Posts by Joe Stimac

Understand these biases and win! You will not find this topic in many job search books, but it is crucial to your success in the interview.  Interviewers deploy numerous biases when they meet you for the first time.  Biases are preconceived judgments about a candidate that impact how the interviewer sees you upon meeting you…

International students and job seekers with work Visas can gain a significant advantage by understanding how top employers hire.  Few international job seekers truly understand how employers hire, what they fear, what they expect, what they listen for, and how they evaluate candidates.  Understanding these topics becomes your competitive advantage. Interview Ready starts with an…

I had a college senior write to tell me she did not get the job because the interviewer told her she didn’t have any relevant prior work experience. She gave up at that point. Nothing could be further from the truth! Consider the following. What do most jobs require? Ability to think, read, write, meet…

Winning job offers is difficult in today’s highly competitive global job market. Your competition is investing heavily to get every possible advantage. To win, you must think about the job opportunity as if you were the employer. The job opening exists because you need to hire someone to perform the key tasks and work well…