All of us have gone through a number of interviews in our time, and most have stories about an oddball question or two that stumped us along the way. But our guess is most haven’t heard some of the crazy interview questions we’ve seen in our new Interview Reviews and Questions section we launched Monday ... - Read full post
Archive for April, 2009
Impressions Killers: What The Interview Says About Your Company!
It’s true. We only get one chance to make a first impression. When a company interviews a potential candidate they may get three to five or more interview impressions but when all totaled, they become the “first impression” of the company. This is an important connection, and this impression should be actively managed by companies ... - Read full post
Glassdoor Helps Job Candidates Ready for Interviews at Specific Companies
You may have noticed that we’ve just updated our site with a new tab – “Interviews” – that includes a new section for: Job Interview Questions and Reviews to help those job hunting get a leg-up in today’s hyper-competitive market. (see official press release). We know our community members already use Glassdoor to help research ... - Read full post
GM Making Big Cuts to Avoid Bankruptcy
General Motors Corp., trying to avoid a U.S.-backed bankruptcy on June 1, may close plants and scrap models as much as four years sooner than planned to lower its break-even point. According to Bloomberg, the cuts could mean GM would be profitable in a U.S. market with sales of as few as 10 million autos. ... - Read full post
Employers Listen Up: Communication is like cash…
….you can never have enough. This was told to me recently by an executive and nothing could be truer, especially right now. In times of turmoil and trouble the best thing employers can do is to communicate. Athletic coaches know it. That is why sports have timeouts. Timeouts give the coach a chance to try ... - Read full post
Oracle to Buy Sun: Larry Ellison to become next Steve Jobs?
Oracle, based in Redwood City, Calif., announced Monday it had agreed to buy Sun for $9.50 a share in cash, or about $7.4 billion. The deal comes after talks between Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun and IBM Corp. came to a halt.
According to Forbes, the deal also represents a bold move by Oracle Chief Executive Larry ... - Read full post
Stuck: Handling a Relocation in this Economy
Recent research by the Pew Foundation revealed that nearly 50% of Americans live somewhere they wish they didn’t. The American way has always been to be able to move from city to city and in many cases it was our jobs that relocated us across the country. And many agreed to move to less-than ideal ... - Read full post
Layoffs at Cisco: 6,500 Jobs Expected to be Cut
A new report by J.P. Morgan announced that Cisco could be laying-off as much as 10% of their staff in the near future. This would amount to more than 6,500 employees in total, and would clearly make a significant impact on the company and further impact the tech industry. It would, however, save Cisco nearly ... - Read full post
Glassdoor.com: Winner of WorldBlu Most Democratic Workplace
The WorldBlu organization announced today the 40 most democratic workplaces, a list of organizations whose workplaces best exemplify the practice of ten democratic principles, such as transparency, dialogue and listening, integrity, accountability and choice on a leadership, individual, and systems and processes level. Glassdoor.com is honored to be among the list of winners.
“Nothing has proven ... - Read full post
