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Gather Data About Your Hiring: Recruiting Strategies
If you have not gathered data about your hiring activities, consider doing so. I find it useful to see how well I’m doing. This is especially important if you can’t find people and you want to know why. For data … Continue reading
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Tagged cost of a hire, Hiring Geeks That Fit, network, recruiting
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Creating Auditions for Senior Managers
If you’re trying to select a manager, you want one who fits your organization. I hope you’ve read my blog post over at Vistage. If you read the comments, you see I’m not into surveys or psychometric assessments. BTW, I … Continue reading
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Tagged attractive job, cost of a hire, cultural fit, discrimination, Hiring Geeks That Fit, manager, senior manager
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Hiring Managers: Asking About Integrity
I once said that Integrity is the Most Important Requirement in a Manager. I still believe that. But you can’t just ask, “How much integrity do you have?” That’s a leading question. Or, what if you are a company like … Continue reading
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Tagged cost of a hire, cultural fit, hiring, Hiring Geeks That Fit, manager, senior manager
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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
Posted in Hiring Geeks That Fit
Tagged cost of a hire, cultural fit, manager, qualities
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Cultural Fit Trumps Competence? Maybe
Did you see Cultural Fit Trumps Competence? I don’t know that cultural fit trumps competence. I know that it’s critically important. For geeks, you need a minimum of technical skills and then cultural fit is critically important. I do agree … Continue reading
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Tagged cost of a hire, hiring decision, Hiring Geeks That Fit, job analysis, technical skills
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Avoid Contributing to the “Global Epidemic” of Poor Job Fit
I read this article, “Poor Job Fit: A Growing Global Epidemic.” Julie Moreland, the author, says our hiring approaches neglects to account for an individual’s suitability for a potential job. … Research from Towers Watson shows that companies with high … Continue reading
Posted in job analysis
Tagged cost of a hire, cultural fit, Hiring Geeks That Fit, reviewing resume
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We Have Created Our Own Shortage Of People
John Sumser is writing a series of articles about the hiring paradox on HR Examiner. Read the first one, The Hiring Paradox (Skills Gap 1). The gist is this: It takes more time to hire when you have more alternatives. … 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
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Tagged attractive job, cost of a hire, elimination question, manager
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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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