Articles by Leslie Stevens-Huffman
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Make Sure Interviews Don’t Turn Into Free Consulting
You expect managers to ask about your experience and skills during an interview, but it's hard to know what to say if they throw you a curve ball and ask for a step-by-step solution to a complex… -
Make Sure Interviews Don’t Turn Into Free Consulting
You expect managers to ask about your experience and skills during an interview, but it's hard to know what to say if they throw you a curve ball and ask for a step-by-step solution to a complex… -
10 Ways to Screw Up Your Cover Letter
Cover letters give you a golden opportunity to get across your passion, communication skills and technical smarts, all of which should make the reviewer want to take the next step and look at you… -
How to Prepare Yourself for Salary Negotiations
Why do some professionals earn more than others? Because those at the higher end of the scale make a habit of surveying the marketplace, taking stock of their assets and liabilities, and leveragi… -
Consider These Warnings Before Accepting a Counteroffer
Once you've decided to move from one company to another and completed the slog of your job search, what do you do when your boss offers a raise to keep you? The conventional wisdom says you shoul… -
How to Jumpstart a Stalled Job Search
New job seekers usually score several interviews fairly quickly, or at least hear from several recruiters soon after they post their resume. But if you’ve been searching for several months and in… -
Tricks to Finding the Hiring Manager’s Name
Contacting the hiring manager increases a job seeker’s visibility and success rate, but it’s hard to connect when you don't know his or her name. Control your destiny—and your ability to score in… -
4 Ways to Beat a Personality Test
Most people have fibbed at one time or another, but should you come clean on a pre-hire personality test? The good news is that it's possible to be honest and still ace the test as long as you fo… -
How To Make Online Cover Letters Work
When you're responding to an online job posting, cover letters are every bit as important as they were back when applications were sent in on old-fashioned paper. But many times, electronic syste…