Job Interview Questions

Career builder had an intersting article today. It focused on being liked at your current position. It says that some employers focus more on your charisma than on your academic background or professional qualifications. Very interesting stuff.

“For years we’ve heard that it’s more important to be respected than liked. Yet study after study is proving conventional wisdom wrong — finding instead that the road to success is more often a series of popularity contests.

Research at Columbia University shows that jobs, pay raises and promotions are more apt to be awarded based on a worker’s charisma than on his or her academic background or professional qualifications.

Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas found that during corporate downsizings, hiring and firing decisions boil down to how well people are liked by their supervisors. “It’s not enough just to do a good job; you have to be likeable in the eyes of your employer,” says company president James Challenger.

The good news is likability is a skill that can be learned. After two years and a quarter million pages of research, Tim Sanders, leadership coach at Yahoo! and author of “The Likeability Factor,” has unlocked the secrets to having a magnetic personality.”

You can read the full article at Career Builder.

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