Archive for the ‘Getting Your Dream Job’ Category

Focus, Action And Serious Dream Job Efforts

Monday, September 10th, 2007

Treating your career change as more of a hobby is a way to almost ensure that the change won’t happen.

If you truly want it, you’ll find a way to go out there and get it. To land your dream job, you are going to have to have the courage to face down a lot of your fears and insecurities.

You might be afraid of living on less money or afraid that it might not work out.  But you need to have faith that you can get the job of your dreams.

All you have to do is put forth the effort and you’ll land your dream job in no time at all!

Pitfalls Of The Assessment Center Recruitment Method

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

Assessment Centers are sometimes frowned upon because of the time and money a company has to put forth for their hiring practices.

Instead of standard questions with key phrases each applicant is expected to say in response (if those buzz phrases aren’t said the applicant is usually rejected), these are largely not standardized scenarios.

And because each group evaluated is made up of different members, often the process could be said to imply a bias toward one group’s dynamic over another’s.

An individual who gets run over in a group exercise might shine in a one-on one or smaller group interview.  It is also given to a large amount of play acting.

Someone who plays confident during the interview might not actually be confident as an employee; they might just be good at the games put forth during the assessment center.