Topic: Kenan-Flagler Business School

Careers: When to Cut Some Interviews Short

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 80
Mon Nov 12, 2007 at 3:47 PM

You’re 5 minutes into a 45 minute interview and you know the candidate just isn’t going to make the cut. What do you do? Continue as planned for the next 40 minutes, or wrap things up and move on to the next candidate? This topic ...READ»

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Careers: Avoid the Pedigree Pitfall

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 77
Mon Jun 4, 2007 at 10:56 AM

Is an applicant’s professional pedigree a predictor of his or her success with your company? Yes AND no. Some things, such as educational background and related work experience, can obviously be very important to a candidate’s ...READ»

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Careers: Creative Interactivity and Other Musts To Attract Young Talent

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 77
Wed Oct 17, 2007 at 3:54 PM

Because it’s a buyers market, when looking to attract young talent, compensation and location will continue to be increasingly important. But, over the near term, so too will your ability to reach them using new media, creative ...READ»

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Careers: Without Questions

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 77
Tue Feb 5, 2008 at 9:18 AM

How much time do you spend coming up with questions that you want to ask the interviewer? Is it something you put a lot of effort into or do you typically ask basic questions like “What’s a typically day like?” or “Do you ...READ»

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When the Going Gets Tough, Don't Sever Your Campus Recruiting Pipeline

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 77
Mon Feb 18, 2008 at 8:57 AM

2002. Rocky economic times; companies were still in the midst of drastic headcount reductions. They slashed, and in some cases pretty much eliminated, their campus recruiting budgets. Call it a knee jerk reaction, overcompensation ...READ»

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Careers: Put Your Best Face Forward

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 77
Wed May 30, 2007 at 4:05 PM

It always surprises me when companies spend a ton of time and money developing slick marketing materials and a great website but then overlook the importance of putting the right people in front of potential employees. At the end of ...READ»

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Is Bigger Better?

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 74
Fri Mar 14, 2008 at 12:58 PM

Are you better off working for a company with 10 employees or one with 1000 employees? Well, that depends. When trying to decide on one opportunity over another, more important than size is optionality. Based on where you ...READ»

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Careers: The New Leader Honeymoon Period

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 71
Tue Jan 22, 2008 at 5:30 PM

I was meeting with a colleague recently to help him prepare for an upcoming interview. As I pulled together questions, I wanted to make sure I asked him about how he would approach his first 30 days on the job. When being considered ...READ»

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Careers: Pain-free Performance Reviews

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 71
Mon Jan 14, 2008 at 3:46 PM

Thanks to those of you who shared your thoughts on some of the drawbacks of creative resumes and cover letters. Many of you commented that, because of the sheer volume of applications and the fact that readers prefer that they fit ...READ»

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Careers: Unwanted Company?

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 67
Mon Sep 24, 2007 at 12:04 PM

Sometimes the toughest interview questions seem like the ones that should be the easiest to answer. “Based on your research, what makes us uniquely different from our competitors?” Time and time again, it amazes me how many ...READ»

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Careers: Campus Recruiting Over/Under

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 67
Mon Sep 10, 2007 at 7:47 PM

This weekend, I had a chance to dive into Recruit or Die: How Any Business Can Beat the Big Guys in the War for Young Talent. Over the 7+ years I've worked in career services for a major university, I've had countless conversations ...READ»

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Is In-flight Web Access a Good Thing?

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 64
Tue Feb 19, 2008 at 4:11 PM

I was convinced the answer was YES! Airlines, many of which have stopped giving away tiny bags of pretzels in an effort to contain costs, would love the opportunity to tap a new revenue stream. Passengers, who already are willing to ...READ»

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Farewell to Polaroid instant film

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 63
Sun Feb 17, 2008 at 10:56 AM

Polaroid instant film went the way of the drive-in movie theater and the typewriter earlier this month when they announced they will close factories in Massachusetts, the Netherlands, and Mexico that make instant film. As part of a ...READ»

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Careers: 5 Things Politicians Can Teach Us About Job Interviews

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 59
Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 1:39 PM

Is it just me, or do politicians rarely answer the questions they’re asked during a public debate? Instead, candidates answer the question they would have LIKED to have been asked - typically with a carefully crafted sound bite ...READ»

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Careers: Onboarding

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 58
Mon Jul 9, 2007 at 9:47 AM

I recently returned from a conference of MBA career services practitioners and corporate representatives where I sat in on a session on onboarding delivered by a representative from Whirlpool. The session got me thinking about my own ...READ»

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Last in, First out

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 58
Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 10:13 AM

I don’t think I’ve used the term since that operations course I took as an undergrad. But this week, I thought I’d dust it off and apply it to the workplace. Is being the last one in the office in the morning and the first one ...READ»

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Careers: Double Vision

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 58
Wed Dec 5, 2007 at 3:31 PM

Fill my eyes with that double vision No disguise for that double vision Ooh, when it gets through to me, it's always new to me My double vision always seems to get the best of me Lyrics from the song Double Vision by the band ...READ»

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Careers: Navigating the "Coaching Carousel"

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 53
Tue Nov 27, 2007 at 2:43 PM

Another season of college football is winding down and, as is typically the case, the number of head coaching vacancies is increasing by the day. For most of those who were, and will continue to be let go, I’m sure it wasn’t a ...READ»

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George Carlin on Job Interviews

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 52
Mon Jun 30, 2008 at 11:21 AM

I was lucky enough to see George Carlin perform in person a few years back. And he didn’t disappoint. I laughed uncontrollably--my eyes were watering…I was laughing so hard I couldn’t breathe. And when I did, I could hear a ...READ»

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Careers: Why Traditional Job Interviews Don't Work

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 52
Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 6:13 PM

Traditional job interviews are flawed. Instead of evaluating interviewees on the skills and abilities they need to succeed in the job, they focus on softball questions the responses to which interviewees often memorize. As a result, ...READ»

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Careers: 4 Keys to Successful Career Fairs

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 51
Tue Nov 6, 2007 at 8:31 AM

Have you ever been to, or participated in, large-scale career fairs? On the company side, it’s all about glitz, glam, and making the sale. Whatever happened to job seekers being attracted to great jobs with great companies? Do we ...READ»

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Careers: Airport Survival Tips

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 49
Mon Aug 13, 2007 at 10:32 AM

My all-time longest-shortest trip had to be my stay in Boston last week. I flew in to meet with a few companies but ended up spending 15 hours at Logan Airport. Everything seemed good to go until, over the period of a few hours, fog ...READ»

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Careers: Recruiter Follow Up Should be a Two-way Street

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 46
Mon May 14, 2007 at 10:30 AM

Career experts have written countless articles encouraging, and often requiring, job seekers to send thank you notes or emails within 24-48 hours of an interview. Yet there’s no industry standard or similar expectation for hiring ...READ»

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Advancement, job security tops for Class of ‘08

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 44
Mon Jun 16, 2008 at 8:32 AM

According to the 2008 NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers) Graduating Student Survey, the job/employer attributes students valued most were opportunities for advancement and job security. Equally surprising to ...READ»

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Careers: Assessing fit

BY Shawn Graham
Relevancy Score: 44
Mon Jan 28, 2008 at 4:04 PM

We hear it all the time from colleagues: “At the end of the day, it’s about fit.” “If you were stuck in an airport, would you want to be stuck with that person…blah blah blah.“ Full disclosure—I’m not a big fan of ...READ»

Topic: Kenan-Flagler Business School

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