The following questions let the applicant take control of the interview because they ask only for opinions rather than verifiable facts: Tell me about … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: How to Develop Some Great Interview Questions
This exercise was adapted from an ice breaker published on the Dr. Clue website. Materials & Set Up: A classroom with seats and/or tables. Process: … Read more
Are Job Interviews Really a Complete Waste of Time?
We write a fair amount about job interviews here at TLNT, and for good reason: they are the centerpiece of the hiring process. You can make a lot of little … Read more
Why Interviews Are a Waste of Time
Recruiters and hiring managers love interviews. I have never been sure why that’s the case, but it seems to satisfy a human need for power and control. An … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: The Assumptions We Make About Job Applicants
There’s some interesting research being done at Cornell University to see if computers are better at detecting phony online reviews than people are. The … Read more
Are You Leaving Job Candidates with a Negative Impression?
Over the past few years there seems to be a change in the candidate experience, and it isn’t a positive one. Let’s forget for a moment the hundreds of … Read more
5 Ways to Keep Executive Candidates Secret
While running the executive recruiting department for a Fortune 50 company, I once overheard a conversation between two people at a well-known coffee bar. … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: What You See (on a Resume) Is Not Necessarily What You’ll Get
A young friend of mine got his degree (magna cum laude) in finance back in December and has not been able to get even one job interview since. I asked him … Read more
Corporate Cradle Robbers? It’s Just Another Name For College Recruiters
Working for a hedge fund today must be a lot like working for a tobacco company in the 1990’s. Both political and popular scrutiny has made it difficult … Read more
Straight Talk: How Do You Tell a Bad and Persistent Candidate to Go Away?
Every Monday morning we have a recruiter meeting at my company, HRU. The purpose of the meeting is for our recruiting department to share with each other … Read more