11 Mar 2021

Career Management, Consulting, Job Search, Social Media
Open-ended questions 'provide highly accurate way of measuring candidate's abilities' When it comes to the most popular interview questions, “Tell me about yourself” comes out on top with hiring professionals, according to a recent survey. Six in 10 recruiters say that’s their number one choice, followed by “Tell me about a challenge or conflict you faced at work, and how did you d...
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11 Mar 2021

Career Management, Consulting, HR, Job Search, Management, Workforce
Unmanageable workloads, lack of manager support partly to blame: survey Many workers are experiencing burnout these days – and employers are largely to blame, finds a survey. More than six in 10 (61 per cent) working professionals in the U.S. said they experienced burnout in 2020. The top reason? An unmanageable workload (25.3 per cent) followed by insufficient rewards (15.7 per...
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11 Mar 2021

Career Management, Consulting, HR, Management, Social Media
For hiring managers, navigating the character and skills of potential candidates can be a real challenge. Personality and character fit an individual to your business, brand and work culture, integrating them into teams that thrive on cooperation. But skills matter too – candidates must possess the right hard and soft skills required for a job. Character or personality is perhap...
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11 Mar 2021

Career Management, Consulting, HR, Management, Social Media, Workforce
Employers ‘not insensitive but biased’ and in need of education for inclusion efforts It’s not that organizations are mean-spirited and deliberately exclusionary about people with disabilities, they just need more exposure and information, says an advocate. “We’re not going to address what’s happening unless we address it through education [and] osmosis to creating a foundation thr...
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