Tell me about yourself. Walk me through your resume. Walk me through your career. Many interviews will open with an invitation to tell your story, so you want to prepare to address that specific ...

The way to hit a home run when describing yourself in an interview is to figure out which skills are most important in the ...

What gives you a sense of self-worth? Data from my well-being survey recently revealed that positive self-views (or feeling good about oneself, a general belief that we are good, worthwhile human ...

Self-compassion reduces our feelings of shame and self-doubt. We explore a practice to help quiet our inner critic with kindness. Description: Self-compassion reduces our feelings of shame and ...

Everyone asks it, yet we’re all caught by surprise. Here are 12 key steps to avoid that interview stress. You might come across some career “experts” who suggest sticking to answers as short as 30 ...

We’ve all been there: you run into a *Very Important Career Person* at an event, or even more commonly, you’re in a job interview and it’s your turn to share things about yourself. Suddenly your mind ...

How hard is it to describe something you’ve never experienced? If you’ve never tasted a chocolate chip cookie, then explaining it to someone would be a pretty challenging exercise. Often, talking ...

Editor’s note: This article is one in a series on how to answer some of the toughest job interview questions. Looking for a new job is stressful enough, but to make matters more challenging, some ...

How do you describe yourself and your personal qualities to other people? What comes to mind when you think about your strongest characteristics? “I could never do that; I’m too much of a Type A ...

Most advice that claims to help elevate your self-esteem eventually falls flat for the same reason that, as Sancho proclaims in Cervantes’ Don Quixote, “Many words will not fill a bushel.” ...