Sunday Reading: SJ Mercury New Format
The San Jose Mercury’s Sunday job’s section (which in the late 90s was THE place to find available jobs in Silicon Valley) has reformatted. Most of the content is now by Hotjobs and there are a few syndicated pieces to fill in space.
- Acing the situational interview - The situational interview has become more prevalent. It is to take into account how you deal with “soft” decision situations as opposed to solving equations. Some engineers find this difficult. For everyone, the 10 questions noted here serve as a good measure of your communication ability.
- Research, training fuel career change - (as soon as I find a link you this, I will update this post)
Dates:
- 2/13 - 10am-3pm- Peninsula job fair - San Mateo County Event Center
- 3/8 - 9am - 4pm - Starting an Import / Export Business
- 3/27 - 11am -5:30pm - Silicon Valley Career Fair - Santa Clara Convention Center
- 3/29 - 9am - 1:30pm - Interview Success Secrets