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Why Are You Interested in this Job?
This is one of the top standard job interview questions, so expect to hear it at your next interview. Employers ask it because they want to know why you want to work at their particular company, as opposed to simply doing it to make money. This question also helps the...
When Someone Takes Credit for Your Work
It happens much more than we’d like – we do all the work and someone else, usually a boss or colleague with more seniority or the person who ends up making the presentation – gets all the credit. Here’s what to do when someone takes all the credit for your great idea....
Think You Don’t Need to Job Hunt Because You LOVE Your Job? You’re Wrong!
You always should be on the lookout for our next job. Yes, even if you absolutely, positively LOVE your current job. Even if there’s no hint whatsoever about a possible coming layoff. Even if your boss loves you and says again and again that she’ll never let you go....
When Your Candidate Receives a Counteroffer
With the job market as tight as it is now, employers need to adapt their hiring strategies to a new reality. One challenge employers face when attempting to hire new talent is dealing with counteroffers from their current employer, an entity no doubt anxious to hold...
Your First Job Will Not Be Your Dream Job
Coming out of college, you may picture in your mind the kind of job you would love doing – your dream job. It is one that pays you lots of money, is challenging, enjoyable, exciting. Unfortunately, the odds of finding such a job right out of the gate are very slim,...
College Grads: Tell Your Folks to Back Off
They are called helicopter parents, and for good reason. The term is used to denote parents who hover over their children, inserting themselves incessantly into the lives of their offspring, attempting to micromanage and control their lives. If the above sounds like a...
Working Hard – or Workaholic?
We all believe hard work is necessary for success in life and in our careers. But even hard work can be harmful if we take it too far, because then it slips into something that can take over our life – workaholism. It is similar to an addiction, where we feel the need...
Strengthening Your Nutraceutical Workforce Recruitment
The way your nutraceutical company manages your temporary workforce has a massive impact on your bottom line. Your staffing needs are unique in that your GMP and SOP practices must be met to the absolute letter by your workers. So ensuring that your temporary...
No Job is a Dream Job: All Jobs are WORK
We often think that getting our dream job will make our lives all rainbows and unicorns. But dream jobs are, plain and simple, myths. All jobs involve doing tasks we don’t like – we have to take off the rose-colored glasses and accept that all jobs have both the good...