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"Do you have any questions for us?" As someone who regularly conducts interviews, I find it staggering how many interviewees are not prepared for the one question that you can be absolutely certain will be asked. In some ways, it is the most important question of the entire interview.
The Interview Question That's Always Asked (and How to Nail It)
50 Places You Can Learn to Code (for Free) Online
If you're curious about learning a programming language then you're in luck: there's no shortage of resources for learning how to code online. University-level courses, tutorials, cheat sheets, and coding communities all offer excellent ways to pick up a new language, and maybe even a new job, too. Read on, and you'll discover 50 great places to learn how to code, for free, online. Many big names in education including MIT and Stanford offer programming courses, absolutely free.After reading the tremendous response to Why You Didn’t Get the Job (a sincere thanks to those that read and shared the post) I realized that many of the reasons referenced were specific to mistakes candidates make during interviews. At least a handful of readers told me that they didn’t get the job because they didn’t even get the interview . With a down economy, most of us have heard accounts of a job seeker sending out 100, 200, perhaps 300 résumés without getting even one response. These anecdotes are often received by sympathetic ears who commiserate and then share their personal stories of a failed job search.
Why You Didn’t Get the Interview | job tips for geeks
There's no better way to show companies how to create an engaging infographic than through outlined steps in the form of an infographic. A new infographic by Infographic Labs — first published by Performancing.com — highlights the best practices of developing a creative way to get the word out about new data. As the amount of information we consume on the Internet grows and attention spans decrease thanks to a bevvy of distractions from email to Facebook, market research firms and other companies are packaging new data in visual ways. In some cases, infographics even go viral. SEE ALSO: 20 Reasons to Switch to Google+ [INFOGRAPHIC]
How to Create an Awesome Infographic [INFOGRAPHIC]
What multitasking does to our brains | The Buffer blog: productivity, life hacks, writing, user experience, customer happiness and business.
21.6K Flares 21.6K Flares × We all know this and have heard it hundreds of times. To work efficiently we have to single task. No multitasking.
How to Combat the Most Common Problems When Searching for a Job
You don't need statistics to tell you that it's not easy to find a job, but they're around to reaffirm that unfortunate reality. With few opportunities, low salaries, and hardly any time to make a good impression, it can often seem hopeless. But just because the numbers may be against you, that doesn't mean you can't beat them. In this post, we'll take a look at those intimidating job-hunting statistics and factoids one by one, then offer methods to combat each daunting detail. Recruiters Only Look At Your Resume for a Total of Six Seconds According to an eye-tracking study , recruiters only look at resumes for about six seconds.
On Making the Right Choice: The Deliberation-Without-Attention Effect
Contrary to conventional wisdom, it is not always advantageous to engage in thorough conscious deliberation before choosing. On the basis of recent insights into the characteristics of conscious and unconscious thought, we tested the hypothesis that simple choices (such as between different towels or different sets of oven mitts) indeed produce better results after conscious thought, but that choices in complex matters (such as between different houses or different cars) should be left to unconscious thought. Named the “deliberation-without-attention” hypothesis, it was confirmed in four studies on consumer choice, both in the laboratory as well as among actual shoppers, that purchases of complex products were viewed more favorably when decisions had been made in the absence of attentive deliberation.
Showing Up Is Not Enough - dan shipper
This post was republished on LifeHacker. You can read it here . There’s a Woody Allen quote that goes: “ninety percent of success is just showing up.” Despite the title of this blog post my experience learning about and talking to successful people leads me to agree with him. But it does raise the question: what about the other 10%?
by Vikram Mansharamani | 10:53 AM June 4, 2012 We have become a society of specialists. Business thinkers point to "domain expertise" as an enduring source of advantage in today's competitive environment. The logic is straightforward: learn more about your function, acquire "expert" status, and you'll go further in your career.
All Hail the Generalist - Vikram Mansharamani
I was recently asked for interview advice. 1. These are guidelines and examples. Don't repeat them verbatim.
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Smart Resume Risks
By Sean Weinberg Smart Resume Risks: Take These Two Risks With Your Resume and Stand Out From the Crowd Here's the thing about following common sense resume advice: it's too common. That's what everyone else is doing. If you follow "common sense," your resume will end up uninteresting, ignored, and completely forgotten.The Pareto Principle says that in most situations roughly 80% of effects come from only 20% of the causes. We can use the Pareto Principle to better manage our time and focus on the things on our task list that really make a difference. Harvard Business Review notes that practically everything is unimportant. The Pareto Principle has been applied to almost every human endeavor, from software development to investing. (Two examples: 90% of Warren Buffet's wealth is from just ten investments and, in sales, typically 80% of revenue comes from 20% of the sales team.)
Work Less and Do More by Applying the Pareto Principle to Your Task List
How to Choose the Best Chart for Your Data
Numbers don't lie, but a bad chart decision makes it extremely difficult to understand what those numbers mean. Before you put together another PowerPoint presentation, make sure your pick the right type of chart to clearly communicate the information you want to share. Here's how. Why Is the Chart Type Important? When I was an physics student—and again when I worked in a lab—I learned that working with and collecting huge amounts of data was rewarding, but that data is only as good as how well you can communicate what it means .What You Really Need to Apply for a Job—and What You Don't
“An ideal candidate should have a strong marketing background , five years of experience in the consumer goods industry, a track record of designing and running complex marketing campaigns for new consumer products, proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, and a graduate-level degree with a focus on marketing or public relations.” How many times have you found your perfect job—and then taken a look at that list of requirements and decided there was just no way you could apply because you didn’t meet every one of the criteria they’d set out? Well, here’s a secret: You don’t really have to. Think of job descriptions as a hiring manager’s wish list for the ideal candidate, not as a list of non-negotiable requirements.When Bad Things Happen To Productive People
You relish being seen as the go-to person when it comes to getting things done. You take pride in your ability to deal with a hefty workload and numerous deadlines without getting tripped up along the way. Yet, no matter how accomplished and efficient you are, there will be times when you get overwhelmed by negative or upsetting events. T imes when you are left wondering how you could possibly accomplish almost anything in the near term – be it the client work that still needs to be completed on time, or the myriad of other commitments and responsibilities crying out for your attention.Legal