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In 2013, Alistair Shepherd asked everyone in a business-school pitch competition to complete a survey with questions inspired by online-dating sites. It asked things like “Do you like horror movies?” and “Do spelling mistakes annoy you?” Using only the survey results—and knowing nothing about the business proposals—Mr. Shepherd predicted how well the eight teams would
Like many recent college graduates, Ben Kim felt he was casting his résumé into an abyss when he clicked “apply online” for the hundredth or so time. “The most common response was nothing,” he said. That may be because, before capturing an employer’s eye, job hunters in the digital age often have to get past
Landing your next job isn’t going to be easy. But if you learn what human resource professionals are really looking for, you can beat the odds. Human resource professionals have a set of rules, written and unwritten, and the better you learn these rules, the better you can compete and land your next role. There’s
Jobseekers will often ask me how to get their hat in the ring for certain positions. Maybe you’ve just learned of a role that was filled that you didn’t even know was open. It’s the kind of company you’d love to work for, a position you’re qualified to fill, and you’re confident that had you
Every time you head into a job interview, you know you’ll be hit with them: those cliché, tricky-to-answer questions hiring managers seem to love to ask. (Does “What is your greatest weakness?” ring a bell?) Instead of getting stuck squirming in your chair while trying to think of an answer, be ready with smart replies
Research: Find out what companies are going to be at the career fair and which one’s interest you. You can find the list under your Eagle Career Link account in the left hand column (Events-> Career Fair->Part Time Internship and Job Fair). Some of the employers have posted the positions they will be recruiting for,
This blog is a reblogged: http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/constant-learning-career/ on July 27 2016 The CIPD recently published a nice study about how the City of London Corporation is trying to encourage employees to catch the ‘learning bug’. The key objective of this policy is to improve cohesion and collaboration between different functions and specialisms, and to increase internal mobility. For
This post was reblogged from http://landanyjobyouwant.com/how-to-get-jobs-youre-unqualified-for/ on 26MAY16. October 25, 2015 by raghav If I had to describe 3 things about New Yorkers, I’d say: 1) they hate tourists 2) they hate every other city on the planet 3) THEY ALL look good. Maybe it’s just because I’m from the Midwest. But to me, everybody in NYC looks
OK, maybe its not so much dreaded as it is frequently botched. So for our third installment talking about the internet and the job search lets talk about how to successfully navigate a Skype interview. Typically you will be doing a Skype interview if, for one reason or another, you can’t be physically present for your
Part two of my internet and the job search post series. Which is really turning into a social media and the job search series. Today we turn our attention to Twitter and how it can be used (and is being used) as a job search tool. But before we start I would like to remind you to