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About Alan Kearns
Jobtrekker.ca job expert Alan Kearns is nationally known as Canada's Career Coach. He's the founder of CareerJoy (CareerJoy.com), and is recognized as one of Canada's foremost expert on all things related to careers. Alan has more than 17 years experience coaching people through successful career changes. He was voted one of Canada's Top 40 entrepreneurs under the age of 40, speaks regularly on CBC radio, as well as Chapters. He has been featured in Venture, CP24, The National Post and The Globe and Mail and is also the career expert for WorkCabin.ca, Workopolis.com and CharityVillage.com
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Why shoud I hire you? It's the key question
Thursday, 05 March 2009
Who is the person most likely to get hired? The candidate whom is most qualified? Or the candidate who has a great resume and interviews well?
In a recent study conducted, 44 recruiters were asked to interview 210 candidates for various positions. The research showed that recruiters consider interviewing skills to be far more important than background, experience, skills and grade point average. In other words, the candidates who could answer, why should I hire you?
In the most confident and clear way, were 5 times more likely to be hired over the most qualified candidate.
 
4 ways to take control over your career in a tough economy
Friday, 27 February 2009
I have a few questions for you. Who has greatest control over the direction of your career, the economy or you? What role do your personal actions play in your career outcomes? New York Times best selling author Larry Winget has written It's called work for a reason; your success is your own damn fault. I preface my comments with the reality that for some of you, Larry's style may not endear you to him. The truth sometimes hurts! Larry is an author, speaker and known as "The pit-bull of self development." He also has a very popular show on A&E called "The Big Spender."
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