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The Phone Interview

The Phone Interview

We’ve all heard about job interviews. But picture this scenario: you’re job-hunting, and a prospective employer, whom you are interested to work for, considers your application and asks whether or not you would like to be scheduled for a phone interview. You accept, of course, but in the back of your mind, you might be [...]

Tips to guide you through a hell called Job Interviews Part 1

Tips to guide you through a hell called Job Interviews Part 1

  A successful interview is the key to a new job, but when most people think about interviews, they freak out. Don’t be afraid anymore, because with the 7 tips I have for you, mastering an interview will seem like a piece of cake. Preparation The most important thing to do when you preparing for [...]

Topjob: Stewardess

Topjob: Stewardess Marjolein Miedema (25) is a stewardess at the KLM. She’s flying all around the world since a few months. ‘My father and brother are both pilots, so it’s not really weird that I’ve become a stewardess. I first received my master degree in Health Science, before I apply for a job at the [...]

Business meetings. Do them right!

Business meetings. Do them right!

  Back in a simpler time, when a cup of coffee cost a dime, a movie cost a nickel, and a senate seat in New Jersey cost maybe a hundred bucks, the mass of men made their livings with their muscles. People of our sex built the Hoover Dam, erected the Empire State Building, and [...]

A good handshake: the 2nd impression

A good handshake: the 2nd impression

  Everyone knows that 1st impression are your clothes, but when you get into that room, solliciting for that job, you better makes you 2nd impression count too. That is, the handshake. Here’s a simple howto. A perfect handshake is in the eyes. If you want the guy’s money (why else would you want to [...]