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John Doerr, general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, discusses what one should look for when joining a company.

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: John Doerr | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Career, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Behavior

In this time of hope and decorative mortarboards, we reached out to some of our favorite writers, asking them: What do graduates really need to know about the world of work?

Content: Article | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Who wouldn’t want a higher level of emotional intelligence? Studies have shown that a high emotional quotient (or EQ) boosts career success, entrepreneurial potential, leadership talent, health, relationship satisfaction, humor, and happiness. It is also the best antidote to work stress and it matters in every job — because all jobs involve dealing with people, and people with higher EQ are more rewarding to deal … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

In 2010 world-renowned innovation expert Clayton M. Christensen gave a powerful speech to the Harvard Business School’s graduating class. Drawing upon his business research, he offered a series of guidelines for finding meaning and happiness in life. He used examples from his own experiences to explain how high achievers can all too often fall into traps that lead to unhappiness.

The speech was memorable not only … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth, Karen Dillon | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

In today’s workplace, what goes around comes around faster, sinking takers and propelling givers to the top.

Content: Article | Author: Adam Grant | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior

There is still some residual stigma around coaching that it is somehow “remedial” as opposed to something that enhances high performance, similar to how an elite athlete uses a coach. But there really is not a single top athlete who does not have a coach, and what is also interesting is that most of the greatest coaches in the world were not the best players. … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Stephen Miles | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Career, Coaching, Personal Development

They meet more people in an afternoon than most of us do in a year. But what faux pas do human resources pros see again and again during the interview process? Lifehacker picked the brains of two high-profile executives to find out what you definitely should and shouldn’t say, as well as what they secretly think of your résumé.

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

A colleague asks you for feedback on a report. A LinkedIn connection requests an introduction to one of your key contacts. A recent graduate would like an informational interview. New research from Wharton management professor Adam Grant reveals that how you respond to these requests may be a decisive indicator of where you will end up on the ladder of professional success. Grant recently spoke … [ Read more ]

Content: Multimedia Content | Author: Adam Grant | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

Once we understand the power of our personal reputation, we can begin to see how others’ perceptions of us can impact our ability to compete in the marketplace—for jobs, for raises, for promotions. In the same way this concept works for the business world, we can accelerate our own journey toward success by evaluating our reputation and taking action to elevate it.

Content: Article | Author: Sara Canaday | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Career, Personal Development

Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That’s a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction-at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Daniel Pink | Subjects: Career, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development

In a world of layoffs, outsourcing, and industry disruption, the only “career insurance” you can get is through figuring out the answer to one particular question: how can you make yourself truly valuable professionally? Most recent grads assume they’ll do OK if they work hard. But doing the assigned job is table stakes, and not enough to matter very much when other, cheaper options become … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Dorie Clark | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: Career

Employers don’t really require your salary history to hire you. But many do like to bully you into disclosing private, confidential information that will give them an unfair negotiating position. So they call it “the policy.” Never, ever disclose my current salary or salary history to a prospective employer even if it means ending the interview process. Here are some ways to avoid doing so. … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Author: Nick Corcodilos | Source: PBS | Subjects: Benefits / Comp., Interviewing

We all want to choose a career that will make us happy, but how can we know what that will be? Research suggests that human beings are remarkably bad at predicting how they will feel when doing something in the future. It’s not hard to find someone who started out thinking that they would love their chosen profession, only to wind up hating it. In … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Author: Heidi Grant | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subject: Career Info

Many of us motor through our young adult years trying to rack up one achievement after another—being “successful”—without thinking through what we truly want. At many points along this journey, we seek or get guidance from well-meaning peers, friends, family, and loved ones who advise us what we should desire and what we should avoid. Little of this advice is based on any deep understanding … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Robert S. Kaplan | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Career

Every year, hundreds of thousands of new graduates enter the business world, eager to climb the corporate ladder. Their progress on the early rungs of that journey will often be determined by qualities like hard work, determination, knowledge and technical proficiency. But Alan S. Berson and Richard G. Stieglitz, authors of Leadership Conversations: Challenging High-Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders, argue that those same qualities … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Alan S. Berson, Richard G. Stieglitz | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Career, Leadership, Management, Personal Development

You’re in the process of interviewing at a company and it seems like you’ve got a good shot at the position. Terrific! Before you rush to say yes when you get the offer, though, make sure this is really the ideal place to be employed. Here’s a handy list of twelve things you should look into.

Content: Career Information | Author: Donna Svei | Source: LifeHacker | Subject: Evaluating Job Offers

When you apply for a job at a larger firm, there’s a high chance that your resume will be scanned by a filtering software for words related to certain job vacancies. This kind of automation process will also reject your resume if it doesn’t “meet traditional, business-dictated document formatting,” writes Rick Gillis in his book Job!: Learn How to Find Your Next Job In 1 … [ Read more ]

Content: Career Information | Source: Business Insider | Subject: Resumes

Dozens of MBAs seeking short-term international work assignments have found jobs through MBAs Without Borders, which places B-school graduates in the developing world to work on projects that range from public health to oil and gas extraction.

Content: Article | Author: Erin Zlomek | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Career, MBA Related

It is taken for granted in the knowledge economy that companies must employ the most talented performers to compete and succeed. Many firms try to buy stars by luring them away from competitors. But Boris Groysberg shows what an uncertain and disastrous practice this can be.

After examining the careers of more than a thousand star analysts at Wall Street investment banks, and conducting more than … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Boris Groysberg | Subjects: Career, Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior

Allocation choices can make your life turn out to be very different from what you intended. Sometimes that’s good: Opportunities that you never planned for emerge. But if you misinvest your resources, the outcome can be bad. As I think about my former classmates who inadvertently invested for lives of hollow unhappiness, I can’t help believing that their troubles relate right back to a short-term … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Clayton M. Christensen | Source: Harvard Business Review | Subjects: Career, Life, Wisdom