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What Are Your Favorite Interview Questions?
I have an article coming out soon in the next Prag Magazine about some questions to never ask in an interview. I thought I’d let you know so you could warm up your fingers to quick click on the magazine. … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural fit, discrimination, Hiring Geeks That Fit, interview question
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What Scrum Master Are You Hiring Posted
I have another article posted on InfoQ: What Scrum Master Are You Hiring? I’ve noticed that many organizations are calling certain positions Scrum Masters, and they might be Scrum Masters, but to me, they are anything but. You need to … Continue reading
Can’t Find People? Root Cause Why
There’s a great article that George Dinwiddie pointed me to, If There’s a Gap, Blame It on the Employer. It’s a nice companion piece to John Sumser’s entire series, Skills Gap: The Series. Here’s what this means for people in … Continue reading
What Culture Do You Want in a New Job? Part 3
In Part 1, you thought about your culture, and built your lists. In part 2, you developed your questions, and thought about the data you wanted to gather. You started with closed or behavior-description questions, so you had a place … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural fit, culture, job hunt, Manage Your Job Search
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What Culture Do You Want in a New Job? Part 2
You have your lists from What Culture Do You Want in a New Job, Part 1. That means you have six lists: Three things you enjoyed talking about at work Three things you shook your head about, or made you … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural fit, culture, job hunt, Manage Your Job Search
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What Culture Do You Want in a New Job? Part 1
One of the things I suggest in Manage Your Job Search is to think about your culture when or before you start interviewing. How do you do that? An organization’s culture is made of these three things: What’s okay to … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural fit, culture, job hunt, Manage Your Job Search
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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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