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In Melbourne and memorizing your answers to interview questions – stop right now and read this.

by Karalyn April 11, 2013

Memorizing answers is one of the least effective ways to prepare for an interview. If you do that you risk sounding forced, artificial and “rehearsed,” which is a charisma killer at a time when you need to stand out as yourself. You also may find that you miss the point of the question as your brain focuses on remembering your answer, or you become even more nervous when you come across something you have not prepared for.

There’s a better way to prepare for interviews and it comes from Interview IQ’s favourite interview coach Deborah Barit. Deborah will be running two small group interview sessions – ‘the secrets to interview success.’ Read on for more detail…..

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[Infographic] Revealed – 5 surefire ways to lose your interviewer within the first 30 seconds!

by Karalyn February 26, 2013

There’s a saying that you never get a second chance to make a first impressions. That’s so true in interviews. As former recruitment consultants, HR managers, business owners and government panelists, the team at interviewIQ have interviewed thousands of people. So we’ve put together this infographic to give you an insight into what your interviewer is really thinking when you answer the question “tell me about yourself.”…..with just one tiny part of our tongues in our cheeks :-)

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Life, Career and Social Media Do’s and Dont’s for 2013

by Richard January 16, 2013

It’s the New Year and 2013′s resolutions may already be heading in the same direction as last year’s for many of us.

So I thought it may make sense instead to offer you a series of “New Years Suggestions” that you can pick and choose from.

They’re smart, sage, sensible and funny so Happy New Year, read on and enjoy.

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Tell me about yourself – Great tips and examples to help you nail this question without embarrassing yourself!

by Karalyn December 30, 2012
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Did you know that one of the most common interview questions is tell me about yourself?

Yet when people are asked “tell me about yourself” they tend to go “blah blah blah” – or blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.

In answering this question, it’s critical to make an impact within the first 30 seconds.

In this blog post I’ll give you four tips to help you master this question in a way that will have the interviewer lean forward to say “tell me more.”

Then when you’ve read the tips, I’ll give you an easy way to answer this question plus examples to help you craft a powerful response that will propel the interview in a direction that you’d like to take it.

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The Existential Career Crisis – a guide to success.

by Richard December 8, 2012

Unless you’re one of the fortunate few with a passion-focussed career since you left school, you may well find yourself disorientated and directionless on a GPS-free career super highway!

Well thanks to the return of our guest blogger Steven Solodky; who introduced us to the dilemma of the “Existential Career Crisis”, help is at hand.

Read on and our experienced career adventurer Steven will guide your journey towards a dream career.

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Blueprint for a New Career

by Richard December 1, 2012

The Australian Blueprint for Career Development is a framework first developed in Canada and re-worked to assist Australians to shape their careers in the 21st century. Aimed at both school age children and adults, at it’s core is a flexible approach to life, learning and work/life balance. Although designed to be used by career development professionals and employment providers, it also offers useful tools and insights for the individual.

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(Video) Blog Spotter Ten

by Richard November 24, 2012

The Blog Spotter returns, but this time it’s all video. So now you hardly have to do any reading and you still get to be well informed!

Hopefully these funny, scary, thought provoking little vids about job interviews, global career shifts and unusual job choices are also somewhat entertaining.

So sit back InterviewIQers, relax, grab a big bowl of buttery microwave popcorn and enjoy!

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Compassion and Altruism as a Means to a Better Life (and career)

by Richard November 18, 2012

Compassion and altruism can so often be pushed to one side in the rush to achieve and reach our goals. However research is beginning to indicate that a sincere and authentic concern for others can promote our immune systems and decrease stress. Dr James Doty’s inspirational life journey indicates that real happiness often as not has little to do with acquiring assets and wealth. Read on to learn how compassion can flourish in the most unexpected of circumstances and lead to equally unexpected career shifts.

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Impressive Interviews is coming to Melbourne

by Richard November 13, 2012

Deborah Barit the Director of Impressive Interviews and author of Impressive Interviews – Your pocket sized personal interview trainer and coach specialising in preparing clients for job interviews will be in Melbourne from 26-30 November 2012 to conduct two seminars on How to Prepare for Job Interviews. Read on for all the details…..

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