Part 3 of 3Below we present Part Three: Post Interview Follow-up Tips from the student's/recruits point of view. Here are their suggestions, in "Their Words". Part One: Interview Tips Part Two: During the Interview Part Three – Follow-Up to the Interview"What advice would you give potential employers to help the interview process be more effective for both sides?" Act faster on responding to interviews.Be more honest when sending a rejection letter.

Part 2 of 3Below we present Part Two: During the Interview from the student's/recruits point of view. Here are their suggestions, in "Their Words". Part One: Interview Tips Part Three: Post Interview Follow-up tips Part Two: During the Interview"What advice would you give potential employers to help the interview process be more effective for both sides?"A more relaxed setting, such as more comfortable chairs.

IBM, which recently agreed to acquire the consulting segment of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for $3.5 billion, has indicated plans to cut as many as 4,000 employees, according to a report this week in The Wall Street Journal.Both companies have endured sizable layoffs already this year, with IBM cutting over 15,000 or about 5% of its workforce during the second quarter and PwC Consulting cutting 2,400 jobs in the nine months prior to March 31, 2002.

Job candidates have traditionally gotten paid a premium for getting a CPA or an MBA. But, if you get them both, your resume can begin to sound a bit pretentious, e.g., Jonathan H. Doe, CPA, MBA.

H&R Block has announced plans to hire more than 5,000 Spanish speaking tax professionals for the upcoming tax season.

A study of 6,000 undergraduate students released by Universum Communications, Inc. shows that business students at 56 universities rank PricewaterhouseCoopers as the ideal employer in the United States."The fact that PricewaterhouseCoopers ranked as the number one employer in 2002 comes as no surprise to Universum," said Claudia Tattanelli-Skeini, CEO of Universum Communications, Inc.

By, Michael Platt, President, AccountingWEB, Inc.For the last decade, the one commonality among all firms that I have consulted with has been the rallying cry "we just can't find good staff." Those firms with a campus recruiting program designed to fill this void often focus on answering the question "who can we get?" rather than "what do we want?" Many local and regional firms believe that their efforts are best spent aiming at second tier students, assuming there are no other alternatives and that the top recruits will naturally opt for national firms.If this is how your firm

by Etiquette International Negotiating seems to bring out the best and the worst in people. Unless you create a win-win negotiating situation, everyone loses eventually. If you win and your customer loses, you will lose that customer. If your customer wins and you lose, you can go out of business. Win-win is the only way! So what are the niceties in the nuances of negotiating? Here are some of the most commonly asked questions and answers. So much of the way people behave in negotiations causes anger, bitterness, hostility, and antagonism.

Consider your current hiring and evaluation processes. Do you incorporate job descriptions as part of these processes? If not, you may want to review your policies. A job description may be one of the most important legal documents in the organization. A common fear, that job descriptions may limit an employee's production, pales in contrast to a legal battle for breach of contract. If written properly, a job description can enhance an employee's contribution within the organization.