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Why Do You Hate MBAs?
December 15, 2006 by matt warzelFor some reason recruiters and HR professionals don’t like MBAs. But if I subtract out the cocky bankers, and remove the rankings B.S. that for some reason, companies use to rule MBA recruiting, there’s actually some pretty great MBA talent in a number of disciplines…including HR.
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Business Ethics are Cool
by matt warzelWhen I was in business school at the University of Chicago, Enron hadn’t collapsed yet. Jeff Skilling, Enron’s former CFO (and Harvard MBA), was accorded god-like status by most MBA students and a job offer from Enron was a guarantee of success and riches. Today I read an Associated Press article that says Skilling is supposed to report to a minimum security prison in Minnesota to begin his 24 year sentence. Wow, how times change.
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Top Turn-Off for Hiring Managers
December 13, 2006 by matt warzelIt wasn’t being late, or even lacking company knowledge that was the biggest complaint. The number one turn-off for hiring managers was poor communication skills, according to a recent survey published in Staffing Management, a journal of the Society of Human Resource Management. Noted as particularly displeasing were inarticulate answers to interview questions, and vague accounts of past experience.
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TOP TEN INTERVIEW BLUNDERS
December 08, 2006 by matt warzelThe Top Ten interview blunders that cost people jobs and offers have been compiled from nineteen years of record keeping and observations.
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2 More Job Search Problems Solved
December 07, 2006 by matt warzelThree weeks ago I surveyed 159 job seekers by email to get their answers to this question: “What one thing could I do to make your job search easier?”
I received a ton of responses, with so many questions and problems that it would take 10 or 20 articles to answer them all. -
Give More Than You Get
December 05, 2006 by matt warzelEvery good networker knows that the principle of having a solid network of friends and contacts is to give more than you get.
The idea is a simple one – if you are constantly looking for ways to help other people, you develop a reputation as someone other people should know. The more people you help, or try to help, the more likely that those people remember your name and pass your name on to their friends, acquaintances, business contacts, or romantic single friends. -
Recruiting the Parents
by matt warzelThere is a very interesting article in the most recent addition of Fast Company that explains how businesses in India must “recruit” the parents of their intended hires. And while the percentage of young workers in their 20s and 30s that live with their parents is far higher in India than in the United States, it would seem that there’s a recruiting angle here that could be important in the years to come.
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Low Income Workers Will Eventually Search Online
December 04, 2006 by matt warzelIn my daily visit to Joel Cheesman’s blog, I noticed his post about an article in eMarketer about the 28 percent increase in online help wanted ads from last year.
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Everybody Loves a Free Lunch
November 29, 2006 by matt warzelIf you’ve ever wandered around Whole Foods at lunch (why, oh why is the Nashville Whole Foods not yet built??) you know that the plethora of samples can equal a free lunch.
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The One Skill You’d Better Look For
November 28, 2006 by matt warzelWhen employers talk about desirable skills they look for in new hires, they usually mean things like writing, data analysis, interpersonal communication, and project management. But what about the ability to LEARN?
