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Recommended Websites (II)
You asked about my internet literacy habits: websites I am regularly visiting, blogs I often read, preferred web pages. Since there are quite a few I am truly fond of, I will describe them in series, randomly choosing 3 web pages in each article.
Recommended Websites (I)
You asked about my internet literacy habits: websites I am regularly visiting, blogs I often read, preferred web pages. Since there are quite a few I am truly fond of, I will describe them in series, randomly choosing 3 web pages in each article. “We need to build websites with celebrity speakers who talk about […]
Funny yet Knotty Interview Questions
That awkward moment when … the interviewer throws oddball questions at you:
The Romanian HR & Recruitment Market in 2014
As 2014 reaches its end, I summarized my personal experience related to the Romanian HR Management & Recruitment Market. Underlining ‘personal experience’ means that data are not supported by studies or surveys; they are based solely on my observations throughout the year. Some of the findings are quite paradoxical ….
Jobless
Have you ever been jobless? Maybe for a month or two? Maybe longer?
Tough & Tricky Interview Questions
Interviewers have become more and more sophisticated in their quest for finding the most suitable candidates for the jobs. Standard interview questions seem to be rather inconclusive when the selection process requires differentiating candidates with similar working experience, technical knowledge and skills. The differentiators are then narrowed down to intellectual strength, spontaneity, mindset, long-term thinking, […]
Outside the Box
“You don’t just think outside the box, you don’t even know there is a box!” Madam Secretary (TV Series 2014 – )
Interview with an Intrapreneur
Cristian Motca: “Intrapreneurs can be the transition architects to a new culture, to a new business model that, one way or another, will spread faster that we can think now, model that will make not solely the difference in the market, but it will be the engine of further development of companies.”
Dreams and Goals
“A goal is a dream with a deadline” Napoleon Hill
Counteroffers
Statistics confirm the fact that more than 80% of the employees who decided to accept a counteroffer are not with their company six months later!
Rebecca. File
Archiving Creation, Feelings, Impressions and Emotions Rebecca… …the classical best-selling novel of British writer Daphne du Maurier (1938). …the cult thriller, addressing both critics and the general public, directed by Alfred Hitchcock (1940). …the Gothic play recounted in a musical-hit by Hungarian-born American composer Sylvester Lévay and German librettist Michael Kunze (2006). Rebecca – one […]
Salary Expectations
Another controversial article is making internet rounds and debatable waves these days. The CEO of a career consulting company speaks strongly against the right of employers to ask candidates about their current salary or financial package. She advises job applicants to refuse divulging their present salary and to insist on firmly stating salary expectations only. […]