After we all sat down, the organizer said, “Let’s take a moment and go around the room and have everyone introduce themselves.” Then came the kicker. “And while you’re at it,” he said, “take a few ...

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Hiring managers all have their favorite interview questions, but they’re typically some variation of the common ones. For example, you might get, “How would your colleagues describe you?” or “Use ...

Picture this: You meet someone new. “What do you do?” he asks. “I’m an architect,” you say. “Oh, really?” he answers. “Have you designed any buildings I’ve seen?” “Maybe,” you reply. “We did the new ...

Do you use cheesy clichés, overblown superlatives, or breathless adjectives to describe yourself in your social media profiles and marketing materials? Do you write things about yourself you would ...