Word: job
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...question whether anything is being done under the Spence administration. But the dean argues that he entered office in 1984 with a dearth of information about the Faculty's financial standing and how it operates. The curriculum review is just one of his efforts to educate himself about his job, administrators...
Knowing the position, the employer's firm, and the employer's industry is essential to a successful interview - an interview that leads to another opportunity, a second interview, or a job offer...
...campus interviews should be only one part of your overall job hunting strategy. When interviewing at the Office of Career Services (OCS), make appointments with only those companies that interest you. Interviewing with companies "just for practice" wastes your time and an opportunity another student might have used. Unprepared job candidates and "shoppers" discourage company recruiters from visiting our campus, and this cuts the number of job openings available...
Each company fills out a fact sheet about positions or training programs, location of employment, and required concentrations. These are kept in a binder in the recruiting room. It may seem obvious, but you should have a basic knowledge of what your job involves. If you're interviewing for an investment banking firm, know what an investment analyst does and how she contributes to the company. You should also know such basic information about a company as: what its products are, where its offices are located, what subsidiaries it has, what its growth has been, and how it views...
Initially, the interviewer may try to break the ice by talking about anything but the job - such as sports, the weather, or current events. One Harvard senior encountered an interviewer who spent an entire 30-minute interview talking about football. They had a great conversation - but the student didn't get a second interview...