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The resume: there are so many conflicting recommendations out there. Should you keep it to one page? Do you put a summary up top? Do you include personal interests and volunteer gigs? This may be your best chance to make a good first impression, so you’ve got to get it right.

Content: Career Information | Author: Amy Gallo | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: Resumes

Any human, in fact, any animal will tend to repeat behavior that is followed by positive reinforcement. The more successful we become, the more positive reinforcement we get – and the more likely we are to experience the success delusion.

I behave this way. I am successful. Therefore, I must be successful because I behave this way.

Wrong!

Content: Article | Author: Marshall Goldsmith | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Nearly a quarter century ago, at a gathering in Phoenix, Arizona, John W. Gardner delivered a speech that may be one of the most quietly influential speeches in the history of American business — a text that has been photocopied, passed along, underlined, and linked to by senior executives in some of the most important companies and organizations in the world. I wonder, though, how … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Bill Taylor | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Why do people feel so miserable and disengaged at work? Because today’s businesses are increasingly and dizzyingly complex — and traditional pillars of management are obsolete, says Yves Morieux. So, he says, it falls to individual employees to navigate the rabbit’s warren of interdependencies. In this energetic talk, Morieux offers six rules for “smart simplicity.” (Rule One: Understand what your colleagues actually do.)

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Yves Morieux | Source: TED Conferences LLC | Subjects: Career, Management, Organizational Behavior

When executives take on new leadership positions, their ability to be effective is assumed. That is why they are appointed in the first place. But competence alone is not enough for optimal results. Thriving in a new managerial role requires setting the stage for success, winning over key colleagues, communicating according to a plan and listening to those affected by the change.

Content: Article | Authors: David García, Guido Stein | Source: IESE Insight | Subjects: Career, Management, Organizational Behavior

The key to job hunting success is people — meeting them, talking with them, and getting them to recommend you to managers. It is a very active process. Here are the most important things you can do in your job search.

Content: Career Information | Author: Nick Corcodilos | Source: PBS | Subject: Resumes

The 11 guidelines listed below are intended to help you do a better job of influencing decision-makers. In some cases, these decision-makers may be immediate or upper managers—in other cases they may be peers or cross-organizational colleagues. I hope you find these suggestions to be useful in helping you convert your good ideas into meaningful action.

Content: Article | Author: Marshall Goldsmith | Subjects: Career, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

Effective leadership often relies on your ability to persuade others. If you manage a team whose members come from different cultures, learning to adapt your persuasive techniques is crucial.

Content: Article | Author: Erin Meyer | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Career, International, Management, Personal Development, Productivity / Work Tips

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Human Resources, Work

Don’t let your naturally quiet nature stop you from enjoying the benefits of networking. These tips will soon have you mingling like a pro.

Content: Article | Author: Darren Dahl | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subject: Career

If you have ever been in an interview, then you have undoubtedly had to answer the “Tell Me About Yourself” question. It is so common that it is often neglected during our interview preparation. However, it is arguably the most important interview question as it sets the tone for the rest of the interview. To effectively answer the “Tell Me About Yourself” question, your response … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Subject: Interviewing

There are people who get exactly what they want. You think they’re the lucky ones, but they’re not. The lucky ones are those who do what they are meant to do.

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Career, Life, Personal Development, Wisdom

In today’s turbulent business environment, leaders must be able to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances. A study coauthored by IESE’s Mireia Las Heras suggests that the most adaptable executives are those who have worked in a variety of different jobs during their careers and those who had access to senior managers early in their careers.

Editor’s Note: I would be very wary of drawing the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: IESE Insight | Subjects: Career, Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior

Though forecasting specific events is futile, becoming conversant in the growing technical language and comfortable with the evolving conditions and events that shape the future is an increasingly essential part of what management is and does. Managers who don’t make the effort, who don’t learn, and who don’t get comfortable with what needs to be learned will surely constrain their careers and hurt their companies. … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Theodore Levitt | Subjects: Career, Future, Management, Personal Development

Storytelling is perhaps the best way to present information so it’s memorable and relatable, and it can make you stand out especially in job interviews. Career expert Liz Ryan of Human Workspace drew up this poster to help you arm yourself with stories before your next interview.

Content: Career Information | Source: LifeHacker | Subject: Interviewing

Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here’s why, and what to do about it.

Content: Article | Authors: Claire Shipman, Katty Kay | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior, Women in Business

Looking for a new job can be an intimidating task with lots of things that you need to do, but the 50 Ways to Get a Job web site can make it not seem overwhelming.

The site uses the old logic of breaking down a large task into smaller pieces to tackle it. It first asks you to choose what stage of the job search you … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Subject: Career Info

There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Action, Career, Leadership, Management

The MBA is a famously expensive degree. But most of the academic learning you’ll get in an MBA program can now be had through free online resources. SlideRule ran a detailed study of the “core” curricula of some of the world’s top business schools to determine the essential components of an MBA. Then, we curated the best online resources that teach each of those essential … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Subjects: Career, Education, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources, Personal Development

If an interviewer asks you what your spouse does for a living, it’s good to have a clever retort. But what does that question really mean?

Content: Career Information | Author: Nick Corcodilos | Source: PBS | Subject: Interviewing