Research an organization's history and mission and give examples of how your skills fit with duties outlined in a job description to do well in an interview, job-search experts suggest. Rehearse answers to common questions and be prepared to ask specific questions about an organization's products or services to show you've done your homework, they advise. CNN (11/4) Talent officer gives tips to college graduates After a winding path through her career and unrelated college majors, Courtney Hagen is now chief talent officer at Littlejohn. Hagen says a graduate's first job won't make or break their career, but they need to do extensive research and prioritize the role rather than the company. Forbes (11/6)
Hire Smart
Column: Look for these traits in your next hire Digital Press founder Nicolas Cole's first hire ended up being a bad fit, but that experience, and subsequent hires, taught him the characteristics to look for in a startup employee. "Great startup employees realize they are building their 'future role' at the company," he writes. Medium (tiered subscription model) (11/4)
The Landscape
Great leaders show their human side To be a successful leader, show colleagues that you are multidimensional, writes Marcel Schwantes, founder of Leadership From the Core. "Self-disclose and be human -- engage in storytelling, discuss a mistake or risk you took, share an emotion -- these interactions allow others to feel more connected to you as the leader," he writes. Inc. online (11/6)How tech improves the employee experience HR can give employees a better workplace experience by using artificial intelligence for talent management and chatbots for answering HR-related questions, writes Hanadi El Sayyed, CEO of &humans. Other tech solutions include providing employees with wearable technologies to make purchases and monitor their health, and a facial recognition system for gaining access to company spaces and keeping track of work hours, she writes. TLNT (11/5)Are your office walls stressing workers? To set a calm tone in an office, stay away from bright yellow and other overwhelming colors on the walls, even if those colors match your logo. Overstimulating office spaces, common in tech startups, can actually decrease productivity, writes Anne Quito. Quartz (tiered subscription model) (11/6)
Thanks to the magic of computer-generated imagery, James Dean will appear in a movie again as a secondary lead role in "Finding Jack," a Vietnam-era film due to come out next Veterans Day. Several actors took to Twitter to express concerns about the project's potential effect on the iconic actor's image and how his role will be credited. The Hollywood Reporter (11/6),Deadline Hollywood (11/6)
Nature uses as little as possible of anything.
Johannes Kepler, astronomer, mathematician who discovered three major laws of planetary motion
