The dumbest interview questions of 2012

Written by Anne Fisher

If some of the things you’ve been asked in job interviews lately have struck you as kind of peculiar, cheer up. It’s not you, it’s them.

FORTUNE — “Are you a nerd?” “Can you dance?” “If you were a doughnut, what kind would you be?” When talent management consultants Development Dimensions International quizzed more than 2,000 newly hired employees about strange questions they had fielded in job interviews, the researchers got an earful. Some hiring managers’ queries are not just odd, they’re banned by law. See if you can spot the illegal questions in the following list. (Answers are at the bottom.) Continue reading

Finding the Job of Your Life

wriiten by Gianpiero Petriglieri

Let’s face it. We all think about it. At times we think of little else — even if only rarely and in certain settings do we feel free to admit it. The conversation often begins furtively, the question murmured as if slightly shameful or out of place. How can I get more of it at work?

Meaning, that is.

Meaning at work, in work, from work. Despite work even. Meaningful work. However you put it, we crave meaning more than ever. Continue reading

Director of Business Development, Federal Sector

As a Director of Business Development, you will be challenged to rapidly grow market share for outsourcing services. This position offers tremendous opportunities for personal and professional growth.  Responsible for organic revenue generation and accountable for new business results by developing and maintaining top level client and potential client relationships, managing the relationships between the organization and new and existing clients, and by substantial contributions in identifying,  pursuing, and winning multiple sales opportunities for business expansion. Continue reading

Director, Service Delivery – Network

 

Our Client: is a $10+b Global information technology (IT) management and business process services (BPS) company with 31,000 employees in over125 offices worldwide. It operates 15 delivery centers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia.

Role and Responsibilities:

The Service Delivery Director – Network is responsible for global networkengineering and operations, including the configuration, operations, support, and optimization of all customer delivery networks. Continue reading

Optimizing Your Outsourcing Relationship

  written by Marc Kauffmann

Outsourcing people, processes, and information technology to a third party has become commonplace. It provides organizations with an opportunity to gain operating efficiencies, improve performance, lower costs, and focus on core competencies. Many businesses, however, neglect to take sufficient care of the relationship, adopting an “out of sight, out of mind” approach once outsourcing begins. Continue reading