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So why do you want this job? Do you think answering this question is so easy?
http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/why-want-job-interview/

How to Answer 'Why Do You Want This Job?' in an Interview This was the 2nd most popular blog post of 2013. See the rest of the top 15 here. "So why do you want this job?" Answering that question should be really e

Do you think money is the only factor keeping people on your team? The research suggests other important factors. Check it out.
http://www.workforce.com/articles/21010-whats-the-big-picture-view-of-employee-incentives

What’s the Big-Picture View of Employee Incentives? How can we think more broadly about the link between our employees and providing rewards and recognition? —Giving the Gift, publishing, Chicago

Useful Profiles clearly say what you have done and can do! Take your time to create your professional profile.
http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2014/12/why-technical-resumes-need-a-profile-because-were-dumb.html

Why Technical Resumes Need a Profile (because we’re dumb) | Java Code Geeks There is significant variation in résumé format across candidates. Name and contact information is always on top, but on any given day a recruiter might see the next section as Education, Skills, Experience, or even (gasp) an Objective. Career length influences which section comes first. Entry-level…

Job seekers, see what is making interviewer nervous and avoid doing it! http://mashable.com/2014/11/14/annoying-interview-habits/

5 habits that can turn interviewers against you Everyone knows not to show up late to an interview or come unprepared. But even a qualified candidate can knock themselves out of the running with these less-obvious annoying ha...

Why recruiting in December is a good Idea? Check out this article to discover 15 top reasons!
http://www.ere.net/2014/12/01/there-is-little-recruiting-competition-during-december-so-be-bold-and-seize-a-great-opportunity/

There Is Little Recruiting Competition During December … So Be Bold and Seize a Great... Between Thanksgiving and the rest of the year in the Silicon Valley and in many other geographic areas around the U.S., it is mostly a dead period for recruiting. But recruiting leaders should realize that failing to recruit during this period is a huge missed opportunity, simply because the recruit…

Is technology key to keeping employees happy? See what the research shows!
http://www.staffingtalk.com/the-secret-to-happy-employees-is-technology

The Secret To Happy Employees? Technology. A new workplace trends report finds one in four employees would consider making a job change simply to have access to better technology.

Across the U.S., companies continue to struggle to recruit IT talent
http://deloitte.wsj.com/cio/2014/09/23/companies-search-far-and-wide-for-tech-talent/?KEYWORDS=recruiting

Companies Search Far and Wide for Tech Talent - Deloitte CIO - WSJ Content from our sponsor Please note: The Wall Street Journal News Department was not involved in the creation of the content below.

Do you think that your social media profiles affect what recruiters think of you and influence their decision to hire you? Check out this survey results!
http://www.workforce.com/articles/survey-37-use-social-media-to-check-candidates

Survey: 37% Use Social Media to Check Candidates Thirty-four percent of hiring managers and human resources professionals said they found information on social media that caused them not to hire a candidate.

Read about some tips for interviewers to avoid common interviewing errors! Keep in mind these "DO NOT"s when interviewing.
http://www.ere.net/2012/09/19/10-things-not-to-do-when-interviewing-and-4-bonus-tips/

10 Things Not to Do When Interviewing (and 4 Bonus Tips) - ERE.net Below are some “don’ts” to keep in mind when interviewing, many of which relate to the most common interviewing errors. It’s from our book How to Hire and Develop Your Next Top Performer, 2nd edition: The Qualities That Make Salespeople Great, @2012, McGraw-Hill Professional; reprinted with permissi…

Control your interview body language - it plays an important role in making first professional and personal impression! Non-verbal communication accounts for over 90% of the message you are sending the interviewer.
http://mashable.com/2014/11/17/body-language-job-interview/

9 simple body language tips for your next job interview Body language experts share 9 tips for acing your next job interview.

Artificial intelligence to replace about a quarter of all jobs in the next 2 decades.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/10/03/amelia-artificial-intelligence-ipsoft_n_5920964.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-tech

Meet The AI Who Wants To Steal Your Job Amelia is a pleasant, bright, professional. She is personable, learns quickly, and can speak 20 languages. She dresses like a accountant, is patient and clear, and is cheap to hire. And she can learn anything - anything - to virtually an expert l...

We all love the great innovating businesses of our time, whether they're global icons like Apple or Google or the many superb local companies which feature in the Post each week. Most businesses recognize innovation is a must if they want to stay ahead of their competition. But I'm not convinced innovation is as rooted as it should be in most companies. I'm going to offer two reasons why that may be and six ways to overcome such inertia.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ian-baxter/is-your-team-too-scared-to-innovate_b_5912972.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-business

Is Your Team Too Scared to Innovate? I believe often managers actively, and mostly inadvertently, suppress innovation. Why? Because people confuse leadership with having to come up with all the best ideas. Since management defined the strategy in the first place they don't want to be d...