Tag Archives: experience

A Novel Idea: Hire the Unemployed

Posted on May 3, 2013 by johanna

Did you read The Jobless Trap? In it, Paul Krugman asserts we are creating an underclass of long-term unemployed. This is what really stood out for me: This could happen because their work skills atrophy, but a more likely reason … Continue reading →

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The Company Doesn’t Love You

Posted on April 15, 2013 by johanna

I’m rearchitecting Manage Your Job Search (again). One of the things I’m doing is working on the introduction, explaining to people why they need to consider agile and lean as a system in which to work on their job hunt/job … Continue reading →

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We Have Created Our Own Shortage Of People

Posted on December 7, 2012 by johanna

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 →

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How Long is a Technology Career?

Posted on October 16, 2012 by johanna

Matt Heusser has a great column over at Stickyminds this week. Take a look at A Long View of the ‘Short’ Technology Career. If you are an older job searcher, and you are looking for a job, one thing you … Continue reading →

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What is the Fascination with Bachelor’s Degrees for Senior Managers?

Posted on May 21, 2012 by johanna

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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Never Lie on a Resume–Ever

Posted on May 16, 2012 by johanna

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 →

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Answer Questions, Yes. Housekeys? No

Posted on March 22, 2012 by johanna

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 →

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What Have You Done Since Your Last Job?

Posted on October 19, 2011 by johanna

You’ve been unemployed for a over a year. You’re looking for a job. You have not been sitting home, eating bon-bons. You’ve been contributing to open-source projects, or studying for a certification, and networking like there’s no tomorrow. You have … Continue reading →

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“Raise the Bar” or “Increase Team Capability”?

Posted on June 28, 2010 by johanna

I recently had a conversation with a gentleman at a conference, where he said they hired “to raise the bar”. I asked him what he meant by that. He started discussing the mean of the capability in the team. Well, … Continue reading →

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Hiring for Diversity, pt3: New College Grads

Posted on June 21, 2010 by johanna

It’s tempting to look for candidates with lots of experience for your open positions. But at this time of year, and through the fall, consider looking for new college grads. Not just because I have a daughter who just graduated, … Continue reading →

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