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- The Hidden Costs of Layoffs
- The Hidden Costs of LayoffsKnowledge LossWhen a company decides to save a few bucks by dumping employees,the knowledge and experience lost is staggering.Sure they save some money but the wisdom of the ages is gone forever.If only the V-P's would listen to the skills and talent of long term employees,...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
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- Market10 Closes $13 Million Investment Round; Investment Supports Staged, Nationwide Availability for HR Professionals and Qualified Job Seekers
- MCLEAN, Va. -- Market10TM, the revolutionary new job marketplace that combines extensive matching technology with The 10 Dimensions of a Good Job FitSM, today announced it raised $13 million in its second round of financing. Menlo Ventures led the financing round, which also included a second investment by New Enterprise...
- Research articles 2006-05-22
- Interviews: Do They Predict Job Performance?
- The assessment is customized to reflect the benchmark of qualities of the company's top performers. This allows employers to compare a candidate for the job to that benchmark to help predict job fit and performance. It costs a fortune, not only in dollars but in managerial time, morale and lost...
- White papers 2002-11-04
- Selecting Employees for Job Fit: Call Centers as a Prototype
- Certainly every hiring manager strives to identify applicants with the right skills, abilities, and personal attributes required to perform a given job successfully. Organizations often turn to best practice strategies to evaluate applicants, such as skill and ability tests, interviews, and reference and background checks. Yet, despite these efforts, the...
- White papers 2003-06-13
- Deciding Whether You're in the Right Job
- Regardless of what you do for a living, it's human nature to wonder at times if you are in the right job. Most people spend at least some of their working life questioning themselves and their careers—and speculating about whether other occupations or work situations might be more fulfilling and...
- Articles 2007-04-20
- The 7 Interview Questions You Must Ask
- Forget 'What are your strengths and weaknesses?' If you want to get the real dope on prospective employees, ask job candidates these seven questions. Question #1: "How about those Yankees?" Purpose: Develop the rapport needed to get the interview off the ground. Every...
- Articles 2007-02-27
- Updating Job Descriptions
- "Job description" is a very mundane title for a document that serves so many important functions in an organization. Often outdated, overlooked, and under-considered, the failure to deal seriously with these humble documents can trigger considerable organizational erosion.If given the respect they deserve, job descriptions can provide employees with the...
- Articles 2007-04-20
- Selecting the Best First Job for You
- Your first job sets the tone for the rest of your career. Choosing the right first job takes careful research and planning, and there can be pitfalls along the way. If you aim low, your career path may be limited as a result. If you choose the wrong company, it...
- Articles 2007-04-20
- Corporate Culture Job Interview Questions And Fit Assessment
- An effective method for culture fit assessment is cultural questionnaires. Some employers design the questionnaires to gather information about characteristics you would find appealing in an ideal company. Once you've completed them your profiles are matched to the employers' profiles to identify areas of alignment and potential mismatch. Other companies...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Congratulations, You Got the Job; Should You Take It?
- In this post-graduation season, many new MBAs are still on the job hunt, and I've been sharing advice from those who have gone before them into the job market. Today, we'll turn our attention to the factors you should consider before accepting a job offer. Realistically, in...
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- The 7 Interview Questions You Must Ask
- The 7 Interview Questions You Must AskFraming ConversationsExactly! By the way, I love what you have done with the website...good!actually found the article very helpful. i'm often flustered when i conduct an interview. this article provides ideas which would help structure the interview. thanks!Intelligent Life?I love the "intelligent life" question....
- Discussion threads 2007-02-15
- BNET Readers: Forget Experience v. Youth, Focus on Fit
- Apparently, yesterday's post on the value of hiring experienced candidates with "baggage" hit a nerve: 34 comments in 24 hours and counting. There is a broad range of voices from staunch defenders of fresh recruits to their harshest critics ("they'll happily sing Kumbaya together around the campfire of failure," "outrageously...
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- How Do I Get Off on the Right Foot at a New Job?
- Dear Ron, After getting laid off from a job I've held for 10 years, I've finally managed to find a new job as a manager at a packaged goods company. It's been a while since I started a new job, so how can I quickly create...
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- Interview Question: Fit Questions - Do You Fit The Business Culture?
- The fit in a workplace culture has become a major consideration. This is revolutionizing the whole concept of job interviews. Major employers have found that the standard interview methodology simply isn't good enough to get the right people. The workplace, thanks to bad fits, can be a war zone. More...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Is Playing Hard-to-Get Suicide in a Job Search?
- Back before the economy imploded and unemployment hovered near 10 percent and some of my most-respected colleagues began exploring Amway as a valid income option, we were always counseled to play hard-to-get in job interviews. Don't talk salary first. Be enthusiastic, but don't gush. Remember that you'd...
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- How Do You Convince Your Interviewer That You Really Want The Job?
- There are twin purposes in an interview. The interviewer is looking to see if you are the right fit for the job and it you are ready to take on the responsibilities of the position. Your job in the interview is to be sure that you present all of your...
- White papers 2008-12-31
- The Job Interview: Dress For The Job You Want
- Nailing a job interview takes more than the prefect resume, a mouthful of interesting anecdotes and relevant work history. Your appearance and presentation mean more to your success than you know. One of the most important times to dress for the job is for the initial interview. HR folks want...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Judging the Best Time to Move to Another Job
- With all the options open to people today, it's become unusual for anyone to stay in one job or even at one organization for their whole career. However, it takes a lot of thought, preparation, and courage to make the decision to move on. But when you feel you've gone...
- Articles 2007-10-16
- Coping with Job Loss
- It used to be “the end of the world.” Decades ago, when someone lost his or her job, it was seen as a major setback. Today, while it’s still painful to be thrown out of work, you do have the consolation of knowing that millions of people have been chopped...
- Articles 2007-02-28
- Interviewing Candidates and Making Job Offers
- A job interview has two primary objectives: First, to find out if the candidate is qualified for the job; and second, to provide the candidate with information about the position and the company. To ensure the right person is hired, it's essential that all candidates have the same opportunities to...
- Articles 2007-11-28
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