“What is your greatest weakness?” is the worst interview question, ever. Here’s why you should be asking candidates about their greatest strength. Read more
Limited Language Recruiting and the Art of Haiku
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6 Interview Questions to Ask Candidates in a Video Interview
In a one-way video interview, candidates answer employer’s questions with short video answers. These answers can be viewed at any time and for any … Read more
4 Ways to Make Interviewing a 2-Way Street
So much information is thrown at job seekers on how to interview: here is how to dress; here is what to say; this is the answer to the million-dollar … Read more
Steps for Increasing Your Speed of Hire in Order to Improve Your Quality of Hire, Part 2 of 2
This continuation of the two-part article covers specific actions that corporate recruiters can implement to speed up their hiring during each individual … Read more
Here’s How You Need to Upgrade Your Behavioral Interviews
You would be hard pressed to find a candidate today who isn’t familiar with and prepared for a behavioral interview. A behavioral interview is based on the … Read more
Peer Interviewing: The Right Tool in the Wrong Hands?
Norm Abrams of PBS’s long-running series This Old House spent a lot of time educating viewers on the value of using the appropriate tools. He used to say … Read more
Is Your Hiring Process Too Friendly?
We all agree that nothing ruins a workplace culture like a jerk co-worker or a rude manager. But how do you uncover those characteristics in your … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Top 10 Reasons Why Managers Hate Having to Hire Anyone
Most managers hate the hiring process because: 10. It takes too much time and they have so many other things on their plates. Many feel screening and … Read more
Want to Revolutionize Recruiting? Then Switch to the “3 Minute Hire”
Let’s look at how 95 percent of people are hired. Besides a little variability, almost every person, at some point in their career, has been hired in … Read more