Career Tools

Answering Illegal Interview Questions - Part 1 23.04.2026 ↓

This cast gives our guidance on answering illegal interview questions.

How To Be An Effective "Number Two" - Part 2 16.04.2026 ↓

While not all bosses do, smart and effective bosses usually name someone on their team as their "Number Two." Being a good Number Two is good for your career. Here's how to do it.

How To Be An Effective "Number Two" - Part 1 09.04.2026 ↓

While not all bosses do, smart and effective bosses usually name someone on their team as their "Number Two." Being a good Number Two is good for your career. Here's how to do it.

How Not To Multitask 02.04.2026 ↓

This cast explains our guidance on what to do instead of multitasking.

How To Answer Questions About Career History - Part 2 26.03.2026 ↓

This cast describes Career Tool's recommendations for answering questions about your career history.

How To Answer Questions About Career History - Part 1 19.03.2026 ↓

This cast describes Career Tool's recommendations for answering questions about your career history.

How to Give a Decision Briefing - Part 2 12.03.2026 ↓

This cast describes how to give a decision briefing to your manager.

How to Give a Decision Briefing - Part 1 05.03.2026 ↓

This cast describes how to give a decision briefing to your manager.

The Ethical Professional 26.02.2026 ↓

This guidance on ethical behavior serves as the foundation for all Career Tools, Manager Tools, and Executive Tools content. The principles outlined here are the underlying assumptions that inform every recommendation we make.

What Is Your Salary Expectation? 19.02.2026 ↓

This cast is another in the series of how to answer the main questions that recruiters ask.

What Is Your Current Situation? 12.02.2026 ↓

This cast describes how to effectively answer the "What's your current situation?" question from a recruiter.

360 Reviews - Providing Input - Part 2 05.02.2026 ↓

This cast explains how to respond to requests for 360 degree input.

360 Reviews - Providing Input - Part 1 29.01.2026 ↓

This cast explains how to respond to requests for 360 degree input.

5 Ways to Master Horstman's 3rd Law of Interviewing - Part 2 22.01.2026 ↓

What is this Horstman's 3rd Law of Interviewing? We'll Take 90% Less Ability for 10% More Attitude Every Day of the Week.

5 Ways to Master Horstman's 3rd Law of Interviewing - Part 1 15.01.2026 ↓

What is this Horstman's 3rd Law of Interviewing? We'll Take 90% Less Ability for 10% More Attitude Every Day of the Week.

The Basics of Calendar Management - Part 2 08.01.2026 ↓

Part 2 of our recommendations about calendar management.

The Basics of Calendar Management - Part 1 01.01.2026 ↓

This cast describes the first of our recommendations about calendar management.

Work-Life Balance: The Yellow Peanut M&M Analogy - HOF 2025 25.12.2025 ↓

Our Hall Of Fame guidance on work-family balance.

Feel, Felt, Found 18.12.2025 ↓

This cast describes a simple verbal tool for addressing tension, conflict or other ineffective emotions in the workplace.

How to Answer the Leadership Style Question 11.12.2025 ↓

This cast describes how to answer the interviewing question, "Describe Your Leadership Style."

Horstman's Wager 04.12.2025 ↓

This cast is about interview preparation, and the need for ethics and candor during the process.

Preparing For Your Review - HOF 2025 27.11.2025 ↓

Our Hall of Fame guidance on how to prepare for your review.

How to Handle the Interview Weakness Question 20.11.2025 ↓

In this cast, we share one of the best interviewing answer templates you'll ever hear. It's simple, elegant, easy to deliver, and surprise, surprise: it directly answers the question.

How to Handle Headhunters (External Recruiters) - Part 2 13.11.2025 ↓

One of the skills that so many professionals could be so much better at with such little work is relationships with executive recruiters. The fact is, recruiters play important roles in corporate life, more today than they ever have before, and not just at executive levels. This is particularly true in the technology space.

How to Handle Headhunters (External Recruiters) - Part 1 06.11.2025 ↓

One of the skills that so many professionals could be so much better at with such little work is relationships with executive recruiters. The fact is, recruiters play important roles in corporate life, more today than they ever have before, and not just at executive levels. This is particularly true in the technology space.