Video Resumes Are Taking Off

sugerido por Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro (contributor de http://kontratempos.blogspot.com e de http://ppresente.wordpress.com):
Aqui segue um artigo publicado no Wall Street Journal sobre a reconfiguração das competências de comunicação com o crescimento dos currículos em vídeo:
http://www.collegejournal.com/jobhunting/resumeadvice/20070101-ransom.html

Video Resumes Are Taking Off
By DIANA RANSOM
source: www.collegejournal.com
When Mona Lattouf's initial job-hunting efforts didn't pay off, the recent college grad got creative.
Using a digital camera, the Orange County, Calif., resident created a two-minute "video resume" that included highlights from her paper resume and answers to common interview questions.
Within two to three weeks of sending hiring managers a link to her video, she received several calls back. "It was truly painless," says Ms. Lattouf, who landed a job as a junior accountant in October. More...

Hire for Attitude, Train for Skills

By Nicholas Boothman
You can't build a great company without great people.
Plenty of organizations still hire for skills and experience, but more and more of them are realizing that the right attitude can make the difference between a star performer and a run of the mill employee.
As long as a person has the mental and physical capacity to get the job done then what he or she knows is less important than how they will behave.
The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. When seeking out people with great attitudes, focus on how they reacted to situations in the past. Use the three magic words, “Tell me about…” .... (Mais...)

A pergunta fatal

Revista Exame - 01/12/2004
Depoimentos recolhidos por Rosália Amorim
A questão que não pode falhar numa entrevista de emprego se se deparar com um destes directores de recursos humanos. (Mais...)

Useful link: Expert Career Advice

Source: London Business School / Career information

Welcome to AlumniAdvisor, where you can get expert career assessment and counseling exclusively for MBA alumni.
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People come to us for help with one or more of three broad categories of career issues: Mission, Strategy and Tactics (More...)

Defina uma estratégia

por Vítor Andrade
Expresso, Caderno Emprego
Edição 1659 / 14-08-2004

QUANDO foi a última vez que parou para pensar um pouco sobre a sua estratégia profissional?
Já não se lembra. Provavelmente não se lembra porque nem sequer é um assunto que esteja no topo das suas prioridades laborais. O que está errado. (Mais...)

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Networking Tips for Finding Your Way around the Job Market

By Angela Harris
Source: London Business School / Alumni

Finding your way around a job market will always be daunting – particularly as the majority of posts are never advertised.

Deputy Director of the School’s Career Management Centre Angela Harris says that the networking can be the key. (More...)

The earliest bird catches the work

By Kathy Harvey
The Financial Time
Published: August 24 2003 17:24

As chairman of Veredus, the UK-based national recruitment consultancy, Hamish Davidson has met thousands of MBA students and seen CVs from graduates of the world's top business schools. He is not impressed.

"It's pretty sad really," he says. "I've been addressing groups of MBA students for years and there's a lack of realism about the need to take responsibility for their own job search. I still detect an arrogant approach; some students don't realise that it's not just a question of sending a CV." .... (Mais...)