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By  SUE SHELLENBARGER Small talk can have a big impact on the outcome; tips from bartenders and comedians Job seekers who don’t get a call back after an interview often wonder where they went wrong. One factor, new research shows, has a larger-than-expected impact on the outcome—the job seeker’s ability, within the first few minutes […]

Getting a job takes longer than ever, as employers ask more of candidates By  SUE SHELLENBARGER It has never been easy to land a job, but a rise in hiring has added a new twist: Employers are taking nearly twice as long to hire people as they did several years ago. Companies need an average […]

BY RACHEL FEINTZEIG Compose Inc. asks a lot of job applicants. Anyone who wants to be hired at the San Mateo, Calif., cloud-storage firm must write a short story about data, spend a day working on a mock project and complete an assignment. There is one thing the company doesn’t ask for: a résumé. Compose […]

By: Christine Tardio I’ll get a promotion if I stay. Q: I’ve been feeling invisible in my current company and position. It’s not bad, per se, but not good either. So I went and got a new job, which was great news. Until I told my supervisor and he came back with a counter-offer that […]