Your GPA Matters, But there are Other Ways to Sell Yourself
In December 2013, The Harvard Crimson reported that the revered university inflates student grades. The Dean of Admissions, Jay M. Harris, admitted that average student grades are inflated and that most grades awarded to students are “A”s. According to Forbes and a survey of more than 200 employers by the National Association of Colleges and […]
How to Manage Different Personalities in the Workplace
Managing the different personalities that are an inevitable component of a diverse work environment can be frustrating. Everybody has individual needs and a preferred approach to a task. Maximizing productivity requires skill and patience. Creative require room for innovation, team collaboration, and allowance for failure in their experimental endeavors. Other personality types prefer to follow […]
Make Your Seasonal Job a Full Time Position
From an employer’s perspective, seasonal workers fill a need for additional labor during busy times. If you manage to impress your employer, you may be able to parlay seasonal employment into a full-time position. According to AOL Jobs, Macy’s typically hires over 70,000 workers over a holiday season and will hire full-time employees from that […]
Tips on Building Team Morale as Spring Approaches
For some, corporate team building events are worse than a visit to the dentist. For others, they represent an opportunity to escape from the office and enjoy the outdoors. How effective these events are in improving organizational effectiveness is addressed in an article by Lindsay Olson, a recruiter who writes for US News. She notes […]
“Why SHOULDN’T I hire you?” How to Answer Challenging Interview Questions
Job interviews are designed to reveal your personality and the way that you react to certain situations. One of the ways that an interviewer can do that is to ask you an unexpected question that you are unprepared for. The ideal response depends on the specific job. Some positions require quick, accurate, and wise decisions, […]
Using Your Cover Letter to Stand Out from the Competition
You’ve spent hours carefully putting together your résumé for a potential employer, managing to make it simultaneously concise yet detailed. Yet before a hiring manager even gets to that, they see the equally important cover letter. This piece of writing should receive just as much time and care as the résumé : This is the […]