What’s Your Weakness?

What’s Your Weakness?

Candor wins over canned responses. While this has always been at least somewhat true, honesty is highly sought particularly in an environment where the number of start-ups and smaller, leaner organizations is on the rise. Interviewers are more focused than ever on really getting to know how you function – particularly under stress. Some organizations go as far as to have their most senior leaders take rigorous behavioral tests to ensure they have the right stamina, skills, aptitude and attitude to succeed.

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Body Talk

Body Talk

I recently read the Harvard Business School article, “Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are,” (Cuddy, Amy. TED Global, October 2012 .) In summation, Cuddy, a B-School researcher and socio-psychologist, completed studies revealing how our body posture affects our minds. I think it is reasonable to believe people as a whole understand that body language affects how others see us. But, what we might not realize is that our body language may also change how we see ourselves.

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Salary Match-Making

Salary Match-Making

My recent one-hour interview went very well. It is an exciting opportunity for the right person, and what they propose is a needed initiative in the community. My challenge is that the position pays $80K with full benefits, but I currently earn almost $140K per annum. A $60K drop would be a financial disaster as I wouldn’t be able to afford my mortgage let alone other necessary bills. I did not react to this figure. Help!

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