How Companies Are Moving With The Times

The vast majority of the population of this country who are in employment will have at one time or another come across the horrible boss. They are the type of people who seem to go out of their way to be as abrupt and unapproachable as possible.

They seem totally oblivious to the fact that they are being this way and incredibly cannot believe that none of their staff like them. They are from an old school of thought that presumed that if you harass and bully your staff, you will get the best results from them, when in fact, nothing could be further from the truth.

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3 Bizarre Interview Questions, And Why They’re Asked

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Job interviews are challenging at the best of times, but sometimes you’re asked a question that really throws you for a loop.

Whether it deals with something irrelevant, personal, or just plain surreal, there are some questions that leave job candidates not just confused, but sometimes angry.

Interviewers and HR staff rarely come up with questions just to catch you out though – the hope is usually that you’ll come up with an answer that really helps them narrow down that pool of candidates.

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