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Need an account? Click here to register. Forgot password? Click here.Currency concerns, unemployment, earthquakes?! A combination of factors have come together in the past several months to create an economy that is….well, a little unstable to say the least. This instability can make it difficult for both job seekers and employers alike to know what’s next, what’s around the bend and how to manage. Based …
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Age discrimination, unfortunately, is rampant. As much as we wish it weren’t so, here’s proof. ProPublica.org, an independent, non-profit investigative journalism website, published a story in December 2018 that reported that 56 percent of people older than 50 are being “pushed out’ of “longtime” jobs “before they choose to retire.” Just one in 10 of …
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The pandemic has turned what was a years-long robust candidate market into one that greatly favors employers. Businesses now can be very picky about which candidates they wish to interview because so many people have lost their jobs in recent months. In fact, I’ve had two instances of the following happen to my candidates in …
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When it became apparent that the Covid-19 pandemic meant that a larger segment of the workforce was now going to work from their homes, one concern was the impact on worker productivity. Would workers who were used to working on-site with in-person supervision, access to familiar technology, daily interaction with their co-workers…
It happens all the time – you’re scanning job postings and you come across your dream job. Maybe it’s the title you’ve always wanted, or a company that you’ve been dying to work for. Your excitement quickly fades, however, as you realize your years of experience are just shy of what they’re asking for, or …
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Let’s say you’re on an interview for a job opportunity you found yourself. Things are going well. In fact, they are going so well that you’re called back for a second or even third interview and then – oh, happy, happy day!!! – you’re offered the job and the hiring manager asks you what your …
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We conducted – admittedly unscientific – polls on LinkedIn recently (now closed) to both job seekers and hiring managers/company leaders. The results were….interesting: Each group was asked to rate among four choices what they believed was the “most important attribute in hiring”: Work experience Cultural fit Specific skill set College degree One hundred and sixty-nine …
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Do you get nervous before a job interview? Probably. Do you get really nervous? That’s typical, too. Yet there’s a bit of a “secret” when it comes to going on job interviews and keeping the jitters at bay and it’s all about how you look at it: Think of a job interview as you interviewing …