Soft Skills - Ask a Wharton MBA
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Just because you got turned down by a company for a job, it does not mean it has to be the end of the story. A friend interviewed at a company for a Paid Search Marketing position. He went for several rounds and everyone liked him but they turned him down saying they wanted someone with more experience. While he was disappointed, he graciously thanked them for the opportunity and continued his job search efforts. ...
In the baby boomer era, the myth was “if you are loyal to a company, the company will take care of you.” Many believed that until they were laid off at 55 after 20 years of service with no good prospect to find work again. Then for Generation X (people in our late 20s to 30s), it became “if you perform well, you will be rewarded.” To some extent this is still true until the financial market crashed and even very talented people remain out of work. ...
I was taught the definition of success in business school. We just finished 4 weeks of pre-term (refresher courses on math, accounting etc..) before my official 1st year at Wharton began. My accounting professor used most of the time in our last class to give us a lecture on success and what it means. ...
A friend of mine received the following from a company she was interviewing with and asked me to help her interpret what they mean.
“It sounds like you are pretty happy in your existing role, and we are still talking to candidates over the next few weeks. Please ping me in a few weeks if you are interested in continuing the conversation.” ...
Every 10 years, the US government conduct Census to take a snapshot of our population, determining how many people reside within the nation’s borders, who they are, and where they live.. It’s a massive effort and therefore will require hundreds of thousand of people to work for a few months in their local areas. ...
Most of you know that you must arrive early for an interview. But do you know what are the most common interview mistakes that even smart professionals make?
Today, US News posted on Yahoo finance an interesting article called 50 worst of the worst interview mistakes. While most of the listed are pretty obvious and funny, I want to comment on five mistakes that are commonly made even by people who have fairly good interviewing skills. ...
Growing up, you always hear that everyone’s dream is to work hard, earn lots of money quickly and retire as early as possible (maybe at 65, 55 or 45 if you can wing it). Well, I say forget it! That doesn’t sound like a dream at all.
Imagine working your butt off at 80 -100 hour weeks for 20-40 years so you can retire early. In the meantime, you may delay time to enjoy life; you may skip precious family time and vacations; you may delay time to find someone special; you may work your body to death. And for what? So you can enjoy yourself after you retire, with probably a series of health issues and nothing to do. ...