Personality tests are good entertainment. Personality tests are big business. And yet, when it comes to the job search, personality tests are useless.
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Do you tend to approach an interview as an exam or even as an interrogation that you need to nail? Such a frame is not only limiting, but it can also unfavorably shift the power dynamics of the interview right from the start. What can we do differently? Short answer: we can realize that we have more power than we think.
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Going remote is not a technology problem. Going remote means overcoming a lot of organizational and psychological barriers. And leading our teams differently. In this article we consider the 5 elements to lead remote teams well: Systems - Processes - People - Collaboration - Communication.
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Whether we like it or not, whether we are office creatures or secretly longed to escape the cubicle, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic working from home suddenly became our only option. Let’s figure out how to manage ourselves and how to lead our teams in this new setting.
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We can drastically improve our pitch or interview by focusing on what NOT to say. Saying LESS about your successes is better than saying more.
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On the importance of recruiting, the idea of “trust battery”, differences between building a company in the primary and secondary talent markets, importance of the world-class working environment when you ask people to build world-class things - this and much more from the CEO of Shopify
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A three-letter word that changes everything.
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Hiring without bullshit starts with zero-bullshit job ads.
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When we are preparing for an interview, we tend to focus on what to say. Yet what not to say is equally important.
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Actions speak louder than words. If you have only words, start with action verbs. And spice them up with a few relevant numbers.
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Most of the time, there is always more to a job than what's in the job description. Figuring out the real "job-to-be-done" helps you pitch yourself and your ideas better and increases your chances to get the right job on the right terms.
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Do you want to know a secret recipe of the couples that work.
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Constraints - natural or self-imposed - can be a good thing when making job or career change decisions.
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All your claims are hollow unless you prove them with how you act.
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If you knew the interview would end after the first question, how would you answer it?
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You’ve got an informational interview confirmed? Great. You have no idea what to talk about? No panic. Let’s set you up to make your informational interview a success. We will see how to structure it, which questions to ask and which to avoid, and how to make the most of it.
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Hire for strengths rather than lack of weakness. In this article, we distill Ben Horowitz’s hiring wisdom and reverse-engineer it into actionable advice on how to stand out from the crowd.
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Neediness is the job interview’s deadliest sin.
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