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The Effect of the Internet on Labor Markets

· Leave a Comment · In Career Advice, Hiring, Job Hunting

By: Brian Egge

In the mid 1990′s the advent of the Internet promised to make our lives easier and markets more efficient. The availability of information and low transaction costs made sites like eBay and Amazon possible, and in turn changed many primary and secondary markets. The Internet has also had a [...]

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Learning to Create Choices

· 1 Comment · In Getting Help, Hiring, Job Hunting, Networking, Philosophy

David said, “Every day, I want working here to be your best option.” David is the founder of the company I work for, and we were discussing what would go into my employment contract. It is standard, in this industry, for people in my position to have two year non-compete clauses, which mean that if [...]

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Hiring an Assistant

· 3 Comments · In Announcement, Hiring, Interviewing, Job Hunting, NSoW Website

I don’t have much turnover in my group. Everyone has been with me for between 5 and 10 years. Sadly, Darla, who I only hired last year, has had to leave. She did wonderful work and we all loved her. And she liked it here too, but something unfortunate came up.

So, [...]

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Caldeira on Finding Work in a Lab

· 4 Comments · In Hiring, Interviewing, Job Hunting, Networking

(Or anywhere else, for that matter.)

NSoW recently caught up with Ken Caldeira at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is a climate scientist working at Carnegie Institution’s Dept. of Global Ecology on the Stanford University campus. He is also a Professor (by courtesy) at [...]

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Caldeira on Finding Work Anywhere

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(Or anywhere else, for that matter.)

After reading Ken’s excellent post on how to get a job in a science lab, I just had to ask a few more questions. His answers are applicable to GETTING ANY JOB.

Brooke: Ken, I’ve known you for years – we met in the [...]

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On Hiring Darla

· 4 Comments · In Hiring, Interviews, Networking

Interview by Nick Cordodilos of Brooke Allen, founder of No Shortage of Work.

Nick Corcodilos, host of AskTheHeadhunter.com and author of How Can I Change Careers? and How to Work with Headhunters. Nick also publishes the free weekly Ask The Headhunter Newsletter.

Brooke Allen is the [...]

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