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What is the Fascination with Bachelor’s Degrees for Senior Managers?
I realize that many successful technical people have degrees. But the former Yahoo CEO was canned for lying on his resume about a bachelor’s degree Computer Science. Now, let’s think about this for a minute. A senior manager with 20 … Continue reading
Posted in hiring strategy
Tagged candidate, career, experience, job search, technical skills
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Never Lie on a Resume–Ever
Yahoo’s CEO lied on his resume. He does not have a degree in Computer Science. Well, many senior managers of high tech organizations don’t. So, that should have been okay. There are two questions here: Why did he feel the … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Job Search
Tagged agile, candidate, career, experience, job search, resume
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A Hiring Manager’s Starting Guide to Twitter
One of the things that’s so hard about hiring these days is that it’s so dependent on your personal network. LinkedIn is part of your network. Twitter has to be a part of your network. As part of the updated … Continue reading
Posted in Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers
Tagged agile, hiring, hiring strategy, network, recruiting, social media, Twitter
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A Jobseeker’s Starting Guide to Twitter
If you are looking for a job, you can’t ignore Twitter. It’s a great source of job leads. You don’t need to have a Twitter id. But, you do need to know how to search Twitter. Learn to Love Hashtags … Continue reading
Posted in Agile Job Search
Tagged agile, candidate, job search, network, social media, Twitter
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Please Help Me Title the Next Version of the Hiring Book
I am working on a brand new edition of what used to be Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People. I will be publishing this revision electronically first on leanpub. I … Continue reading
The Power of a Loose Connection
If you read this blog or my Manage Your Job Search book, you know I’m a big fan of networking with loose connections. Those referrals are more likely to land you a job or help you find a candidate than … Continue reading
Announcing a New Book: Manage Your Job Search
I have released a beta book, Manage Your Job Search: Reduce Your Overwhelm, Focus Your Search, and Get Your Next Job! While I was writing and updating Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, second edition, I realized that my advice wasn’t … Continue reading
Avoid Mind Reading
Long ago, when I was single, one of my managers refused to give me new development work because I was dating a guy who lived out of the state. “You’ll go marry him and then where will I be?” he … Continue reading
Posted in hiring strategy
Tagged attractive job, cost of a hire, elimination question, manager
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Answer Questions, Yes. Housekeys? No
There’s an article in the Huffington Post about asking candidates to turn over their Facebook login credentials, so the interviewers can see their “private” pages. If you provide your login credentials, your private Facebook pages are no longer private, are … Continue reading
Posted in interview
Tagged experience, hiring, hiring decision, interview question, job search
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Many Bad Hiring Practices and Alternatives
When I teach interviewing, I teach these approaches to interviewing: Let the behavior-description questions sell the candidate on the company. Don’t try to “sell” the candidate on the company or the people. It sounds like a used car salesperson or … Continue reading
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