It’s been a long pandemic - and it’s nowhere close to over. But the working world looks vastly different than it did this time last year. Businesses have mostly adapted to a new dispersed, remote, or socially distanced reality, and the job market has opened up considerably. Unfortunately for job-seekers, there are many more of them than there are positions to fill. According to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data, about 19.4 million people are unemployed in the U.S., and they’re competing for just 9.2 million job openings. It’s tough out there.

So how do you stand out? In a few words: Authenticity, tenacity, and strategy. Here’s what I mean.

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If we all really take the time to reflect, we can figure out what we want to do. The problem is that we are often too scared to go after it, or we don’t take the time to recognize our skill set and find a career to utilize it. Here are are a few examples:

You like to work with your hands, be outside and be your own boss. I hear this all the time from folks who are applying to our welding schools. And sure enough, in six short months, they learn a trade that makes them great money, and they are able travel the world working when they want!

I also connect with people who want to work from home. They don’t want to be in an office, but would rather work behind the scenes building websites. A simple search, and they find an online coding bootcamp that changes their lives in just a few months.

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One of the final but most crucial steps before landing a job is the interview. Many employers ask variants of the same few questions, so we thought we would let you know what those questions are and how you can prepare for them. Here are what we have found to be the ten most common questions as well as our advice for answering them.

Read the ten most common interview questions here.