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Month: October 2021

Should You Follow Up After an Interview?
Career Advice

Should You Follow Up After an Interview?

An interview is one of the best ways to get ahead in your career, but not all interviews are created equal. Interviews are exciting, nerve-wracking, and stressful. After every interview, it doesn’t help that you wonder if you did the job well enough or if they hated you. So, should you follow up after the interview? Following Up After an Interview: Should I Do It or Not? That is a question that is plaguing many a job candidate, and it’s one that is not easy to answer. Many believe that a job candidate should follow up after an interview, but then there are those who feel that it is a sign of desperation. There are arguments on both sides, and it is difficult to decide. Well, the answer depends on your job and company. For example, the person answering the phone at a call center probab...
Are Video Interviews Here to Stay?
Business, Career Advice

Are Video Interviews Here to Stay?

As COVID restrictions relax and video interviewing is no longer essential, will face-to-face interviews regain popularity, or will video interviewing remain centre stage? For certain roles a face-to-face meeting will still be necessary at the final stages of the recruitment process, however the many benefits of video interviewing for both employers and candidates will ensure that it remains mainstream: Benefits for employers: Even before COVID, employers were opening their eyes to the huge time and cost saving benefits of both pre-recorded and live video interviews. While the actual interview may last the same amount of time, the economies of time around scheduling video interviews mean that unsuitable applicants can be eliminated early in the process with reduced time and effort. ...