After months of searching, you finally found the perfect candidate for your (insert job here) role. This guy or gal has everything you’re looking for: … Read more
Why the Government Shutdown is a Great Recruiting Opportunity
It’s hard to miss the troubling news about the “government shutdown” and the “debt default crisis,” but what has not received a lot of press attention is … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: I Don’t Like You, But I’ll Hire You Anyway
I haven’t met many people who have hired someone they did not like. Yet, I have never seen anything in any job description that says you must like a person … Read more
How Much Does Job Experience Really Matter, Anyway?
I’ve hired and managed a lot of people, and I always considered the experience of the candidate when making hiring decisions. I have also been on the … Read more
Why Goal-Based Job Descriptions Are the Next Big Thing
Are your people working towards the wrong goals? According to a recent survey, goal cascading and employee turnover are the two largest concerns business … Read more
4 Recruiting Behaviors That Limit the Quality of Who You Hire
Talent acquisition — despite the mass adoption of new tools and technologies to make the process data rich and workflow friendly — remains a major … Read more
Top Warning Signs When You Have a Time-Wasting Candidate
After 15 years in the career services, human resources, and candidate recruiting business, I have a pretty good “nose” for which candidates will get the … Read more
Bad Candidate Interviews: Maybe You’re Really the One At Fault
You may already have a laundry list of ”bad interviews.” The fit may not work or the candidate could turn out to be completely different than you thought … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: The Best Interview Question, and 3 More Good Ones
Many of our readers shared a version of the following as one of their favorite interview questions: “We are interviewing many people for this position. … Read more
Not Hiring Jerks Is a Workplace Trend I’m All in Favor Of
You know it and I know it, so it is hardly worth stating again, but there are a lot of jerks in this world. This isn’t any great revelation. … Read more