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For College Students, Job Market a Mixed Bag

By Guest PostNovember 17, 2012Jobsalex mitchell, bayer corp, bayer headquarters, blissfield, college students, communications employer, finding, job, mba candidate, megan brody, michigan, michigan state university, mixed bag, national career, new jersey, ohio, outcome, recruiting cycle, recruiting trends report, summer internship

EAST LANSING, Mich. — As Michigan State University’s Recruiting Trends report shows, college students are experiencing a mixed bag of outcomes when it comes to finding a job.

For some MSU students, like MBA candidate Megan Brody, the job search was short and rewarding. For others, like journalism senior Alex Mitchell, the hunt hasn’t led to any full-time positions.

Mitchell, who graduates in December with a degree in journalism, has sent out about 15 resumes to communications employers in Michigan and Ohio hoping to stay close to his hometown of Blissfield in southeastern Michigan. He said he will continue the process until he gets a job he sees fit. (more…)

Want Better Employees? Get Somebody Else To Rate Their Personalities, Suggests New Study.

By Guest PostNovember 16, 2012Economyassessment, business, co worker, current employees, evaluation tool, job, maastricht university, michael scott, performance, personality test, phenomenon, potential, predictive, self rated, the office, toronto, university, ute huelsheger

TORONTO, ON – Businesses will get more accurate assessments of potential and current employees if they do away with self-rated personality tests and ask those being assessed to find someone else to rate them, suggest results from a new study.

Previous job performance studies have shown that outsiders are best at rating an individual’s personality in terms of how they work on the job. But observers in these studies have always been co-workers. (more…)

Recovery Continues for U.S. Economy, Adding 5 Million Jobs

By Guest PostMarch 23, 2012Economyamerica, bernie degroat, daniil manaenkov, Economy, gross domestic product, Japan, joan crary, job, matthew hall, unemployment, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— America’s economy will continue its recovery this year and next as it adds nearly 5 million jobs and unemployment falls below 8 percent, say University of Michigan economists.

“The performance of the U.S. economy during much of 2011 did nothing to alter the perception that we were mired in a sluggish recovery,” said U-M economist Joan Crary. (more…)

Faced With Job Loss? Perception is Everything

By Guest PostMarch 9, 2012Economyanxiety, bernie degroat, cognitively activate, employment prospects, Facebook, general social survey, information, job, job loss, job search, job seeker, labor market, leigh thompson, linkedIn, ned smith, perception, poor, resources, social network, socioeconomic status, tanya menon, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— When faced with job loss, people who consider themselves poor may limit employment prospects by believing they have a smaller social network than they actually do, says a University of Michigan business professor.

“Social networks help explain people’s outcomes in the labor market by determining how people seek help,” said Ned Smith, assistant professor of strategy at the Michigan Ross School of Business. “Network contacts offer two primary resources for job search—information, which provides job seekers with knowledge about where to find employment, and influence, whereby network contacts affect people’s success in actually securing employment by swaying the hiring process.” (more…)

Running Britain’s Largest Companies is Almost Unrecognisable From The 1980s, 24 Year-Long Study Reveals

By Guest PostDecember 12, 2011Economyannie pye, british business, chairman, chief executive, corporate, corporate governance regulation, global economic crisis, ground breaking, job, judgement, lloyds banking group, number of female directors, prudential, relationship, remuneration, sir adrian cadbury, uk, university of exeter, women on boards, work and enjoyment

Corporate directing in the UK has radically changed over the last 24 years yet some board conduct, such as the persistent under-representation of women on boards, has only changed marginally, a unique series of ESRC-funded studies reveals.

The research by Annie Pye, Professor of Leadership Studies at the University of Exeter Business School, is based on a series of interviews, which first took place in 1988, with directors who lead some of the UK’s largest listed companies, including Lloyds Banking Group, Marks & Spencer, and Prudential. Described by Sir Adrian Cadbury as “ground-breaking”, the research spans a period of significant change for British business, predating the first code of governance practice for UK companies, through to the present global economic crisis. (more…)

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For College Students, Job Market a Mixed Bag

Want Better Employees? Get Somebody Else To Rate Their Personalities, Suggests New Study.

Recovery Continues for U.S. Economy, Adding 5 Million Jobs

Faced With Job Loss? Perception is Everything

Running Britain’s Largest Companies is Almost Unrecognisable From The 1980s, 24 Year-Long Study Reveals