I was blessed to have lunch a while ago with two of the brightest young minds in the city of Denver. They were both candidates of mine I placed as sales … Read more
4 Questions to Get Candidates Out of Performance-Mode
Job interviews have become nothing more than an audition for a part. Costumes are laid out the night before. Friends are recruited to judge a dress … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Positioning Yourself For Interview Success
Comfortable people will tell you almost anything. Uncomfortable people will tell you almost nothing at all. This is why creating the proper interview … Read more
An Interview Should Not Be Like Speed Dating
An interview should be as long as it takes to determine the nature of the person you are interviewing. It could be as short as 20 minutes if you feel no … Read more
We Got Them to Accept Our Offers
This is the second article in a series I’m writing detailing talent acquisition at Spectrum Health and our journey to best large TA team. Last month I … Read more
How to Get Better Information From Hiring Managers
I asked the question — open-ended, curious, and fearless — setting the stage for an answer with little information. It was the wrong question … Read more
Forget the Fixtures. Upgrade Your People
A regional convenience store chain with a not-so-stellar reputation recently renovated the store located a couple miles from my house. It’s actually quite … Read more
Lessons in the Karma of Recruiting
Today’s Roundup (you do remember Roundup, don’t you?) is about recruiting karma. Not yet another reprise of those stories about great people … Read more
Interviewing to Death: A Bad Practice That Crushes a Candidate’s Spirit
Editor’s Note: Readers frequently ask about past TLNT articles, so every Friday we republish a Classic TLNT post. “Death by interview” is the harsh but … Read more
Why You Don’t Get Better Client Feedback
As a client I tried to provide my agency partners transparent and honest feedback regarding their candidates. Agencies hate hearing that a candidate was … Read more