Nick Kossovan
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Nick Kossovan, a veteran of the corporate landscape, offers job search advice, which appears in newspapers and online news outlets across Canada, that is pragmatic and unsweetened.
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It Is the Candidate Who Tells the Best Story Who Gets Hired
A six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Almost every hire I have ever made was a result of my being able to relate, at least on some level, to the candidate’s story. Solutions, right answers, and great ideas are as exciting as watching paint dry. On the other hand, who does not love risk-takers, plain talkers, and underdogs?
By Nick Kossovan3 years ago in Lifehack
A Game-Changing Factor to Job Search: Your Ability to Make Human Connections
This column will be a departure from my usual job-searching topics to focus on something crucial to a successful job search and your career momentum, especially when networking and interviewing: making human connections.
By Nick Kossovan3 years ago in Lifehack
Rethink Your Job Search Strategy. Think Like a Marketer!
Most people start looking for a job out of necessity (e.g., laid off, fired, their job was outsourced, the business closed) without a plan of action or any sense of direction, applying haphazardly to jobs posted online, in panic-like mode.
By Nick Kossovan3 years ago in Lifehack
Interview Preparation Beyond the Bare Minimum Boosts Your Likelihood of Success
“Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation, there is sure to be failure.” – Confucius Would you disagree with Confucius? What about Polish-born American film producer Samuel Goldwyn, who once said a universal truth about achieving success when he said, “The harder I work, the luckier I get.”?
By Nick Kossovan3 years ago in Lifehack
5 Ways to Overcome Education Snobbery
Many employers practice education snobbery. Often an employer is judgmental about a candidate’s educational history, including the institutions they attended, the courses they took, and the marks they received or their lack of education.
By Nick Kossovan3 years ago in Lifehack
Do Not Just Negotiate Your Starting Salary
While we all know money is not everything, most job seekers only negotiate salary when negotiating a job offer. Presuming the hiring manager says, “$85,000 is the best I can do,” then your next words should be along the lines of:
By Nick Kossovan3 years ago in Lifehack
Focus on the Value You Create for Employers, Not Your Skills
“I don’t believe in work, I only believe in creating value.” – James Blacker. The value created by employees determines a company’s survival and future. Therefore, employers focus on the candidate’s potential value to their company when hiring.
By Nick Kossovan3 years ago in Longevity
Shorten Your Job Search by Writing a Compelling Value Proposition Letter — Part 2
This is part two of a two-part series on writing a compelling value proposition letter. In this article, I will be keeping the promise I made in my last article (Part 1) to provide examples of value proposition letters you can send unsolicited to employers as part of your job search activities. In other words, you are not responding to a job posting with your resume and a value proposition letter; instead, you are fishing for possible employment opportunities now or in the future.
By Nick Kossovan3 years ago in Lifehack
