In a survey of more than 600 employers, one theme kept coming up: Despite AI, soft skills and the ability to learn still set successful job candidates apart.
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Career influencers and resume services profit from exaggerated claims about how applicant-tracking systems work. Most of the popular advice is not backed by evidence.
Two surveys of hundreds of companies shed new light on what employers want.
Research suggests that some things are better left unsaid.
Checking references has long been a part of the hiring process but it should only ever be one of a series of steps taken to assess someone’s qualifications.
Competition for the best jobs can be fierce but some simple preparation can ensure you stand out from the pack at the interview stage.
Examining current attitudes to accents in Britain, do the same biases hold true as they did 50 years ago and what does that mean when it comes to the interview process?
Under no circumstances do NAPLAN scores alone indicate a student’s full potential, so linking them to any future job application is a dangerous idea.
Bias, stereotypes and other rules of thumb influence how people think about you – even based on your name.
Recruiters seem to have unconscious biases that can be overturned by what they see on job applications.
If companies are using automated software in hiring, then job applicants should be able to use the same technology.
Horrors of job discrimination.
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Associate Professor in Management, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems, Drexel University
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Research Fellow in Responsible Artificial Intelligence, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor of Human Resource Management, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Sociolinguistics, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Research DECRA Fellow, Institute for Learning Sciences and Teacher Education, Australian Catholic University
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Lecturer in Psychosis Studies, King's College London
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Associate Professor of Education Policy, Australian Catholic University
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Research Fellow, Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen
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Associate Clinical Professor of Organizational Behavior, Drexel University
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Associate Professor of Strategy and Organizational Theory, Mount Royal University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Newcastle University
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PhD Candidate, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary