Posts Tagged“jobs”

In almost every industry, the results of an interview tip the scales heavily in deciding who gets hired, and who is shown the door. In many industries however, putting too much emphasis on an interview can cause excessive and unwanted hiring risk. The sales sector for example has arguably the highest employee turn over rate of all and this is largely due to performance in an interview taking precedent over whether an applicant can actually meet the quotas they’re being hired for. Rather than helping employers cut through to an applicant’s core sales personality – it’s often masked even more.…

Some people aren’t cut out for the standard desk job. Luckily, you have plenty of different job options that can all be rewarding and pay the bills. If you want to try something out of the ordinary, take a look at these eight odd jobs. Image via Flickr by John Loo Nobody wants to be a bride without a bridesmaid. If you understand the needs of a bride, you can help her every step of the way as a professional bridesmaid. You’d attend all the wedding events, help the bride get ready, and make sure she looks perfect in all…

When you tell a top manager that they should listen to their employees, ALL their employees, they get a look of intense fear in their eyes. They worry that, if everyone is allowed to speak through a crowdsourcing software platform, it will be taken over by unhappy employees, and customers, using it as a soundboard for complaints. At the same time, they worry that nothing will come out of this practice that can actually be implemented, and, as a result, they dismiss the process out of hands. It is a known fact, however, that engaged employees and customers are happier,…