The questions you ask a potential job seeker may seem designed to ferret out truths. But in reality, they’re designed to test job applicants on their preparedness and poise. Consider the prompt “Tell me about a time you failed in your job, and how you handled it.” While on the surface, this prompt gets at a candidate’s capabilities when it comes to “thinking [...]
A year ago, we were seeing older workers flee from the workforce. Today, it’s the opposite. Pretty sure this phenomenon was tagged "The Great Return". Inflation and a struggling stock market have driven some retirees back to the workforce. According to a recent survey by Joblist, 27% of retirees returned to the workforce because they needed the money. Another 21% feared that inflation [...]
Ask the average Millennial, and they’ll say they hope to retire by 56. The average Baby Boomer hopes to retire around 60. What time does the average person actually retire? Currently, that number is 63. One of the main reasons for this discrepancy is that most people don’t know how much money they’ll actually need to retire. The current rates of inflation certainly [...]
Just because it’s a candidate’s market doesn’t mean you’re having an easy time finding a job. It can be easy to wonder or feel inferior when you’re hearing how desperate companies are for talent, yet not finding a good fit. To make an energetic shift in your search, start with your resume. How are you telling your story? Is it explicit and obvious [...]
Want to grow a garden? Press print and just add water. That’s the latest concept from a team of designers in Jerusalem. To Grow a Building, presented at Jerusalem Design Week, uses a custom 3D-printing robot that prints dirt walls with seeded soil. In six weeks, with just a bit of water, those walls will have grown a root system, lush greens and [...]
It takes 5 job rejections for a job seeker to start losing confidence. But most job seekers apply for an average of 15 jobs and receive 6 to 10 rejections. Yikes! That means most job seekers start to get discouraged, at least according to the data from Joblist, a recruiting platform. The survey further showed that one in ten job seekers feel their [...]
According to the experts and all the studies, the length of a job commute is inversely proportional to life satisfaction — and a big contributor to job burnout. But what if you have no choice? While getting your commute down to its shortest possible span might seem like the wise move, a study by Barcelona Institute for Global Health shows that commuting through [...]
The IRS issued a warning in June (attached) that bad actors are using fake job offers to steal personally identifying information as well as money. Specifically, they get their hands on your personal information and use it to file for unemployment in your name — which can really mess with your records and your taxes. How to tell if a job offer is a [...]
Wish you could pay your tax bill with your stash of crypto? Coloradans can. Colorado is officially the first state to allow citizens to pay their state taxes with either Bitcoin or Etherium. And that’s just the start. The government has plans to roll out crypto-pay for the rest of state government activities too, like drivers’ licenses and hunting licenses. State lawmakers also [...]
With virtual interviews now common, the ground rules need to be staked out. One question on the minds of a lot of my clients at Norstrem Associates: Should I record job interviews? While it might make sense to take advantage of the technology Zoom and other video-conferencing platforms offer, which tend to make recording any conversation easy, think twice. When you record a [...]