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Monthly Archives: January 2004
Screening Football Players: Personal Qualities and Preferences Matter
I don’t normally think much about how teams recruit pro athletes. But this quote from John Powers’ article “Mistake-Free Football” from the Boston Globe 1/27/04 says volumes: If the Patriots have relatively few disciplinary cases, it may be that they’re … Continue reading
Candidates: Getting Your Resume Read
Candidates: before you send another resume or cover letter, read Joel Spolsky’s Getting Your Resume Read. Hiring managers, note that Joel uses the same three-pile sorting that I suggest in Tips for Reviewing Resumes. I like the pair review that … Continue reading
Candidates: Organize Your Search
At last week’s Boston SPIN meeting (the hiring roundtable), a candidate said that he had trouble remembering which resume he’d sent to which company. The good news is that he’s customizing his cover letters and resumes. The bad news is … Continue reading
Brainteaser Interviews Showcase Lack of Interviewer Skill, not Candidate Expertise
John Kador, who’s written a number of books about interviewing and a new one coming out, has an article about brainteaser and riddle interviews on Darwin. Kador gives pointers on how to answer the questions, and if you’re a candidate, … Continue reading
Reframing the Weaknesses Question
I was a reference for a senior manager yesterday. At first, the reference started to ask me, “What do you think are so-and-so’s weaknesses?” I hate that question, because it all depends on the context. And I’m smart enough to … Continue reading
Tips for Reviewing Resumes
David, a reader, recently asked for tips about reviewing resumes. Here they are: Read the resume from the top to the bottom. Don’t start somewhere else. Candidates try to grab you with the cover letter or resume. Let them. If … Continue reading
Contract to Permanent: An Extended Two-Way Audition
I read somewhere in the past week that candidates should be willing to work for a couple of weeks or up to a month as a contractor to show potential employers how great they are. (I thought this was in … Continue reading
Selling Lemonade
I didn’t see NBC’s show “The Apprentice,” but I did hear about it on the news this morning. (Live through a few weeks of “work” with Donald Trump and then he’ll hire you for a job.) Seems as if the … Continue reading
Making Panel Interviews Work for You
I normally recommend against Panel Interviews for most technical positions. However, I’ve recently worked with a group whose panel interviews were quite successful. The positions were for a senior technical leader and a manager, so the candidates needed to be … Continue reading
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