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The Sound of Employability: Interviewers Judge Your Voice
New research has identified one factor that can make a job applicant come across as smarter, warmer, and ultimately more employable than other candidates: the sound of their voice. When it comes to acing a
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How the Language in Job Ads Affects the Quality of Applicants
It’s the bane of every hiring manager — a deep pool of job applicants with a shallow set of skills and qualifications. But the stack of mediocre résumés doesn’t reflect a dearth in available talent
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A Multicultural Mindset Can Bolster Your Career Prospects
Many leading companies are taking a stand on diversity. They’re actively seeking new hires from different backgrounds and cultures, following the logic that new people can shake up the status quo with fresh insights and
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Your Next Job Application Could Involve a Video Game
The New York Times: Brittni Daron jumped through a lot of hoops before she landed her job as a solution consultant at Oracle. At the tech giant, as at other firms in Silicon Valley to
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Why job interviews don’t work
The Washington Post: Do job interviews really help the people doing the hiring make better decisions? Here’s an interesting post by cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham writes about here that is just as important. … My
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Why Eye Contact Can Fail To Win People Over
NPR: Pop psychology holds that to connect with someone, you should look deep into their eyes. The more you look, the more persuasive you’ll be. But that may work only when your audience already agrees
