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Personality Trumps Passion for your Career

"Do What You Love and The Money Will Follow!"

How often have you heard that advice? Perhaps you have heard it personally or perhaps you have heard it repeated to others, but the odds are you have heard this or a variation of this advice many times. What do you think? Is this true for some, many, most, a very small few?

Emerging Jobs and Career Trends

In this rapidly evolving economy your ability to anticipate and adapt to change is everything. An ongoing awareness of what is coming next may not always be easy but it should always be on our mind. In this post I am going to share some of the Career Intelligence I have found on the topic of emerging Jobs and Career Trends. After you read this blog if you have any questions or anything to add join me in the Careeradex Career Intelligences Groups (Premium Members Group) to continue the conversation.

Candidate Screening Assessments: What the Job Seeker Should Know Part II

This is part 2 or a 2 part series

What is a Screening Assessment?

In the previous post, we discussed why an employer might use a candidate screening test. Now, we will discuss 3 different kinds of screening assessments that an employer might use on a candidate.

3 Types of Common Screening Assessments

Cognitive abilities

Thinking, processing, reasoning, numeracy, logic (think LSAT, GMAT, GRE type assessments)

Career Changers Change Your Approach to the Job Search

Career Changers be ready to Change your Approach

Recruiters look at your resume for 10 seconds or less

Would you Give an Interviewer the Keys to Your House?

Is Your Facebook Account Off Limits to an Employer?

What would you do if you were asked to hand over the keys to your home during a job interview? What if you were asked to handover the password to your bank account?

With criminal records checks, driving records, credit card records, medical exams, reference checks and more how long until you are asked for the keys to your home or bank account password?

How prepared are you to address requests that you feel violate your privacy during an interview?