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Category Archives: Hiring Geeks That Fit
My guest post for Vistage will go live on Jan. 8!
Vistage is a peer coaching and advisory group that “helps executives become better leaders, solve their business challenges, and get better results”. I have been asked to provide a ‘Quick Start Guide to Hiring Effective Executives’ and it will go … Continue reading
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Tagged cost of a hire, cultural fit, manager, qualities
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Hiring Geeks That Fit is Done!
Hiring Geeks That Fit is done. You have choices for where to buy it: On leanpub, where you can still decide what to pay. On Amazon where I decided what you pay: Am I excited? Yes. I am now an … Continue reading
Hiring Geeks That Fit Has a Movie
I’ve been trying to record movies to promote my books. I have not been successful. I don’t like the lighting. I sound funny–not ha-ha. I sound strange, like a Stepford wife. Not me at all. So I decided to go … Continue reading
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Tagged audition, behavior-description, cultural fit, interview, question
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Project Culture Reflects Management Culture
I have a post, What’s the Culture on Your Project? that discusses the project issues of the Romney campaign. But there is a deeper issue. If you read the comments in The Romney Campaign was a Consultant Con Job, there … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural fit, culture, hiring strategy, job analysis, job description
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An Alternative Hiring Candidate Funnel
Here is an alternative funnel, with what I hope is a better sense of proportion and scale. Your comments helped me a lot. Here’s the idea behind the funnel. You have ads that help your candidates screen themselves in or … Continue reading
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Tagged candidate, funnel, interview, phone screen, resume review
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The Hiring Candidate Funnel
I like to think of a funnel as the way we bring candidates into the organization and through the recruiting process. The resumes are the huge intake. The resume review starts to narrow the funnel, the phone screen narrows it … Continue reading
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Tagged candidate, funnel, interview, phone screen, resume review
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Series on Cultural Fit Posted
I wrote a series on cultural fit for my Pragmatic Manager email newsletter. In reverse order they were: How Do We Treat Each Other? What Does Your Organization Reward? What is Okay for You to Discuss? Those are the three … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural fit, culture, email newsletter, hiring, project management
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What Questions Do You Have For Me?
If you’ve had any interview training at all, you know you’re supposed to leave time at the end of the interview to ask, “What questions do you have for me?” Most candidates don’t know what to ask. Some candidates ask … Continue reading
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Tagged candidate, cultural fit, interview, interview question
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It’s a Title, It’s a Cover… It’s a Book!
While I was in Sweden last week, my cover designer was busy, and I now have a cover, and a published book! Welcome to the updated hiring book: Hiring Geeks That Fit. Isn’t the cover great? I love it. This … Continue reading
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