarely is it in your best interest when seeking a job to be a follower rather than a leader unless, you are in a job interview. In this case, be a follower, not a leader! Allowing the interviewer to lead the interview will provide you with the opportunity to follow their lead to provide the information they […]

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Resume Writing 2009

July 1, 2009 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

The days of a paper resume are gone! If you were considering stuffing your resume in an envelope and affixing postage, think again. HR professionals and recruiters alike expect a properly formatted, professionally written resume with an accompanying cover letter to be submitted online. Your online proficiency doesn’t stop there. You must also have a […]

Filed Under: Cover Letters, Job Interview, Resume Writing Tagged With: Resume Writing, Resume Writing Tips

Moving in a Positive Job Search Direction

December 30, 2008 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Job searching is challenging, emotional, time consuming, stressful and depressing. It can be a rocky road that plays out within the family environment and all persons in the house can be affected in some way or another. It’s a time for active support and guidance to open up new job search channels and travel from […]

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Follow The Rules

October 27, 2008 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

If you have received specific instructions and rules related to a company’s hiring process, do not deviate from them.  Choosing to make up your own rules will most likely result in a lost job opportunity and a tarnished reputation.  You may even put the reputation of others at risk so follow the rules. Recently, I learned of an individual who had an inside track on […]

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Nonverbal Communication and Your Job Interview

October 22, 2008 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

In The Wall Street Journal, “The Power of Nonverbal Communication”, provides some very interesting information regarding the unconscious and nonverbal ways that humans communicate with one another. Dr. Alex “Sandy” Pentland, a professor at the MIT Media Lab, has written the book “Honest Signals”, based on studies related to unconscious social signals and patterns in how we interact […]

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What goes around, comes around!

October 7, 2008 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Some of us are firm believers in what goes around, comes around and as professionals, we spend a great deal of our time networking. Successful networking involves sharing information, experiences, and most importantly, our needs. Understanding what we can do for others and what they can do for us and then following through will sooner […]

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Don’t Panic in Your Job Search

October 2, 2008 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

It is unlikely that you will find your new job within the first month of your job search.  Or the second or third or even the fourth or fifth! The fact is you could be in your job search for longer than you expected and although this is not a comfortable situation for most of us, it is important that […]

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Big Expectations for Today’s Executives

October 1, 2008 by Martin Buckland Leave a Comment

Globe and Mail article, Hit the ground running, by Wallace Immen relays the reality of expectations for immediate and measurable success from today’s executives. Stephen Smith, regional vice-president for Canada of Servisair Inc. said, “There was a huge agenda of things I was expected to do immediately”.  In the first week he had to make personnel changes […]

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