Hi everyone, The end of summer is fast approaching, and with it the arrival of Application Season. It’s time to get moving on these applications! You already know that there is a first-come, first-served advantage – the earlier you submit your applications, the higher chance you have. Most companies now require you to record answers […]
I just read an interesting article on LinkedIn at https://lnkd.in/gcW85_X – it makes a great point about candidates spending time on the lowest probability activity – online applications. I know they are a necessary evil, but you will be SO much more effective, and will get much better results, if you allocate 20% of your […]
I write this as the coronavirus continues to worsen across Europe and the United States. This is an unprecedented situation for our generation, and will certainly have profound effects, not only on health and populations, but on economies. The subject of today’s blog is the impact on hiring. It is often said that one of […]
You each have your own view about immigration. All evidence says it boosts productivity, GDP, etc. What I am seeing right now in the US is a jobs bonanza for American STEM major students, who are in even more demand because the jobs cannot be filled by the Indian and Chinese software engineers who can […]
Sending a message to all international students. No career advisor can promise you a job. You have to get it the old fashioned way, by applying and performing at interview. https://mystudentvoices.com/how-the-era-of-instant-gratification-is-impacting-international-students-careers-25a4c879bf42
Check this out if you are advising anyone about university majors. In this modern world, the job growth is mostly all in STEM: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/11/26/to-make-money-study-maths-or-economics-at-a-top-university?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-theeconomist&utm_content=later-4223461&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram
At Harrison Careers, I get asked almost daily by clients and prospective clients how to make their résumés stand out from all the other thousands of applications that employers receive. I have looked at tens of thousands of résumés in my time – at Harrison Careers and while I was recruiting for the Goldman Sachs […]
https://forge.medium.com/the-most-important-question-in-a-job-interview-and-how-to-answer-it-46a0c39d656d – this is an interesting article, but I have a different opinion about how to respond to this question. When the interviewer asks you if you have any questions, the very best way is something like this: “Hey yes, definitely! Please could I ask a bit about you and your career? How did you […]
I decided to write this advice because it seems to me that so many clients of Harrison Careers, especially those who do not speak English as their first language, struggle to build effective relationships and to get professionals to like them as quickly as they could. I am no psychologist, but I do have common […]
So… you’ve written brilliant application forms, you’ve made it through the online tests, you’ve succeeded at the online video interview, and yes, you’ve even passed the Round 1 interview because you were totally prepared for all the tough competency questions they threw at you… THEN they ask you to make a presentation. You’re nervous of […]