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How Not to Get Burned in the Interview Hot Seat

I’ve got a job interview on Monday morning. I know no one at this workplace and know only a bit about ... sitting in … interview technique,interviewing in English,job interview skills,job interview tips,the...

‘Why didn’t I get the job?’: Our Need for Post-Interview Answers

...good many years ago, I still remember my first interview in Norway. I had answered a newspaper ad posting ... newly started school in the area. The student body was made up of adults (as in age 19 and over) who...

How to Explain a [Hole/Gap] in Your CV

...running a course, I don’t often correct anyone’s English. In fact, just the opposite – when starting out, ... We’re not back in grammar school English … CV writing skills,cv writing tips,english CV,English language skills...

No, Really: Why Didn’t I Get the Job? Foreign Speakers’ Need to Be in the Interview Feedback Loop

...out why we didn’t get a job offer after being interviewed. Something we said? Didn’t say? Just the basic ... didn’t get … English language skills,intercultural communication,international workplace,interview skills,interview...

Be your best: Interview tips for second-language Zoomers

...a second language English speaker who’s got a Zoom interview coming up? Working in Norway Here’s some ... some sympathy – it’s hard enough to do an in-person interview in a different language, much less a virtual...

Cross-Cultural Confusion: What’s Not to Love at an Interview?

...communication,international workplace,interview skills, Working in Norway I went on LinkedIn the other ... a new position somewhere out in the working world. I see that my tone in the previous sentence is mildly...

Minding the Gap of Underemployment

Halfway through my course on interview technique (in English) last week, I brought up the slide on which ... which appeared what turned out to be a dreaded interview question: “So, please tell me/us, why do you want...

The Unspoken Yet Real Reason You Didn’t Get Called For That Job Interview

Ryan in which she lists five potential changes in the company at which ‘you’ have just interviewed that ... job search,job seeking,LinkedIn profile, Working in Norway I just finished reading an article on LinkedIn...

Praise Be – Or Not?

Last fall in Bergen, Norway, an unexpected thing happened while I was teaching an evening course on interview ... interview technique in English to a group of unemployed engineers who had lost their jobs because of...

When Just Being Nice Won’t Cut It: Why You Need Interview Adjectives/Examples

Does anybody actually enjoy being interviewed? Sitting in the hot seat being grilled and judged and found…acceptable ... …wanting? Probably not, which is why people attend interview technique courses to learn how to best handle...

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The Intercultural Interview Dating Game: Us vs Them?

...answers, as both parties try to get to know one another in order for them to decide if they want to take their ... new relationship to the next level. job interview, Working in Norway Sometimes the best thing to come...

Hate Your CV? Try Some TLC

...business English,CV writing skills,English writing skills,job search,job seeking tips,working in norway ... norway,writing skills, Working in Norway I’ve realized lately how many job seekers have written to me saying...

Let’s be perfectly clear: Writing the Summary on your CV

The fact that there is no clear right or wrong in resume writing frustrates some job seekers, especially ... cv writing tips,English writing skills,job search,job seeker,job seeking, Working in Norway The fact...

“Why Do You Want the Job?”: Your Words Lost and Found

...home page, I came across a short article written in Norwegian where the author was responding to job ... been called in for an interview after sending … application letter,CV writing skills,English language skills...

Understanding the Underground: Why Foreign Speakers Sometimes Can’t Stop Speaking

...intercultural communication,international workplace, Working in Norway “But do you know what: I am convinced that ... Dostoyevsky) It doesn’t happen often, but every once in awhile I’m reminded of books I read years ago, or...

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Application Letter Writing: A Little (List) Goes a Long Way

In my most recent blog post, I wrote about how job-seekers need to use active verbs in their writing ... writing in order for the reader to understand what they actually did/are doing at work. An extension of this...

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