Job Tips - Category: Careers & Coffee

Careers & Coffee: How to Handle Interview Questions

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In this episode of Careers & Coffee, Liz and Dan discuss behavioral interview questions that you need to be ready for during an interview.  Behavioral interview questions are an unbiased way to pose questions to a potential employee.  There are some good ways to prepare yourself for these questions, and we go into some detail on how to combat these type of questions. Other topics we cover is how to handle yourself under pressure.

Careers & Coffee: Filling out online job applications

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In this episode of Careers & Coffee, Liz and Dan dive into some details about filling out online job applications. Dan Holterhaus 0:00 All right, we're back after a little hiatus from careers and coffee, coming right back at you. With our coffee, Liz Kennedy 0:09 coffee Dan Holterhaus 0:10 How are you doing? Liz Kennedy 0:12 Well, we have not stopped drinking coffee even though we have stopped. We were a little bit of a hiatus on the podcast.

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Careers & Coffee 15: What’s your one thing?

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In this week's episode of Careers & Coffee, Liz and Dan discuss finding your one thing, or your one superpower in the workplace.  I read a great book about this call The One Thing, by Gary Keller, and he even has an entire podcast and website dedicated to this over at the1thing.com. Searching for your next gig?  Head on over to Corridor Careers where we have over 450 local jobs available in Eastern Iowa!

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Careers & Coffee #14: Keep at it and you will find your fit

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In this week's episode of Careers & Coffee, Adamu joins Liz and Dan to discuss his recent job search and how he landed at The Gazette.  There are lots of good takeaways from this podcast, make sure to tune in! Need some help with your resume?  Check out IowaWORKS or Kirkwood Community College, which is available to anyone, not just Kirkwood students.   Full Transcript: Dan Holterhaus 0:00 All right.

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