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- By Brittany L. Anderson-Montoya, Heather R. Bailey, Carryl L. Baldwin, Daphne Bavelier, Jameson D. Beach, Jeffrey S. Bedwell, Kevin B. Bennett, Richard A. Block, Deborah A. Boehm-Davis, Corey J. Bohil, David B. Boles, Avinoam Borowsky, Jessica Bramlett, Allison A. Brennan, J. Christopher Brill, Matthew S. Cain, Meredith Carroll, Roberto Champney, Kait Clark, Nancy J. Cooke, Lori M. Curtindale, Clare Davies, Patricia R. DeLucia, Andrew E. Deptula, Michael B. Dillard, Colin D. Drury, Christopher Edman, James T. Enns, Sara Irina Fabrikant, Victor S. Finomore, Arthur D. Fisk, John M. Flach, Matthew E. Funke, Andre Garcia, Adam Gazzaley, Douglas J. Gillan, Rebecca A. Grier, Simen Hagen, Kelly Hale, Diane F. Halpern, Peter A. Hancock, Deborah L. Harm, Mary Hegarty, Laurie M. Heller, Nicole D. Helton, William S. Helton, Robert R. Hoffman, Jerred Holt, Xiaogang Hu, Richard J. Jagacinski, Keith S. Jones, Astrid M. L. Kappers, Simon Kemp, Robert C. Kennedy, Robert S. Kennedy, Alan Kingstone, Ioana Koglbauer, Norman E. Lane, Robert D. Latzman, Cynthia Laurie-Rose, Patricia Lee, Richard Lowe, Valerie Lugo, Poornima Madhavan, Leonard S. Mark, Gerald Matthews, Jyoti Mishra, Stephen R. Mitroff, Tracy L. Mitzner, Alexander M. Morison, Taylor Murphy, Takamichi Nakamoto, John G. Neuhoff, Karl M. Newell, Tal Oron-Gilad, Raja Parasuraman, Tiffany A. Pempek, Robert W. Proctor, Katie A. Ragsdale, Anil K. Raj, Millard F. Reschke, Evan F. Risko, Matthew Rizzo, Wendy A. Rogers, Jesse Q. Sargent, Mark W. Scerbo, Natasha B. Schwartz, F. Jacob Seagull, Cory-Ann Smarr, L. James Smart, Kay Stanney, James Staszewski, Clayton L. Stephenson, Mary E. Stuart, Breanna E. Studenka, Joel Suss, Leedjia Svec, James L. Szalma, James Tanaka, James Thompson, Wouter M. Bergmann Tiest, Lauren A. Vassiliades, Michael A. Vidulich, Paul Ward, Joel S. Warm, David A. Washburn, Christopher D. Wickens, Scott J. Wood, David D. Woods, Motonori Yamaguchi, Lin Ye, Jeffrey M. Zacks
- Edited by Robert R. Hoffman, Peter A. Hancock, University of Central Florida, Mark W. Scerbo, Old Dominion University, Virginia, Raja Parasuraman, George Mason University, Virginia, James L. Szalma, University of Central Florida
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Perception Research
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- 05 July 2015
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- 26 January 2015, pp xi-xiv
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Employing graduates: Selection criteria and practice in New Zealand
- Fiona Edgar, Virginia Cathro, Sean Harrison, Janneke Hoek, Katherine McKenzie, Ngaire Malcolm, Sarah Polson, Matthew Porteous, Samantha Robertson, Philippa Shewan, Jessica Smart, Seamus Tyler-Baxter
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- Journal of Management & Organization / Volume 19 / Issue 3 / May 2013
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- 18 December 2013, pp. 338-351
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Entry into graduate programmes is highly competitive. Although careers advisors working within higher education do their best to prepare students for engagement with these programmes; anecdotal reports suggest many graduates remain unsure what it is these employers are seeking, and how it is assessed. Our study examines both selection criteria profiles and practices, drawing comprehensive data from 20 New Zealand firms and finds that regardless of a firm's characteristics, most seek a very similar graduate profile, with the concepts of candidate ‘well roundedness’ and ‘fit’ considered most vital. Selection practices employed are tightly connected to this graduate profile. These findings shed some much needed light for graduates on what is, but also what is not, highly sought after by employers in the recruitment and selection process. They should also be of benefit to universities by assisting them to better prepare their graduates for successful transition into the employment market.
11 - Tasty Southern Seeds
- Edited by Prem Ramburuth, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Christina Stringer, University of Auckland, Manuel Serapio, University of Colorado, Denver
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- Dynamics of International Business: Asia-Pacific Business Cases
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- 05 August 2013
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- 26 June 2013, pp 117-124
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Summary
‘Tasty Southern Seeds’ is a small business based in Central Otago, in New Zealand’s South Island. Bianca founded the business in 2004, looking for a lifestyle change. Having been a nurse for the previous 30 years, Bianca decided to reduce her working hours to part time (one or two days per week) and became a late-blooming entrepreneur. The business grew steadily (but not without challenges), and within four years Bianca was making a net profit greater than her after-tax wages. Locals were her initial customers, but tourists – especially foreign visitors – rapidly became the majority. Eight years after establishing Tasty Southern Seeds, Bianca faced a series of interlinked questions: Should she give up her ‘day job’ and focus exclusively on Tasty Southern Seeds? Should she sell the business under the assumption that because of her age she would be slowing down soon and could not devote enough energy to keeping it growing? Or – her personal preference – should she expand into overseas markets through either exporting or franchising?
As a nurse with an interest in diets, Bianca knew the health benefits of various foods, and had created her own personal mix of sesame, sunflower and pumpkin seeds. Experimenting for over 20 years, she also developed a variety of seasoning mixes, with garlic and chilli being her favourites. Friends, family and visitors all appreciated sampling her seed mixtures at her home, and it was regularly suggested that she should sell her seeds at the local farmers’ market. She decided to test the saleability of her mixture at the annual arts and crafts festival in early 2004, selling her sample of 20 packs more quickly than she had thought possible. Tasty Southern Seeds was born – although the name wasn’t created until a few weekends later, when she arranged a stand at the weekly farmers’ market. Eight years later, the stand continues to attract regular customers, but the vast majority of sales occur in increasingly widespread and diverse locations outside Bianca’s home town – hence her interest in exploring overseas expansion, or alternatively letting her business fly under someone else’s ownership.