Are you missing professional opportunities because you're not managing your career as effectively as you could be?
Whose resume delivers an invitation to interview? Which candidate gets the job offer? Who has a better chance of holding on to his or her job during a downturn? Who's more likely to get promoted?
It would be logical to conclude that, in each case, it's the best qualified individual who's more apt to succeed. But that's not the way it works.
The best candidate is the one who's more likely to come out on top. Now, from time to time that person may end up being the one who's also the most qualified…but it's not necessarily the case. In fact – the well qualified person often gets left behind in the dust. Best qualified does not always equal best candidate.
The Interview Edge helps you become the best candidate
Some of the finest professional advice you'll ever receive can come from a good executive recruiter…someone who knows what candidates need to do to succeed…someone who knows how to transform well qualified individuals into the best candidates.
Two problems with that: not all searches involve recruiters - and some recruiters are better than others. What if you had insider's access to a first-rate recruiter's toolkit whenever you needed it?
As a recruiter and career consultant, I've spent years helping professionals land jobs. Now I can help you, too, whether you're navigating your way through a job search or interested in more purposefully charting your professional course. This website is your ticket to strategies that work; use them to elevate your game and become the best candidate you can be.
What you'll find here
This site is your point of entry to a wealth of practical, effective tools and tips you can apply to your situation, whether or not you're looking for work right now.
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You can sign up for my series of newsletters designed to help you achieve a competitive edge. The articles you'll receive will contain tips and tools you can use to elevate your performance and will be delivered directly to your inbox. When you sign up, you'll also receive a bonus…a chapter from my book The Interview Edge entitled “Surviving a Layoff.” Consider this a little bit of insurance. As with any insurance policy, it's something you need to have but hope not to use!
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Next, there's the blog, I post to it each weekday. It includes advice and comment along with links to various resources – a repository of sorts – that you may find useful. The archives are organized by topic to make it easier to review them. You can sign up to have it delivered to your inbox every day if you choose.
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Finally, if you want to dig in further and find out in detail what you can do to give yourself a competitive advantage, there's also information about my book, The Interview Edge. It's a comprehensive, 210-page career success guide in instantly downloadable format.
Why this is a good resource
I got into the recruiting business in 1995. Since then, both as an executive recruiter and a career consultant, I've worked with hundreds of candidates. I was a partner in a Top 50 national search firm before going on to co-found my own recruiting agency.
Specializing in the broadband and telecommunications industries, my clients have ranged from startups to Fortune 500 corporations. I've placed candidates in positions ranging from middle management to "C" level.
I've also spent time on the "other side" as a telecom industry marketing executive. Tap into my perspectives as an executive recruiter, corporate exec, and small business owner — and take away insights you can apply to your situation right away.
So...I invite you to have a look around and get ready to make yourself the best candidate you can be.
Here's to your success!
Rebecca Metschke
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The Interview Edge Reports: a series of newsletters to help you perform at your peak...whether or not you're currently looking for work.
Why subscribe?
These strategies aren’t rocket science – to a good recruiter, they’re second nature. The average professional, though, isn't dealing with the hiring process on a daily basis. That's exactly why this information is so valuable; it's a means to access that accumulated knowledge about how to improve marketability. To the person minding his or her career, this information is golden… because learning how to become the best candidate possible isn’t something most people intrinsically know how to do.
Lisa Schulteis
Recruiting Consultant
Inde Supply Chain
Recruiters
There's a lot of information out there about jobs and careers, but who has time for it all? This newsletter is an exception - it's welcome in my inbox. Rebecca’s tips are solid; she knows the subject. She covers not just the job search but beyond it, to issues regarding employment outlook and career management. That's why I intend to keep reading.
Brian Quirk
Telecom Industry
Executive Consultant
The free information is really good – plenty of beneficial recommendations on both career management and job search related topics. So I went on to read The Interview Edge, which is filled with useful tips and sound advice. If you think the free stuff is good (which it is), wait until you get to the book.
Michael Herold
Senior Solutions
Consultant
Computer Software Industry
