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You are not wasting your time by learning new skills. If for nothing else, it keeps your mind busy and preventing mental atrophy. And it is never bad to have new skills under your belt when you are lo …

if you send them anything but what format they are asking, you are diminishing your chances of being considered for this job. You understand this right ? The reason they are asking for resumes in cert …

As a rule of thumb, in the hiring process, if someone you trust refers some person to you, it means that (at least most of the time) they are willing put their relationship with you, under stress. Bec …

I am not sure how the recruiters in Germany work, but if it is anything like here in the USA, you should avoid one particular type of recruiter: The pesky one. By which, I mean, the person, who is loc …

The main problem is, these people are not here in the US. Hence their language skills can not get any better just by trying to talk to someone on the phone. Most of them are in India, using a VoIP num …

Since you have got the interview opportunity, go for it and explain your experience level, noting that you know you are not exactly qualified for this position but you are a quick learner. Most inter …

No, you are not ruining your chances of being employable. As a matter of fact, you are increasing your chances. If your workplace is so out of the norm, why don’t you try to implement some of the thin …

if they have a website, you can go to archive.org and see how far back it goes and what it looked like. A professional company will not have a website, which looks like it was created as a high school …

Whatever you do to get an equivalency will not do you any good unless it is stamped by the authority that your prospect employers' background verification agency is using. As far as I know there is no …

Usually, you find your mentor at your workplace, as both parties will have a mutually beneficial relationship. He/She, i.e., your mentor, takes away from his time to guide you in the right direction a …

Multi stage interview is very common for large corporations. Usually, it starts with a phone screening and provided you pass that, you get to meet the hiring manager and one or more of his trusted emp …

You are not looking for a tech support person only but someone who is happy with mundane. A very though-sell. People who do techie stuff, do it because they are hungry for learning. Unfortunately, in …

My advice would be to get a recommendation from someone at the company, for whom your project made a lot of money. Not the endorsement type, by someone clicking "YES" button, but someone, preferably, …

It is a double edge sword. Yes it will have some consequences as it will make your work history spotty, but at the same time, if you are working from a very early age, without any significant gaps bet …

If you are at the beginning stages of your career, i.e. less than five years since you graduated college and join the ranks of working class, the year old work history at one place is not really consi …