Business Communication Essentials, 8th Ed.
Chapter 14. Applying and Interviewing for Employment
"The new year is often a good time to reflect on the good and bad things that have happened in the past year," says Vivian Giang with BusinessInsider.
"Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school.
"Melitta Campbell (photo, left) is a copywriter with 15 years experience of working in a corporate communications environment within a number of international organisations.
There are four things that the most successful professionals have in common.
Professor Timothy Coombs talks about the relations between social media and crisis communication.
From showing up too casually attired to giving a weak handshake, committing these mistakes will make sure you don’t get a callback (much less a new job).
"Knowing what to wear on a job interview is half the battle of the interview itself.
It's not all that difficult to completely blow a job interview.
I've estimated that between career fairs and in-office interviews, I've interviewed over 150 people.
Katya Wachtel (photo left), writer for BusinessInsider.
It’s a fabulous thing when you finally get a job offer.
On any given day we're lied to from 10 to 200 times, and the clues to detect those lies can be subtle and counter-intuitive.
Career fairs are going digital.
According to Aimee Groth (photo, left) and Eric Goldschein, "During a job interview, the questions you ask are just as important as the answers you provide.
"If you’re spending time reading job advertisements online, you know that they’re not all written equally," says Lindsay Olson (photo, left).
In this video Brian Solis interviews Tyler Cyr, Dunkin' Brands' web communications manager, on "how social media helps continue and improve the Dunkin’ experience.
Skip Freeman asks, "The purpose of the meal .
Ian Griffin recently attended a forum where Kim A.
Alison Green (photo, left) says interviewing for a job is like going on a date.
According to TED.
Alison Green (photo, left), writing for USNews.
As a business communication instructor, it's important to teach your students how to write specifically for social media and digital communication.
Chances are you’ll have at least one video interview using Skype or another Internet-based phone service.
Fellow designer Matt Helmke offers a succinct overview of Reynolds’s groundbreaking book on presentation design.
Get advice on dealing with four difficult audience members: the Resister, the Expert, the Dominator, and the Rambler.