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Tips for Coming Back Strong After Maternity Leave
Coming back after having a baby is a time fraught with anxiety for many women. Women who return to work quickly tend to breastfeed less, experience more physical and emotional challenges, and feel more anxious than women who can take more time off to care for their newborn. Therefore, balancing career and earning needs with…
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6 Steps to Winning Your Long-Distance Job Search
Military spouses, new graduates, and workers transitioning to new industries are among those who might have to consider a long-distance job search. Local candidates have several distinct advantages: they may already have a local reputation in the industry or have connections with a recruiter through networking. They can commit to an interview on short notice.…
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Why Running a Household is Like Running a Business
“I actually look forward to coming to work so I can feel more calm and in control,” said one frazzled working mother of four girls. “No matter how crazy things get at work, it’s much easier than the crazy, exhausting road race my weekends have become.” Working parents do it all: they each have a…
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The Questions You Should Be Asking During An Interview [Part 3]
Paul Falcone is an HR consultant and author of 96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire. He’s written the definitive guide to asking great questions and evaluating a candidate’s responses. He provides several questions that are best deployed at the beginning of an interview. He recommends going beyond the classic “Tell me about…
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Dear Future Workforce
Read Lessons 1 and 2 here. Lesson Number Three: Stop looking for the “right” answer. There may be no right answer. Sometimes, there may be two or three right answers or good enough answers. There may be a couple of bad answers, but you might have to pick one anyway. Unlike on your Scantron test,…
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Avoid These Interviewing Mistakes
Even in this very tight labor market, candidates must do well in the interview process to be considered. And yes, that dreaded First Impression really does matter. The Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology spoke with 166 interviewers after they’d seen 691 students at a career fair. They asked how quickly the interviewers made decisions about…
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Minimum Wages Are On The Rise
We’re experiencing the lowest unemployment and tightest labor market in decades. Employers are finding it harder and harder to hire and retain quality workers. Companies are responding by raising starting wages, with many including Target, Costco, and Amazon, committing to a $15 an hour minimum wage by 2020. As retail wages rise, companies higher up…
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The Questions You Should Be Asking During An Interview [Part 2]
Paul Falcone is an HR consultant and author of 96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire. He’s written the definitive guide to asking great questions and evaluating a candidate’s responses. The interviewer has two important missions in an interview: The first is to get to know the candidate’s skills, experience, and to determine…
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The Questions You Should Be Asking During An Interview [Part 1]
The candidate interview is the foundation of hiring. But many managers go into the process with little training. They need new, practical tools to guide them through a consistent and insightful conversation with candidates. Paul Falcone is an HR consultant and author of 96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire. Finding and selecting…
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Want to Get Better at Giving Feedback?
Giving feedback shouldn’t be limited to an annual performance review. You should make time to meet with your team on a regular basis to check in and let them know how they’re doing. If they get used to hearing from you, they’ll be less tense. The stakes will be lower and they’ll be more open…