Our guidance what you need to know about interviewing on Skype.

This is the second cast we’ve done about interviewing on Skype. In between, these interviews have got more prevalent – some first screens are done by Skype now. It’s cheap, easy and convenient for the companies who use the technology. It’s a little bit harder for the candidates, but that helps you. The more of the competition who fail at this point, the better for you. In this cast, we have four extra considerations for you when interviewing by Skype.

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Our guidance on what to do when in a long-term job search.

Long-term job searches get people down. We know that. When you’re down, it’s harder to take the right actions, with the right frame of mind. So first, we’re going to recommend actions you can take to improve your state of mind. Then we’ll move on to increasing your opportunities for success in the job search.

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Our guidance on accepting offers – how not to do it!

We covered how to decline an offer a while ago and we still got questions about how to accept offers. Then we published ‘Accepting an Offer’ and we still got questions about what’s okay and what’s not. This cast covers questions we’ve been asked about accepting offers and behaviors which are definitely NOT okay.

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Our guidance on the constituents of an offer, and knowing when you have a complete one.

Many people tell us they've been made an offer of employment, and when we ask for details, they don't have any. If your offer doesn't have all the constituent parts, it's not really an offer, it's a suggestion. Here's how to know when you really do have an offer.

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Our guidance on accepting offers – how not to do it!

We covered how to decline an offer a while ago and we still got questions about how to accept offers. Then we published 'Accepting an Offer' and we still got questions about what's okay and what’s not. This cast covers questions we’ve been asked about accepting offers and behaviors which are definitely NOT okay.

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Our guidance on accepting offers.

We covered how to decline an offer a while ago and we still get questions about how to accept offers. It’s not just about saying ‘yes’. There’s the when and how of that yes to consider.

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Our guidance on how to create a 90 day new job plan.

‘What will you do in your first 90 days’ is a common interview question – especially at mid and more senior levels. Whilst we can console ourselves that the Manager Tools guidance ‘fit in, fit in, fit in’ is right, interviewers tend to want to hear about action. Many of you want to take action too. So, okay, we give in. In this series, we’re giving you the areas where you can take action. In this cast: your role.

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This guidance describes a simple way executive succession planning is often done, and the key to mastering it.

One of the ways that senior leadership positions are determined is by asking many senior leaders whom they think would be good in the role. Sometimes, this takes the form of asking the very people being considered for the position. The right answer probably isn’t what you think.

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This is the fourth part of our guidance on how to deal with bad interviewers: those who are stony-faced.

We’ve addressed interviewers that do too much and try to take over your interview, or who are too in your face with their comments. But what about those that are too little? Those that don’t say enough or don’t respond to your answers? Those that are who give you no visual cues about whether they like you and you’re doing a good job? We’re going to address those in this cast.

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This is the third part of our guidance on how to deal with bad interviewers; those that talk too much.

We started this series by addressing what to do when you don’t get a chance to tell the interviewer about your experience because they don’t ask the right questions. But what if the problem is not the questions, but that the interviewer doesn’t let you get a word in edgeways. In this cast, we’re going to address what to do when the interviewer is taking too much of the interview and not giving you a chance.

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