Gravity Payments
Gravity Payments founder and CEO Dan Price.
When Dan Price, founder and CEO of the Seattle-based credit card payment processing firm Gravity Payments, announced he was raising the company’s minimum salary to $70,000 a year, he was met with overwhelming enthusiasm.
“Everyone start[ed] screaming and cheering and just…
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Daily Archives: August 1, 2015
Here’s how Hillary Clinton flubbed the most dreaded interview question — and what she should have said
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“To me, these answers are proof that even very bright and accomplished speakers can flub interview questions — just like the rest of us,” says Skillings.
“What’s your greatest weakness?” may be the most dreaded interview question of all time. It is ubiquitous. It is also a trap.…
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18 of the most creative résumés we’ve ever seen
Robby Leonardi
For Robby Leonardi, video games trump plain white paper.
Job hunting can be a frustrating odyssey of nos and non-responses, and applying for gigs can feel like screaming into a void. (Are you alive? Are they alive? Is anyone out there?)
To combat that, many job seekers with…
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12 ridiculous stunts job seekers have pulled to impress a hiring manager
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“Hold on, let me get this — it’s another employer calling to offer me a job.”
All job seekers want to stand out from the crowd and impress the hiring manager.
But desperation sometimes gets the best of us, and we end up doing crazy things that backfire…
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