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When to ask Questions in a Job Interview

By Donald Sears ⋅ November 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

How do you make the interviewer feel you’re an expert in the field and already close to the position you’ve applied for? Turn the tables and interview the interviewer, said Liz Ryan, a Human Resources  (HR) expert and author.
Look for openings in the conversation where you can direct questions back to the interviewer and  draw [...]

Productivity Numbers Mask Job Cuts and Retention Issues

By Donald Sears ⋅ November 9, 2009 ⋅ One comment

For anyone waiting for employment to rise on the coattails of reported gains in productivity and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), don’t hold your breath, said several economist who spoke to BusinessWeek.
The latest improvement in GDP won’t lead to increased hiring because it was based on decreased hiring, said some of the world’s leading economists, [...]

Recent MBAs Face 16.5% Unemployment

By Donald Sears ⋅ November 4, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Business-school graduates face a stark future.
The unemployment rate for recent grads from the top 30 MBA programs was 16.5 percent, according to a survey by BusinessWeek. The survey was based on employment questionnaires collected by the schools from graduates actively looking for work three months after graduation.
Last year that was true of just 5 percent [...]

Why GDP is a 20th Century Measure of a 21st Century Economy

By Donald Sears ⋅ October 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose a healthy 3.5 percent in the third quarter, and everything is swell again. Employment and consumer confidence should be rising right behind it. Right?
Maybe not, said Michael Mandel, chief economist at BusinessWeek. Mandell calls the GDP an outdated measure of the economic performance and argues that it relies [...]

Bonus Plans in 2009 Reach More Employees, Offset Pay Cuts and Frozen Salaries

By Donald Sears ⋅ October 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Executive salaries are flat, frozen or declining, but bonus pay for performance is on the rise and includes a larger group of employees, said Ken Abosch, Head of Compensation for Hewitt Associates in an interview on compensation trends with BusinessWeek.
A wider pool of bonus pay in 2009 for a larger set of employees will help [...]

One-Year MBA Program Graduates Have One Disadvantage

By Donald Sears ⋅ October 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Traditional two-year MBA programs require a summer internship, offering job-seeking graduates an excellent leg up on being hired, according to a BusinessWeek article profiling the rise in popularity of one-year MBA programs.
One-year MBA programs are now as popular as the longer master’s programs because they offer accelerated course work and flexible schedules for those working.
Candidates [...]

“Core Self-Evaluators” Make Better Employees

By Donald Sears ⋅ October 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A decades-long study reveals that top job performers are wired for confidence  and possess something called “core self-evaluation,” according to psychologist Tim Judge.
Judge, who followed 12,000 individuals from their teenage years to middle age, found that successful employees and managers all have one capability in common: core self-evaluation, which he describes as the ability to [...]

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