Hiring an effective lawyer has far more to do with personality, past behavior, and situational judgment than an LSAT (Law School Admission Test) score or undergraduate GPA, according to a study by Dr. Sheldon Zedeck of UC Berkeley and Dr. Marjorie Schultz of Berkeley Law. Before reviewing the study, an explanation of the LSAT is […]
We all know there’s a lot of noise in the hiring process—job seekers have to wade through hundreds or thousands of job postings to find the ones they want to apply to, only to have their resumes lost in a black hole. Similarly, recruiters must wade through hundreds or thousands of applicants to find the […]
If you are part of a small engineering team, you’re more than likely going to end up interviewing another engineer at some point in your career. We all know that being an interviewee is a boondoggle of scheduling, phone screens, code tests, and communication breakdowns. What no one talks much about is that once you’re […]
Update 2/19/2013: This article was picked up by VentureBeat The Times recently published an article describing how employers increasingly rely on internal referrals in hiring. In the age of “spray and pray” job seekers, where the cost of submitting an application is a few recycled electrons, this may seem like a rational solution in the […]
Catered breakfast, lunch, and dinner. If you’re one of the lucky people who work in Silicon Valley, these meals are everyday luxuries. But what happened to snack? When was the last time you had a scheduled snack time? You may flash back to the hazy days of kindergarten in which you sat down with your mates and […]
