It’s been a decade since LinkedIn starting adding features that help you do your job better, but many people still aren’t taking advantage of those features. They only visit LinkedIn when something big happens, like a job promotion or a move to a new company. To start getting the most out of LinkedIn, here are […]
Maybe it’s been a few months since you’ve graduated and you’re getting anxious to land a job. Or maybe you’re further on in your career and looking to move into a new industry. In either case, there’s one major hitch: You’ve heard how helpful it can be to reach out to people outside of your network. […]
Author Anna Davies hasn’t applied for a job through a portal in over a decade. Instead, every few years, she sends our her a “hire me” email and sends it to her contacts — including old coworkers, bosses, neighbors, landlords, people she trained with for a marathon, and more — via BCC. To keep up […]
Every speaker needs to be credible. If your audience spends the duration of your talk mulling over whether or not to take you seriously, you can kiss goodbye to any chance of your message resonating. Sometimes your credibility has as much to do with your behavior as it does with the message itself. Here are […]
We live in a world surrounded by distractions. If you work in an open office, chances are, you have to fight them on a daily basis–whether it’s your coworker who talks loudly on the phone, or that little notification box at the bottom of your screen. Sometimes you’ve just had a rough morning, and doing anything […]
As labor markets tighten, finding qualified workers is becoming more of a challenge for many companies. And recruitment missteps may be making it harder to reach older workers. Carl Dorvil, CEO and president of GEX Management, Inc., a management and professional services company based in Dallas, says there’s good reason to invest in “mentor capitalists” who […]
Human-resource departments are becoming a bit less human as companies turn to artificial intelligence for help with hiring and firing—and to learn how employees really feel about their bosses. Every year at SPS Companies Inc., most of the steel processor’s 600 employees, from warehouse staffers to top executives, fill out a 30-minute confidential survey that […]
Companies are increasingly using phone interviews at the early stages of screening candidates, before inviting them on-site for in-person interviews. This is a way to efficiently screen through large candidate pools, as the average job has over 250 applicants. Moreover, the phone screen is typically conducted by recruiters, many of whom may be remote so the phone-screen […]
Why work in a bland cubicle when you can work in Cancun, Punta Cana or Hanoi? Travel perks and international travel are offered by companies in nearly every industry enabling employees to fill their passport while being productive. Whether you want to work in hospitality, communications, the armed services or sales, here are 8 cool […]
#JobSearch : 16 #InterviewQuestions that are Designed to Trick You. Here are a Few Particularly Thorny Questions — and Some Suggestions on how to Answer Them.