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 […]
It’s interview season – the busiest and most exciting time of the year at Harrison Careers! Hopefully by this time, you have submitted lots of great applications, and are getting invited to multiple interviews… this is it! Your first steps on the path to securing the job of your dreams! As we always tell our […]
Following on from my post about getting rejected at video interviews, and given that we’re all in the thick of interview season right now, I wanted to share with you some of the tips and tricks that we use at Harrison Careers to help our clients succeed at the video interview stage. Typically, by this […]
Is it okay to admit that I am lazy?! Not lazy in that I cannot get out of bed or that I watch TV all day, but rather “long-term lazy”. I would rather do less work than more work, I’d rather have more vacation, and I prefer a 3-day weekend. And of course, I would […]
The other day one of our UK contacts got in touch and said the following exact words “Getting a job offer from any top sell-side investment bank is not a problem. I have already declined most of them.” I knew the person could not be serious, because I have simply never heard of that in […]
This is the busiest time of the year at Harrison Careers, when our clients are knee-deep in applications to graduate and internship programs. Across the globe, companies are competing for the best talent, and it’s a highly competitive – to say nothing of incredibly stressful – time of year for students, who are trying to […]
Q: Is a Master’s degree in the US worth it? A: Yes! Let me explain. The US economy is in great shape, with low unemployment. Starting salaries for anyone in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) are at an all-time high. If you do a Master’s in Computer Science or Data Science, then you are […]
