While we can’t predict every question an interviewer will ask, we can prepare for the most common ones. Among those common interview inquiries are the six most common behavioral interview questions. When crafting an answer, it helps to know the purpose of each question and why it’s being asked. Each question has a goal. […]
Category: Recruitment
10 Interview Questions and Answers
You landed the interview – congratulations! Over the next few days, you’ll want to prepare for your interview. Pick out the right outfit, plan for the drive to ensure you arrive 15 minutes early, and practice your answers to the questions that will most likely be asked. While it isn’t guaranteed what they will ask, […]
Skills Employers Are Looking For
There are two types of skills that employers are looking for: soft skills and hard skills. Soft skills are interpersonal; they’re qualities a person has learned overtime through their experiences and often have naturally. Hard skills are proficiencies that can be learned through education and training and often have physical representations, like certifications or degrees, […]
How to Write a Cover Letter That Will Get You Hired
There are quite a few steps a job seeker takes during the job hunt, but the most difficult for a lot of people is writing the cover letter. It sounds far too simple, but it’s often forgotten – a cover letter is a letter. When writing correspondence, there are a few stand-by rules to follow: […]
The Four Cs: Interview the Interviewer
When preparing for an interview, it’s a best practice to prep a few questions for the interviewer. It’s hard to think of what to ask. You think to yourself, “it’s their job to be asking the questions, right?” Wrong. You get to ask. And you should! So, where do you start? We break it down […]
Meet April’s Speaker: Jane Boutwell
Traits of Top Tier Talent: Accountability in Communication We are excited to announce Jane Boutwell as our April Speaker! Jane is an executive trainer, corporate learning leader, presentation coach, and speech communications consultant at JB Communications. Jane helps companies retain top tier talent through employee training and development. Great communication skills can change how team work […]
Meet March’s Speaker: Kent Lewis
5 Strategies to Turn an Internship into a Career in Search Marketing We are excited to introduce Kent Lewis as pdxMindShare’s speaker for March! Kent Lewis is the President and Founder of Anvil Media, a digital marketing agency in Portland, Oregon and has co-founded a handful of agencies and organizations, including pdxMindShare, eROI, and SEMpdx. […]
It’s a Wrap! What a Great 2016, pdxMindShare!
What a year it’s been! From losing our long-time venue and friends at Trader Vic’s and trying out some new locations like Ecliptic and Touché before landing at the Lucky Lab on Quimby, to the excellent people I get to see each month, I couldn’t be more touched with the MindShare group. Each month, our […]
Meet Randy Wright, July’s MindShare Speaker
With the 4th of July holiday behind us, our July event is quickly approaching! We’ll be back at Lucky Lab on NW Quimby on July 20th starting at 4:30PM. This month we’ll have first-time speaker Randy Wright, a successful marketing professional who has worked with and coached countless professionals, speak about a component that could […]
pdxMindShare’s October Presentation on LinkedIn with Vicki Lind
Tonight we had the pleasure of hosting first time speaker Vicki Lind as well as her colleague Ursala Garbrecht of Vicki Lind and Associates. They presented on LinkedIn and how best to make a user’s profile optimized with the proper keywords, how to develop a great summary and the best way to make use of […]
