What Hiring Managers Want to See From Job Candidates
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Here's your Money Briefing for Monday, October 11th. I'm J.R. Whalen for The Wall Street Journal. There are a record number of job openings in the U.S.
What hiring trends did JPMorgan, Microsoft and Levi Strauss report at the WSJ Jobs Summit?
right now, but that doesn't mean it's easy for the record number of job seekers to sail through the process, from the job search to submitting a resume to nailing the interview, not to mention the question of work flexibility. So all this week, we'll be focusing on jobs, bringing you highlights from the Wall Street Journal's recent Jobs Summit, featuring many of our workplace reporters, along with top career experts. Today, how you can set yourself apart as a job candidate. We'll hear directly from hiring managers at some of the world's biggest companies.
You can have a fantastic career, whether or not you're a data scientist, a software engineer, an HR professional, an attorney, a finance person. You can find your passion. And if recruiters see your passion, your willingness to grow, backed up with some stories and examples of things that are important to you, and you find the company that meets your purpose, you'll get a shot.
Coming up, what companies are and aren't looking for in job candidates right now. That's after the break.
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It's a job seeker's market, but with as many as 10 million people looking for new jobs, how do you set yourself apart? At the Wall Street Journal's recent Jobs Summit, our work and life columnist Rachel Feinzig spoke with hiring managers at three of the world's biggest companies, Michael DiCilio of JPMorgan Chase, Lauren Gardner of Microsoft, and Katya Walsh of Levi Strauss. Among other things, they spoke about what they're looking for in job candidates right now and how job seekers can succeed in a virtual workplace. Here are some highlights from their conversation, starting with Rachel.
Thanks so much for joining us. I'm going to jump right in with my questions. First off, tell me what hiring is looking like for each of you these days. I'd love to hear what positions are you having trouble filling? Michael, do you want to start?
I don't know if we're really having trouble hiring at the moment. It is a candidate's market. There is lots of opportunity out there. And what we're seeing is, and I think all companies are seeing, is that candidates' expectations are changing. What's important for them today is is really around purpose, being connected to a mission greater than their own, and really aligning the work to people's individual passions and the social impact that they could have. And we think we're well positioned to deliver on all of those.
Okay. Lauren, how about you guys?
Similar to Michael, Rachel, that the reality is clearly we're a tech company, so we're always making sure that we've got a strong talent pool for our software engineers. But I'll give you one interesting one that we wouldn't have seen this time last year, the competition for recruiters. In a growing environment, you can – in a growing –
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