Sending a resume isn’t always the best way to score a job, but if one is required you want to make sure it gets read. Reader Owen reminds us of one of the most obvious but often neglected resume strategies: send it as a PDF so you can be sure your recipient can read it.
So you’re looking to hire somebody new, and you’ve decide to do the proper and thorough thing and follow up with their referees. To make sure that process is actually useful, you need to carefully plan what you’re going to ask.
Dear Lifehacker, More and more I see employers using Facebook as a screening method for prospective employees, in one case, they even asked for passwords to privatised accounts. My question is this: does not having a Facebook account affect my employability? Will my application be scrapped due to lack of extracurricular information? And if so how do I make my (new) account show me in the best light to give perspective employers the best information? What are they looking for? Thanks, Socially Blindsided
Career adviser Katharine Brooks says “inkblot test” questions in job interviews – the “seemingly harmless questions interviewers use as icebreakers” – are much more important than you (or even your interviewer) may think. They can make or break your chance at a job.
