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QR Codes: Like Poop on Your Résumé

QR Codes: Like Poop on Your Résumé

A particular pet peeve of mine: the all-the-sudden popular and ugly-as-sin QR code. I hate them, because like many fads, most people rushing to use them don’t understand how to make sure they add value to the experience. In general, I feel that most people might as well take a poop on their résumé as put one of these on it, because adding a QR code without adding something of value to the “interview ecosystem” is well…just a load of crap.

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Tech, Toys and the Risks and Benefits of Introducing "New and Shiny" Into a Job Search Ecosystem

There are potential downsides to bringing along “new and shiny” as you enter into a search process.

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Interview Ecology and Your Job Search

Interview Ecology and Your Job Search

Today’s institutions spend a lot of time assessing environments and making sure they understand them, so that people will feel comfortable and welcome. We also spend a lot of time struggling with ways to promote sustainability and integrate new technology into our approaches. So let’s crash these concepts together to examine the ecology of the job search, and apply the resulting framework to different aspects of the job search.

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SuperVision: How to Answer Questions About Your Supervisory Style

Supervision is hard. Developing a coherent supervisory style is even harder. And explaining your supervisory style in an interview? Really, really hard. John Mayo and I will be discussing how to approach questions about supervision and your supervisory style in a job interview on The Grill.

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Reader Survey: Help Improve the Site, and Get a Chance to Win!

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What Comes Easy, What Comes Hard: This Week’s Questions on The Grill

What Comes Easy, What Comes Hard: This Week’s Questions on The Grill

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