Following up with the people you communicate with during each stage of the hiring process shows that you are grateful and excited about the position. This will likely help to increase your chances of getting to the next interview, and eventually receiving an offer.

In your interview follow-up email, start by thanking your interviewer for their time. Be sure to highlight the ways your talents align with the role. The goal with the follow up email is to communicate your enthusiasm for the job by restating your interest in the position and your conviction that you are the right fit for the position.

In recent years, tools such as networking sites and trends in remote work have given candidates the ability to broaden their job searches and apply to multiple roles simultaneously. These advancements have also increased the number of candidates considered for a single role, which makes the overall process more competitive. If you're currently searching for a new role, reaching out to a hiring manager directly may help you stand out and open doors to new opportunities.

If you want to stand out as a promising candidate, you’ll want to be ready to answer some common questions so you can come across as polished and professional. Here are a few of the most common questions recruiters ask candidates as they assess whether you may be right candidate to pitch to their clients.

Learning is essential to our existence. Just like food nourishes our bodies, information and continued learning nourishes our minds. Lifelong learning is an indispensable tool for every career and organization.

You’ve heard of a post-interview thank you note. Now get ready for the post-rejection thank you note. I see WAY too many job seekers viewing rejection as the end of the line. They cut ties with everyone at the company. These are people you spent 30-60+ minutes connecting with! They know your value, they know what you offer. They can be some of the best leads for new roles if you let them. So, instead of letting rejection be the end of the line… send a post-rejection thank you!

When you are promoted from an individual contributor role into a leadership position, your job is going to undergo some fundamental changes, both in a practical day-to-day sense and in terms of the emotional and psychological impact.

To make a successful transition, you will need to adapt accordingly. This will require a shift in your focus and mindset, as well as a commitment to adopting leadership disciplines that will underpin your success.

Sometimes the toughest job interview questions are also the simplest and most direct. One you should always expect to hear and definitely prepare for: “Why do you want to work here?” This article highlights three main approaches to try when answering this common interview question.

The phone screen is a great opportunity for you to learn if the company culture is in alignment with the type of culture you’re seeking. You might consider researching the type of company culture you’re most interested in beforehand.

Part of being a recruiter means having a ton of people reaching out to you on LinkedIn for connection support - it comes with the territory and we love expanding our networks, so keep the requests coming! If you are spending part of your job hunting time reaching out to recruiters, you’re on the right track - but that's only half of the battle. The other half is ACTUALLY getting a response. If you need some help with the latter, this post should help you craft messages that stand out from the crowd.

Most of the best career advice isn’t learned in school or discussed during formal annual reviews. They’re the priceless nuggets of wisdom you tend to learn through the school of hard knocks instead – sometimes too late. One of the best gifts that seasoned leaders can give to college graduates is practical, candid feedback on what they really need to know to succeed in the “corporate jungle.”

When you’re better prepared for your interview, you’re more likely to have a favorable outcome. Regardless of what happens, preparing and having a phone interview is a great learning experience for future interviews of the same nature.

All champions know that to fail is part of the game. But what keeps them trying, after fail, fail, success, fail? The ‘growth mindset’ is usually something we find in common in a lot of leaders, athletes, and innovators.

Knowing the relationship the recruiter you are working with has with the company is helpful because there is a good chance they will have some sway over which candidate is ultimately hired.

Stop self rejecting! You have nothing to lose by applying and the only way you are going to find out if you have what it takes to land the job of your dreams is by putting yourself into consideration for it and seeing how far you make it!

The underlying capabilities, disciplines, and habits of great leadership can be learned and applied at any level. Embedding these into your toolkit at the earliest stage possible will help you navigate your first leadership transition, as well as any future transitions you’re likely to face.

Building an effective relationship with a mentee when you’re not in the same location takes extra care. Here are a few things to keep in mind before you get started!