You’ve just turned in the best interview performance of your life, laying out a clear and convincing narrative of your skills and experience and tackling every question put to you with ease and precision. After a closing round of handshakes and fond farewells, you’re convinced that your interviewers were impressed with your performance. All in …
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Cover Letter Boot Camp: What You Need To Prepare For The Writing Process
Have you ever spent an entire day staring anxiously at a blank computer screen, your nerves getting more tightly wound with every maddening blink of the cursor? Maybe you’ve even bought a book of sample cover letters, but you’re still not quite sure how to translate your skills and career credentials into the kind of …
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How Much Information is Too Much? Setting Disclosure Boundaries for Interview Success
Whether you’re the quiet and reserved type or an incorrigible blabbermouth, interviews tend to magnify the extremes in each jobseeker’s unique communication style. Let’s face it – there are few situations in life that are more stressful than a job interview, and stress can quickly bring out the worst in those of us who aren’t …
5 Nonverbal Communication Cues to Use in the Job Search
Before your next job interview, consider the power of nonverbal communication cues to help you stand out to the hiring manager. Many times the people who look the best on paper are not actually the best people to hire for a service oriented hospitality job. By the time you sit down for the actual interview, the interviewer …
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Use Your Multilingual Skills to Land a Great Restaurant Job
The ability to speak, read and write another language is desirable to employers, especially in the restaurant industry. Bilingual Restaurant Job Hotspots Throughout Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, the tourism and dining entertainment industries are booming and contribute billions to the economy each year. While travelers from any corner of the globe …
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Top Tips For Speeding Up The Job Interview Process
So, you blazed through the job interview with flying colors. You exited graciously, offering firm handshakes and heartfelt thanks all around, leaving the hiring manager visibly impressed. After the interview, you promptly followed up with a handwritten note expressing gratitude to the employer for their time and consideration. Four days later, you called for a …
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Make Your Resume Walk the Talk
As a job seeker, always remember that resumes that highlight action and accomplishment score over resumes that list tasks and duties. Every business exists for a reason: Profits. From an employer’s perspective, an employee is an investment. Think about when you last made an investment. What were the two things you actively sought? Likely, you …
Kick Start Your Resort Career
Are you considering a career in the resort industry? Each year, thousands of people choose resort jobs as a way to travel the world, gain valuable work experience and meet new people. Resort jobs offer employees the opportunity to experience the best in outdoor and leisure activities while also building a rewarding careers and building …
How to Succeed in Hospitality When You’re an Introvert
How do you know you’re an introvert vs. an extrovert? Everyone has a little of each in their personality and you may tend more toward one set of traits than the other. Both are a “spectrum” of traits, not just one characteristic. You can take a type of personality test that can reveal your tendencies, …
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What is an “Experiential Interview?”
What is an “Experiential Interview?” This type of interview differs from the traditional approach because instead of relying on your opinion, it asks for concrete examples of what you’ve done in the past. In traditional interviews, you may be asked questions like “what are your strengths and weaknesses?” and “where do you see yourself in …