Nick Corcodilos started headhunting in Silicon Valley in 1979 and has answered over 30,000 questions from the Ask The Headhunter community.
In this special Making Sen$e edition of Ask The Headhunter, Nick shares insider advice and contrarian methods about winning and keeping the right job, on one condition: that you, dear Making Sense reader, send Nick your questions about your personal challenges with job hunting, interviewing, networking, resumes, job boards or salary negotiations. No guarantees — just a promise to do his best to offer useful advice.
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Eight in ten Americans are worried that some of their constitutional rights are being “diluted or taken away,” according to a new survey by the Montpelier Foundation.
The study, which was released this month, found that 76 percent of Americans think their constitutional rights are not as secure today as they were in the past. Additionally, 86 percent of respondents said they thought Americans take their rights for granted.
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President Donald Trump is hosting a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month in the East Room of the White House.
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When meteorologists downgraded Hurricane Florence from a powerful Category 4 storm to a Category 2 and then a Category 1, Wayne Mills figured he could stick it out.
He regrets it. The Neuse River, normally 150 feet away, lapped near his door in New Bern, North Carolina, Sunday even as the storm had “weakened” further.
Read more at Associated Press News.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in began his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday with possibly his hardest mission to date — brokering some kind of compromise to keep North Korea’s talks with Washington from imploding and pushing ahead with his own plans to expand economic cooperation and bring a stable peace to the Korean Peninsula.
Kim gave the South Korean president an exceedingly warm welcome, meeting him and his wife at Pyongyang’s airport — itself a very unusual gesture — then riding into town with Moon in an open limousine through streets lined with crowds of North Koreans, who cheered and waved the flag of their country and a blue-and-white flag that symbolizes Korean unity.
Read more at Associated Press.
China on Tuesday announced a tariff hike on $60 billion of U.S. products in response to President Donald Trump’s latest duty increase in a dispute over Beijing’s technology policy.
The announcement followed a warning by an American business group that a “downward spiral” in their conflict appeared certain following Trump’s penalties on $200 billion of Chinese goods.
Read more at Associated Press.
In recent years, bacteria have been growing increasingly resistant to antibiotics – our strongest weapon against them.
It's generally thought that it's the overuse of antibiotics driving this trend, but now it looks like non-antibiotic medications can play a significant role too.
Read more at Science Alert.
Apple Inc. will kick off a blitz of new products this week, ending a year of minor updates and setting the technology giant up for a potentially strong holiday quarter.
Through the rest of 2018, the world’s most valuable public company will launch three new iPhones, revamped iPad Pros, Apple Watches with larger screens, a new entry-level laptop with a sharper screen, a pro-focused Mac mini desktop computer and new accessories like the AirPower wireless charger.
Read more at Bloomberg.
Some job interview questions, such as "what are your weaknesses?" and even the simple "tell me about yourself" are universally dreaded.
Another is the tricky query: "Where do you see yourself in five years?"
Read more at Insider.
Millionaire entrepreneur Dick Smith has slammed hotel booking websites claiming you can get cheaper prices by contacting businesses directly.
A 'bloody angry' Mr Smith said money was being 'extorted' out of hundreds of small businesses nationwide by 'foreign multinationals' and called on Australians to help put a stop to it.
Read more at Daily Mail.