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Video job interviews may be scaring away your best candidates. At least, that’s what a study conducted by McMaster University in Ontario suggests. In simulated job interviews, researchers found that candidates were less receptive to a hiring manager interviewing them through video conference software than one interviewing them in the flesh.
But is this problem intrinsic to the technology or an issue with straightforward fixes?
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You’ve aced the job interview with a new employer but now you have to bid adieu to your old boss. Finding the right way to quit your job isn’t easy. The whole process can be daunting (there’s no easy way to tell your employer that you’re turning to the next chapter without them) – but it has to be done.
But the process doesn’t have to be as agonizing as some people build it up to be. Stay true to the rules on this…
The 100% Painless Way to Quit Your Job:View
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a January jobs report that looked better than December’s stats. 113,000 new jobs were added to the workforce which is a step up from 74,000 the month before. Unemployment fell and labor force participation went up on the whole but how did manufacturing fare? Reasonably well compared to other industries.
Hidden Truth in the Overall Numbers:
113,000 new jobs added to the month of January jobs report may…
January Jobs Report and the Manufacturing Recovery:View
Soft skills are easy to overlook throughout the hiring process. They are not easy to pick out based on a candidate’s resume/cover letter, and they don’t always take center stage during the interview.
But a candidate’s soft skills are often just as important as their technical hard skills. They can help make a person’s contribution to the company more valuable, increase his or her productivity, and boost relations among team members. …
Why The Most Qualified Candidate is Not Always the Best:View
Most companies have a direct competitor that is the equivalent of a bitter college rival. Mentioning its name spurns the team forward and encourages everyone to pull out all the stops to get the upper hand. And now, you’ve been approached by your company’s competition about a job interview. What do you do?
Before sitting down at the negotiation table with your company’s competition, ask yourself these 6 questions.
1.) Do I Have a…
The Challenge of Interviewing with Your Company’s Competition:View
During his 2014 State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, President Obama made plenty of promises to the manufacturing industry. In total, about 562 words of his 6,847 word speech dealt directly with the state of the manufacturing industry, making up 8.2% of the total speech. Considering that over the course of an hour the President laid out his agenda for the entire year, this is a significant amount of time to address one of…
Manufacturing was a Big Talking Point in the 2014 State of the Union:View
Any manager involved in the hiring process has run aground of this scenario: you’re looking for a technical veteran and all the resumes you receive are irrelevant to the position. There are enough applicants to choke an industrial furnace but none of them are close to good. It may be easy to declare a bad hiring market but in fact, the fix might be as simple as optimizing your job postings to attract good candidates.
Effective job postings…
Reel in Good Candidates with Effective Job Postings:View
Imagine that you’ve just finished accepting a job offer. Feels pretty good, right? Then, a company you previously applied to sends their own job offer with a sweetened pot. Do you reject the first offer or do you stand by your original commitment? Accepting a job offer from the second company may be tempting but there are unspoken consequences that come with that decision.
Juggling job applications
For some job seekers, this isn’t an…
Why Accepting a Job Offer Isn’t Your Last Step:View
As with any adolescent technology, 3D printing is going through an experimental phase. It’s trying out new things and searching for a purpose within the prevailing world of modern manufacturing. That means for every practical 3D printed product, we can expect something extraordinary or even downright weird somewhere else. Pretty soon, you might be able to use a 3D printer to make any of the following oddities.
1.) Your Dinner & Snacks. In…
6 Weird Ways 3D Printed Objects are Taking Over:View
Unless you are hiring a personal assistant who will only be interacting with you, your team could be the key to hiring the right candidate. Involving your employees in the hiring process can help you to reduce turnover (along with the costs associated with it) and boost morale across the entire office.
As a department manager or lead, you may be spending a lot of time with a new hire, but your team will be spending infinitely more. Involving…
Let Your Employees Hire for You:View
