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VIDEO: How To Uncover ‘Inside Connections’ At A Company
Posted by Glassdoor Team • February 1st, 2012 • 2 Comments
Identify Your Ideal Job & Set Up Your GPS For Getting There
Posted by Vickie Elmer • January 9th, 2012 • 5 Comments
Anyone who wants a new job or a new assignment this year could start with a clear picture of their ideal position – their destination – and then develop a roadmap on how they’ll get there.
Most Common Interview Questions
Posted by Glassdoor Team • December 29th, 2011 • 10 Comments
When it comes to the interview process, research and preparation for the interview can often times determine your chances of making it to the next step. One of the best ways to get ready for a job interview is to practice your responses to any and all interview questions – even the downright weird. To help you get started, Glassdoor sifted through tens of thousands of interview reviews to find out some of the most common interview questions candidates are getting asked in recent interviews.
Top 25 Oddball Interview Questions Of 2011
Posted by Glassdoor Team • December 28th, 2011 • 166 Comments
Over the past year, interview candidates just about everywhere shared some of the most difficult, or unexpected interview questions on Glassdoor, a jobs and career community. We’ve looked back on thousands of these questions, across a range of jobs, companies and industries. Here’s our take on the top 25 oddball interview questions of 2011:
VIDEO: Facebook And Bain & Company Employees Explain Why Their Companies Are Best Places To Work
Posted by Glassdoor Team • December 14th, 2011 • 37 Comments
Glassdoor’s fourth annual Employees’ Choice Awards reveal the top 50 Best Places to Work in 2012, an award solely based on reviews by employees. Employees at the #1 company overall, Bain & Company, and the #1 tech company, Facebook went beyond the reviews and give an inside look through video, really showing what it’s like to work at these companies.
Facebook Continues To Hold Lead As Top Tech Company; Tech Industry Report Card 2012
Posted by Glassdoor Team • December 14th, 2011 • 41 Comments
In Glassdoor’s fourth annual Employees’ Choice Awards, a list of the 50 Best Places to Work for 2012, Facebook holds on as the top rated tech company, according to employees. In the annual report, Facebook slipped to the #3 slot from its #1 position last year as its overall rating dropped to 4.3 (based on a 5-point scale) from 4.6 a year ago.
Top 50 Best Places To Work – 2012 Employees’ Choice Award Winners Revealed
Posted by Glassdoor Team • December 13th, 2011 • 58 Comments
In Glassdoor’s fourth annual Employees’ Choice Awards, which recognize the 50 Best Places to Work for 2012, Bain & Company, McKinsey & Company, Facebook, MITRE and Google take the top five spots. More than 250,000 employees sounded off on what it’s like to work at more than 65,000 companies during the past year and shared the good, the bad and everything in between.
Top 25 Companies For Work-Life Balance
Posted by Glassdoor Team • May 10th, 2011 • 288 Comments
Get A Life! These 25 companies make sure you do.
Prioritizing between “work” on one hand and “life” on the other can feel like an endless struggle for some. Often, helping people balance on-the-job demands and the desire for some personal time can come down to the culture of a company and the commitment management has to helping employees find middle ground.
At Glassdoor, we wanted to find out which companies stand out because employees feel supported — if not encouraged — to work hard and take time for leisure, family and friends. To do this, we looked at company reviews over the past year. Topping the list of the Top 25 Companies for Work-Life Balance are…
Seven Company Culture Questions You Must Ask Before Accepting A Job Offer
Posted by Meghan M. Biro • February 8th, 2011 • 70 Comments
Culture is one very important way in which employees describe where they work. It underlies their understanding of the employer’s business and helps employees orient themselves in the organization. I see plenty of company leaders who don’t think that building a differentiated company culture will lead to success and eventual talent retention. Nevertheless, from the recruiter’s side of the desk, a company’s culture attracts talent, and talent is what separates winning companies from also-rans.
A ‘culture audit’ will help you assess the culture that exists in a prospective employer’s company. A culture audit not only helps companies learn what keeps employees at the company, it can help job seekers decide where to move next.
Do a ‘culture audit’ on your prospect company – much can be done here at Glassdoor – using the following questions…
Five Traits Employers Really Want
Posted by Vickie Elmer • October 18th, 2010 • 69 Comments
We each are a crazy quilt of characteristics, talents, ideas and ideals, sewn together by our experiences, our families and our own hands.
Yet some fabric patches are more sought after by employers. Which pieces are like royal blue velvet to a hiring manager, beautiful to look at and almost impossible to resist? Which deserve to show up again and again?
