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    Prep for Success: What To Say During Your Job Interview

    There are many conflicting reports on what to say and what not say during a job interview. Naturally, there is a lot of pressure to make a good impression, but you may be asking yourself, “What’s better, talking too much, or not talking enough?” and other similar questions. If prepping for a...

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    Don’t be Busy – Be Productive: The Pomodoro Technique

    Does it seem like there are not enough hours in the day to complete your duties? Whether you are trying to be more efficient in your job or trying to improve the quality of your work, effective time management is a great way to stretch the clock! There are several time management techniques that...

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    Shine Bright. Be a STAR.

    “Tell me about a time when you…” If this opening line strikes a chord, you most likely experienced a behavioral interview. And if you’re like most interviewees, you find that answering these types of questions by making a connection to the potential job can be a challenge. So to ease some stress,...

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    Don’t Tip the Boat! Keys to Successful Onboarding

    An efficient organization operates like the row-crew of a racing scull, with each member pulling against the water in synchronized harmony and the coxswain providing navigational guidance. When you bring on and onboard a new team member, if they are not appropriately acclimatized, the results can...

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    A Day in the Life of an Intercept Interviewer

    Hi, my name is Chelsea and I have been a recruiter with Headway for over a year and half.

    Hi, my name is Chelsea and I have been a recruiter with Headway for over a year and half. I have been one of the main recruiters on intercept projects for the last year.

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    How to Get Your Foot in the Door

    So if you think you may have an interest, approach the job as a “foot in the door”. Can you gain some new skills and help expand your resume?

    You’ve got your eye on a manager position and have done everything right: you’ve tweaked your resume to fit the job, written a killer cover letter, and...

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    Professional Communication

    When interviewing for a job, you get many opportunities to make a good impression. However, each of those comes with the potential for leaving a bad impression. How do you maximize your chances of leaving a GOOD lasting impression, and not becoming “that candidate” who serves as a cautionary tale...

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    Silver Spoon or Scrapper

    When you are a recruiter, you tend to see a lot of resumes over the course of recruiting for one project. At times there are over 100 applicants, all vying for your attention, and it is normal to start a screening process of looking over the qualifications of the different candidates and weeding...

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    Pants Required: A Beginner’s Guide to Video Interviews

    A video interview means you don’t have to wear pants, right? Unfortunately, that is incorrect; even if your video interview will only show from the torso up, it is still advised to come to a video interview as prepared and professionally dressed as possible. Your interviewer may not be able to see...

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    Paid Trainings and How You Can Prepare for Them

    As a Program Lead, I am often asked if the training required is paid training. The Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), a part of the Department of Labor, determines what activities count as work time, for which employees must be paid. This can vary depending on when the training is expected,...

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