Author: Nick Kossovan

When job seekers complain about being ghosted—a form of silent rejection where candidates hear nothing after submitting an application or…

Readers often ask me for insight into the mysterious and confusing “how employers hire.” While the recruitment process—keep in mind…

“The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.” – Arab proverb. If you spend time on LinkedIn, you’ll undoubtedly notice…

Some years back, a late afternoon on New Year’s Eve. My phone rang as I walked along the newly snow-plowed…

Thanks to the Internet, today, our attention span flickers like digital pixels; hence, if you want to be noticed, you…

Someone recently asked me, “What do you think most job seekers lack? My immediate answer: “Curiosity.” Lack of curiosity and…

As we embark on another back-to-school season, the absence of a formal social media curriculum, particularly for high school students,…

Why do job seekers insist on complaining about or fighting things they’ve no control over? The most successful people I…

Employers are human beings; like all humans, they look out for their interests. In other words, companies structure their hiring…

Making assumptions (read: You notice, you imagine.) about other people based on their appearance, what they say or don’t say,…