Preparing for the Working World

Making an Impression: Nonverbal Communication during a Job Interview

Imagine you’re considering someone for a position. She says she is confident in her ability to do the job, but her shoulders are slumped and she can’t seem to make eye contact. Do you believe her? Maybe you interview someone whose résumé and references back up his claims, but his visible lack of assurance doesn’t …

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A Behavioral Interview Question To Test If Someone Can Motivate Themselves

Today’s organizations want to hire self-motivated, self-leading and self-sufficient people. Companies want people who are internally driven to give 100% effort at work; not people who require bribes, babysitting or cajoling to give maximum effort. Of course, that’s a tough attribute to assess in an interview. And there are lots of interview questions that are …

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41 Behavioural Interview Questions You Must Know (Best Answers Included)

If you’re looking for the ultimate list of behavioural interview questions then you’ve come to the right place! A recent study shows that tech startups contributed to the creation of nearly 1.6 million jobs in Australia between 2003 and 2014. Clearly, the stats highlight the importance of tech startups and small businesses towards contributing to the …

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20 Behavioral Interview Questions to Test If Job Candidates Have High Motivation

Selecting the right interview questions plays a key factor in hiring the right people, as well as weeding out the bad apples. By Marcel SchwantesPrincipal and founder, Leadership From the Core@MarcelSchwantes CREDIT: Getty Images Hiring managers spend countless, wasted hours, asking the wrong interview questions to determine the right job or culture fit in a candidate; many of them …

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What is LinkedIn Learning and How Can it Help my Employees?

Professional online networking is a good way for people to make introductions, referrals, recommendations and valuable business connections. And professional networking can’t get better than LinkedIn, a business-oriented social media site that can be quite a resourceful tool for professionals — employees and bosses alike. Organizations’ management teams can use LinkedIn to build strong relationships …

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The Skills Companies Need Most in 2018 – And The Courses to Get Them

Whenever there is change, there is opportunity. With report after report showing the world of work changing faster than ever today, it’s fair to assume there’s more opportunity than ever. The challenge? It isn’t easy to know where that opportunity exists. If only some organization with the resources necessary to answer that question could release a …

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LinkedIn Becomes a Serious Open Learning Platform

LinkedIn is becoming a dominant learning solution with some pretty interesting competitive advantages, according to one learning analyst. by Josh BersinNovember 9, 2018 Josh Bersin is founder of Bersin by Deloitte and a global industry analyst. LinkedIn has become quite a juggernaut in the corporate learning market. Last time I checked the company had more than …

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