Did you know that most managers indicate that they know if they are going to hire someone within three minutes of meeting them? Three minutes! This information is based on a survey of 4000 hiring managers in 2018 by the Society for Human Resource Management.
Perhaps you don’t believe decisions are made quite that instantaneously. Researchers from Old Dominion, Florida State, and Clemson decided to take a look at how things play out in real life.
Submitted By: Amanda Dumsch
Consulting as a general label can feel very vague, especially given that it is a huge and diverse industry. There are many different types of consulting firms and areas of practice within one firm. Some management consulting firms specialize in giving advice on business strategy and operations (downsizing, acquisitions, restructuring) while others are known for their expertise in specific industries like technology.
No matter the firm or the focus area though, consulting firms mainly run on their people and the intellectual capital they possess.
Submitted By: Amanda Dumsch
Interview season for professional schools has begun!
Submitted By: John Taborn
Heads Up! With Thanksgiving, right around the corner, it is a terrific time to remind those of you who are (or will be) interviewing for professional schools, jobs and fellowships to send thank you notes. One of the standard steps of applying for opportunities, this type of professional correspondence is often overlooked by applicants. In many situations, a thank you note can be influential in moving you to the next stage in the process, or even obtaining an offer.
Submitted By: John Taborn
Now that you have applied for positions or graduate schools, the next step is that you will be contacted to set up interviews. While many recruiters and faculty utilize email as the primary form of communication, there is still a great possibility that you will be contacted by telephone. It important that you handle all communication in a professional manner to make the best impression possible.
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Submitted By: John Taborn
This is the time of year to prepare for telephone interviews. For many of you, this will be the first step in the academic interviewing process. This is a cost-effective and time efficient method for many search committees and enables them to narrow down the list of applicants that are invited for campus interviews. In the OITE academic interview video cast, Sharon Milgram, Director of the Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE), for the NIH suggests that candidates prepare
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Submitted By: John Taborn
As you prepare for graduate, professional school or job interviews, you may be asked a question related to diversity. Interviewers are very interested in selecting candidates who are aware of and who will contribute to the diversity mission of their organization. Have you practiced how you will answer diversity-related questions? In Career Services, we have seen trainees range in their comfort level about addressing diversity topics. Some trainees have several experiences to answer these questions, that said—many others are unsure how to approach answering the question.
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Submitted By: John Taborn
Behavior based interviewing is an effective tool used by many science industry recruiters and graduate/professional school admissions officers. They differ from technical or scientific interviews because they are designed to give a glimpse into how you will perform in the future on “soft skills” by having you reflect and talk aloud about behaviors that you have done in the past.
Submitted By: John Taborn
One of the current trends in the application process for industry positions is to use video interviewing. Currently, business, science, and technology companies are using video interviews as the first step in the interviewing process after a candidate applies for a position because it saves money and staff time for the firms to screen candidates prior to inviting them for face-to face interviews.
Submitted By: John Taborn
One of the most important criteria to consider during the job, graduate school, or Postdoc search is to learn about the culture of the place where you are applying. This means to gather information about the employee’s opinions of the work environment, the support and benefits that they receive, and the values that drive the organization. This is important because you will work and /or study in this environment for many years and you want to find a good fit for your interests and personal style. But how do you assess this when you are applying?