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Category Archives: hiring strategy
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
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Tagged candidate, career, experience, job search, technical skills
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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
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Tagged attractive job, cost of a hire, elimination question, manager
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Can Anyone That Old Know Anything?
I was talking with a client recently, who was professing his desire for younger candidates. “Can anyone older than 35 or 40 really know anything?” was his concern. I sat there, a little nonplussed. “How old do you think I … Continue reading
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Tagged age, candidate, discrimination, hiring decision, job analysis, value
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Being the Best Example of Personality Diversity
I gave a talk at the Philly Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise earlier this week about managing the project portfolio. I was talking about people who start thinking at the 50,000 foot level (like me) and people who start thinking … Continue reading
When You Can’t Find Candidates
Last weekend, at GLSEC, there was a panel. At the panel, some managers bemoaned the fact they couldn’t find qualified candidates around a specific technology. They happened to be talking about SharePoint this weekend. That was this weekend. Another year, … Continue reading
Fantastic Stories of Overqualified Employees
I’ve had a heavy speaking calendar this month. I knew I’d be home, so I accepted a number of local and close domestic speaking engagements. I’ve been surprised by some fantastic stories of managers and employees. First, there’s the well-meaning … Continue reading
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Tagged community of practice, overqualified, team
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Committing to a Position
Recently, I spoke with a hiring manager. He wanted to make sure a person he thought was overqualified for a position stayed in the job for two years. (!!) He was asking candidates to commit to his job for two … Continue reading
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Tagged attractive job, candidate, cost of a hire, hiring decision, hiring strategy
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November Musings About Hiring Issues
You may have noticed my most recent post was back in October (ouch). That’s because of the past 6 weeks, I’ve been out of town 5. With that much travel, something has to go, and some of my blogging is … Continue reading
How Long Does it Take You To Hire a Candidate?
Lately, I’ve been working with people who say they’ve looked for months to try to find just the right person. I believe them. When I ask where they spend their time, they inevitably say that they spend way too long … Continue reading
Hiring the Best… is available in PDF
Big news! I’m thrilled to announce that Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People is available in PDF from Dorset House. For those of you who sent me private email, I … Continue reading
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