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Overqualified and Interviewing

Office Dynamics

I knew with my experience and overqualifications the interview committee would want to know why I would be willing to take a pay cut and less work responsibilities. Be familiar with names of those interviewing you and department heads you’d work with. Ask questions during the interview.

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Should People with Grit Ever Give Up?

Success

So, instead, we might replace it with an easier question: “How confident do I feel?” How to avoid it: When it comes to confidence, we want to have enough, but more isn’t always better. What we need is accurate confidence; we need our confidence to match our likelihood of success. We get stuck in a sunk cost trap.

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Diplomas and Dilemmas: How 2023 Graduates Can Navigate Job Market Chaos

Allwork

This month, the graduating class of 2023 will bid farewell to a rather extraordinary college experience — having endured an unforeseen worldwide pandemic, an unexpected switch to remote learning, skyrocketing inflation and housing costs, not to mention cascades of tech sector layoffs.

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How to Get Promoted: 4 Steps to Prepare for the Next Step in Your Career

Success

Moving up in your company seems like a no-brainer, but many hidden costs are associated with getting a promotion. . Listen to this week’s episode of the rich & REGULAR podcast on the hidden costs of promotions, and keep reading below for tips on mentally preparing so that when the opportunity to move up arises, you’re ready. .

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Unlearning Silence in the Workplace: How to Speak Up at Work

Success

She asks people to examine the costs of staying silent: “We unlearn being silent by recognizing and wrestling with the silence we’ve learned. What have we experienced as the costs of speaking up in the past? What assumptions do we hold about where and when we’re allowed to speak up?

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What Incivility at Work Costs All of Us

On The Job

In the article by Christine Porath, associate professor at Georgetown University, she noted that after studying the cost of incivility for nearly 20 years she finds that "insensitive interactions" hurt a person's health, performance and souls. Do these people know they're being mean and belittling others?

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Recruiters Must Avoid These 7 Hiring Mistakes At All Costs

Recruit CRM

As per the US Department of Labour, the cost of making a bad hiring decision can be as much as 30% of an employee's annual salary. In this article, Recruit CRM is thereby helping you explore 7 such common mistakes which recruiters should avoid making at all costs.