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Monthly Archives: September 2004
Hiring the Best… is Available!
My publisher sent me email — the printer shipped them the book yesterday, so Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science Of Hiring Technical People is available. Amazon still has it listed at the pre-release … Continue reading
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More Discussions about Types and Hiring
Take a look at Personality for a psychologist’s view of using any personality test for hiring. I particularly liked these quotes: It means that our everyday belief that people are consistently “themselves” across a wide variety of kinds of circumstances … Continue reading
Types Not Useful for Hiring Decisions
I love it when the experts agree with me. So imagine my glee when reading, Against Types by Drake Bennet. The subtitle is “Personality tests are everywhere — from the workplace to the courtroom. But critics say the tests themselves … Continue reading
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Audition Tips for Testers
I decided to write a few articles on auditions. The first one is posted at Stickyminds, Watching Testers in Action: Auditions During Interviews. I received a request for someone to translate it into Russian. When he tells me it’s done, … Continue reading
Comments Back On
I’ve turned comments back on. No reason to allow the spammers to get through when my readers can’t. Sigh.
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No Comments for now
Some not very nice people are spamming my blogs with inappropriate comments, so I’ve turned off comments for now. Unfortunately, I only know how to make them all unseen, rather than than not post new ones. I have questions into … Continue reading
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Hire People Different From You
While perusing some of the Joel on Software discussions, I saw the pointer to “Mini-me” syndrome…a major hiring risk for companies. Heather discusses her concerns: Recruiting from certain schools can prevent you from hiring the best — because that recruiting … Continue reading
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