Ah, the classic cover letter problem. For most candidates, it’s the most dreaded part of the hiring process. You plow through endless cover letter examples online, draft and redraft the perfect letter, all the while thinking, “surely my resume speaks for itself, what’s the point?”

While sending a thank you note after an interview can feel like a bit of a throw-back, this gesture may be more of a deal breaker than most job-seekers think. Hiring managers see the thank you note as a requirement rather than a post-interview formality. 

In the world of hiring, you will hear phrases like, “The candidate wasn’t a good culture fit.” As a hiring manager, you might have even said this yourself. But how often is what makes a good culture fit challenged? Not often enough. 

Are you a Hiring Manager looking to grow your team? You might be in the interview process, meeting with several candidates, and then you come across a candidate with a gap in their employment. If you are feeling uncomfortable asking candidates about their employment gap, or you just keep hiring the wrong people, you may not be asking the right questions.

For employees and job seekers, the topic of automation in an organization’s workforce can be challenging to understand. Is automation and technology creating or destroying human jobs? Should you, as part of the labor force, be for or against it?

Five tips that will take you from a networking newbie to a networking Rockstar.

Silicon Forest is scorching hot with hiring this summer.  Here is a list of the most in-demand roles that companies are hiring for.

The cost of integrity and honoring your personal and professional commitments is steep! You never know the doors that a casual meeting or a formal interview could open for you, but by dishonoring those commitments you could lose important opportunities.

Who makes an interview great, the candidate or the hiring manager? Trick question. The answer is actually both!

Dealing with difficult people, especially in a work setting, can be a challenge. It takes the right tools, intentions, and attitudes to make your work experience better and move forward in a positive direction!