Archive for February 8th, 2008

So you are hiring new employees and have narrowed your stack of resumes to the 10 or so top candidates, now it’s time to start setting up interviews. If you dread this portion of the process, you’re not alone. Fortunately, there are some ways to put both yourself and the candidates at ease - and make sure you get all the information you need to make a smart decision. Start by preparing a list of basic interview questions in advance. While you won’t read off this list like a robot, having it in front of you will ensure you cover all the bases and also make sure you ask all the candidates the same questions.

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Companies are always looking to hire people who have some prior work experience, as they feel more comfortable with employees who have worked before, and are thus in a position to understand the challenges that comes with it. Internships and cooperative education programs gives you that advantage over someone who has no prior experience of ever setting a foot in an office!

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Many of us may not be able to pay for a college education. Worse still, we might not have the grades required to get into a college of our choice, or to study in the field we are interested in. But, these factors shouldn’t hold us back from pursuing our dreams and a right to good education. In such cases, career and technical schools prove to be a very good option to attending college, whatever the reason may be.

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Once you step into the working world, you will end up with more responsibilities, more deadlines, and plenty of work. The transition from academic life into the working life will bring along lots of adjustments.

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