Editorial Staff

Unlike the professional skills and experiences you gain through formal training or education, soft skills are those elusive interpersonal skills, personality traits, character attributes, or communication styles that will determine how you interact with your colleagues and the success or failure of the relationships you form in the workplace.
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It’s one of the biggest sources of anxiety when you’re on the job market: being faced with tough interview questions that you aren’t quite sure how to answer.
It’s prudent to be aware of certain types of questions that -- while perhaps valid -- just don’t belong in this particular professional encounter and, in fact, could harm your candidacy and reflect negatively on your reputation if asked.
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First impressions matter, and during your first few weeks at your new job, you’re laying the groundwork and establishing those key working relationships and processes that will set you up for success in the long run.
Whether you’re doing pre-interview research or you’ve already received a job offer and are deciding whether or not to accept it, the research phase of your job search is perhaps the most critical from a job seeker’s perspective.
You likely know that there are some inappropriate interview questions that are off-limits in a job interview. But do you know that many questions are illegal?
Are you feeling discouraged because you’re not getting the kind of offers or feedback that you want or need?
While it’s unlikely that you’ll get the answers you want to all of your questions, there are still appropriate ways to approach your interviewers or the employer and find out as much as you can about their decision.
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