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Increase your interview hit rate

As the unemployment rate increases, the competition to get in front of the prospective employer is becoming intense. What we need is to be first in the queue, however how do we achieve that?

Get the most out of an interview

Follow some simple rules and get the result you want from your next interview.

Phone interview

Telephone interviews can create special challenges for candiates and employers.

Explaining being retrenched

In a job interview, focus on what you have to offer a new employer.

Preparing for public sector…

The trick to preparing for a public sector interview is to know what is coming. Author and expert Deborah Barit tells us more.

Preparing for a group interview

I've received a few emails from candidates about "group interviews". Chelsea, 18, asked if a tank top and cargo pants were suitable interview gear while Robert wanted information about the process.

Video: Salary Negotiation

When to negotiate your salary and how. Find out negotiating tips and tricks in this video.

Video: Phone Interviews

How to win the phone interview. View this video to find out how to really impress an interviewer on the phone.

Dressing for job interviews

How to look the part and impress an employer. In this video find out what to wear and what not to wear.

Job Interview: Mind Your Manners

A Job Interviewer will form an impression about you within seconds of your first meeting courtesy is the key to success

Video: Awkward Interviews

How to tackle tricky questions and make the most of your interview. View the video for the inside answers.

Winning the “second”…

You have been selected for second interview. What now? First interview versus second interview: what is the difference? In a nutshell, the people attending each interview could change, questions...

Job interview: Weakness/strength

Don't you just hate that moment in a job interview when you're asked to reveal your strengths and weaknesses? As if you are going to answer truthfully. "My strengths include being a really good...

Behavioural interviews explained

Once used to assess senior and executive candidates, behavioural interviewing is now used to assess candidates at all levels and across a range of industries. CareerOne asked Malcolm Waldock,...

Questioning the interviewer

Q I am really interested in environmental issues. Can I ask questions about an organisation's "green" policies at an interview? A In preparing for a job interview, it is important to think about...

Dream job down to preparation

Your palms are sweating and butterflies the sizes of giant eagles are raging inside your stomach as you wait to be called in for the all-important job interview. The next 15 minutes has the...

Interviewing the interviewer

Employers are finding the power in the candidate selection process no longer is theirs, writes Amanda Horswill. Job seekers have a far greater upper hand than they have ever before. Interviews...

How to look the part

Use these tips from the experts to look the part of the successful go-getter. Chris King has worked all over the globe on some very famous faces including Aussie beauties Sarah Murdoch and Elle...

Testing times in search for truth

You can embellish your resume and it might be possible to fudge your way through a job interview, but it's impossible to fool a psychological test, according to CompAssess director Rob Atkins....

Good grooming will open doors

Image and eye contact are among the first things employers notice, writes Meredith Booth. Job-seekers should dress up as though they are going for a job interview every day, Instyle Image...

Strategies for interview nerves

Employers are not only paying attention to what you say but the softer signs that people forget about, like how a candidate holds themselves in an interview - Caroline Mathers. WHILE interview...

Interviews tips: Winning the…

Phone interviews are a common way to pre-screen candidates for face-to-face interviews. With so much at stake, it's important to make a good impression. In fact, every time you deal with a...

Testing to find the Kreme of the…

Pilots do it, police do it and now doughnut sellers are doing it but is psychometric testing a fair way of determining whether you're suited to the job you're applying for?There are different...

Uncovering interview deception

MOST job interviewers were ill equipped to spot the tell tale signs a candidate was either lying or "not telling the whole story", according to "human lie detector" Steven Van Aperen. A former...

Teleconference favoured interview…

TELECONFERENCING is becoming a widespread practice for job interviews in Queensland. It has become so common that, in many instances, a job seeker may not come face-to-face with his or her new...

What clothes reveal

SEXY dresses could diminish the chances of success at an interview and could hinder career progression in executive positions, research from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, says....