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Adapted from Harvard Business Review Distinguish between real and pseudo cues. An example of a pseudo cue is the halo effect that may surround candidates due to physical attractiveness. People subconsciously feel attraction to a good looking interviewees, and this pseudo cue positively biases their evaluation of the candidate’s unrelated skills. Unsee the pseudo cues…
As I am writing this post, I have come a long way… from job hunting to preparing myself for job interviews to negotiating and eventually clinching the job. Maybe it is an “Asian” thing, I realise we tend to be overly humble and undersell our abilities during interviews. This may lead to missed opportunities even…
As you readers may know from my profile page, I am from the financial services sector where hiring and retrenchment can happen within a short time frame. The concept of having the same job till you retire is no longer relevant. In the beginning of this year, I receive news that the firm I was…