| Three Important Phases Of An Interview Posted: Getting an interview brings on two emotions. The first is excitement, especially if you will be interviewing for a position you really want. The second is fear; especially if the stakes are high and you really need the job. An interview is about two parties, you and the prospective employer, getting together to see if there is a match. The process is skewed in the employer's favor, ... |
| GE To Build Advanced Battery Plant In NY State Posted: New York state's manufacturing sector got a boost Tuesday from news that General Electric will build $100 million battery manufacturing facility in the Albany region. The new business will create 350 "high-wage green-collar" jobs in the capitol region. It's to be partially funded by a $15 million New York state grant, and the company hopes, federal money. Next week, GE, with backing from U.S. ... |
| Government IT Spending To Increase 7% Next Year Posted: The federal government plans to spend $75.8 billion on information technology in 2010, a 7.2% increase over expected IT spending this year. However, that increase isn't set in stone. The government is making major shifts in how it spends money on IT, and costs could either come down or go up as a result. Among the major new government-wide IT initiatives are cloud computing, collaboration, ... |
| Job Cuts Top Of Mind For Employers Posted: A new Deloitte study concludes that top executives and human resource managers in a variety of industries believe they will need to make even more drastic headcount cuts as they try to cope with a prolonged recession. The study, "Managing Talent in a Turbulent Economy: Navigating a Course Through Rough Waters," was conducted in conjunction with Forbes Insight, and is the second edition in a ... |
| Wilton Re Signs $90 Million Outsourcing Contract With CSC Posted: Wilton Re (Wilton, Conn.) has signed a 10-year, $90 million outsourcing contract with CSC (Falls Church, Va.) for the provision of what a vendor source calls a "full range" of business process outsourcing (BPO) services. The deal calls for CSC to provide full back-office administration services for an additional 270,000 life policies and convert those policies to its CyberLife policy ... |
| Tip of the Day - Harness Your Weaknesses Posted: How do you stand out in a sea of candidates that, on paper, look pretty much the same? The answer is not by tooting your own horn and calling out each and every one of your accomplishments. Although some of this is required to emphasize your strong points, you can also stand out by embracing your weaknesses as well. Imaging you are a recruiter who is interviewing 8 candidates on a college ... |
| Is Your Resume a Ticking Time Bomb? Posted: Ah, the resume. Your chance to proudly boast of all your accomplishments and credentials. It is hard to imagine that this little piece of paper could actually hurt your chances of getting hired. You may not even realize it, but your resume could be a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. When you slide that piece of paper across the desk to the interviewer, you are saying to them, ... |
| An Insider’s Look at the Big 4 Ranking, Compensation and Hierarchy (Part One) Posted: Authors Note: This post is purely based on personal experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Though it is likely that this system is used at the other Big 4 accounting firms, this my not necessarily be the case at Deloitte, Ernst & Young and KPMG. The Big 4 employ an "up or out" mentality, meaning that staff are either promoted each year or asked to leave the firm. While this is something you ... |
