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What-to-Know-About-AI-in-the-Hiring-Process_Newsletter

What to Know About AI in the Hiring Process

“Global Talent Shortage Reaches a 17-Year High.” That is the headline of a recent survey by the Manpower Group, a global leader in recruitment and workforce solutions. The company found that 77% of employers in 2023 report difficulty in filling roles. The upshot? “Whoever holds the skilled talent...

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Will AI End Your Career?

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Artificial intelligence is everything, everywhere, all at once. Sure, for years, people have predicted a tidal wave of change due to automation, artificial intelligence, and digitization. Since November 2022, though, when OpenAI launched ChatGPT, the media has been on fire with daily headlines portending...

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10 Common Mistakes in Interviewing

Executives entering the job market often think they know how to look for a job. That’s understandable. Many of them have moved fluidly from one role to another over decades. Even if not, executives have usually hired any number of people throughout their careers. Surely, they would know how to navigate...

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To Fuel the Post-Pandemic Economy, Bet on Women Startups

It’s well known that the Covid-19 pandemic pitched working women under a bus. Industries favored by women saw heavy job losses. Women also shouldered a disproportionate burden of caring for children and elders when the world shut down. Whether women’s careers would ever recover was anyone’s guess.  Now,...

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12 Common Mistakes in an Executive Job Search

12 Common Mistakes in an Executive Job Search

If you’re re-entering the job market after significant time away from it, you’ve outgrown the hiring process you once knew. Let’s face it, the last time you were job hunting, you were probably at a lower level in your career. And job seeking is quite different at the executive level compared to the...

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Are Jobseekers Losing the Upper Hand?

Are Jobseekers Losing the Upper Hand?

The economic winds are shifting – and they’re bringing changes to the job market. Rising interest rates, high inflation, a sluggish housing market, and a manufacturing slowdown are all curbing growth. Instead of “quiet quitting” and the “Great Resignation,” recent headlines are now about hiring freezes,...

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How to Face the Dread of Networking

How to Face the Dread of Networking

(And What the Heck is Social Capital?) For five years, Lisa managed the operations and facilities of the Kansas City legal office of an international law firm as well as a second office that housed the firm’s entire back-office support. She loved her job but, for family reasons, needed to relocate...

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How Can You Endure Unsustainable Work? And Should You?

How Can You Endure Unsustainable Work? And Should You?

“HELP WANTED BADLY,” read the sign taped to the entrance of the specialty food shop. “BARISTAS, SANDWICH MAKERS, CHEESEMONGERS, ANYONE WITH A PULSE. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY.” It was just one of many job advertisements spotted recently in the downtown doorways of a midsized city in Massachusetts. But...

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Consulting Can Be a Bridge to a New Career

Consulting Can Be a Bridge to a New Career

Cameron Carnegie’s career was derailed when the pandemic devastated the global airline industry. A specialist in aircraft conceptual design, he had been recently hired as senior technical advisor by a French aerospace multinational. It was an executive position, which was new for Cameron. But...

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The Enormous Power of Weak Ties

The Enormous Power of Weak Ties

By Julie Norwell This year, the philanthropic arm of BBVA, one of the largest financial institutions in the world, honored Mark Granovetter with a coveted, international Frontiers of Knowledge Award. If you don’t know who Mark Granovetter is, you should. Especially if you’re a job seeker.  An American...

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