Hiring Technical People

Hiring Technical People
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Hiring technical people and being hired isn't necessarily easy, no matter what the economy is doing. Use the tips here to hire better, or find a new job. Archives April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 RSS Feed CURRENT Johanna's site Enter your email address below to subscribe to Hiring Technical People! powered by Bloglet Note: Bloglet is not particularly reliable these days. Try an RSS newsreader. Other sites you may enjoy Managing Product Development BostonWorks - The Job Blog BostonWorks - The HR Blog Sysprog.net's job pages Get That Job! Rate Me on BlogHop.com! help?	Note, this page may not be updated every time I post. The newest posts are on the Current page. I will update this at least twice a month, unless I'm traveling too much. Last updated 4/18/04. "All You Need is a Business Card" (9/24/03) Are We Losing Our Best People? (4/11/03) Article posted: "Two Candidates. One Position." (3/3/04) Ask Questions About Integrity (3/8/04) Assessing "Motivation" (12/20/03) Avoid Discriminating For or Against Personality Type (8/4/03) Brainteaser Interviews Showcase Lack of Interviewer Skill, not Candidate Expertise (1/24/04) Candidates: Getting Your Resume Read (1/27/04) Candidates: Organize Your Search (1/26/04) Consider the "Dirt-Bag" Phone Screen(10/8/03) Contract to Permanent: An Extended Two-Way Audition (1/13/04) Create On-the-Fly Auditions (5/12/03) Defining Your Fundamental Value [grid::brand] (12/1/03) Do You Love Your Job? (3/17/04) Domain Expertise: Solution-Space and Problem-Space (3/16/04) Don't Even Think About Lying on a Resume (6/11/03) Designing Pair Interviews (10/7/03) Discussing the Company (2/13/04) Determining Titles (10/21/03) Esther on Collaborative Team Hiring (4/5/04) Four Dimensions of Technical Skill (5/28/03) Discovering Liars Before You Hire Them: 6 Tips for the Hiring Manager (6/13/03) Down with Games and Puzzles (4/4/03) Do Your Interview Questions Discriminate For or Against Your Needs? (5/27/03) Faced with a Riddle or a Puzzle: Offer Problem-Solving or an Audition (11/17/03) Fire People Who Don't Work (7/10/03) Getting Your Resume Read at Microsoft -- or Anywhere Else :-) (3/18/04) Hiring Managers: Check References Yourself (11/2/03) Hiring Tip #1: Create Auditions (2/27/03) Hiring Tip #2: Ask about what's important (2/28/03) Hiring Tip #3: Phone screen all candidates before the interview (3/5/03) Hiring Tip #4: Use the power of your one-on-one network (3/12/03) Hiring Tip #5: Ask Behavior-description Interview Questions (3/19/03) Hiring Tip #6: Attract Suitable Candidates (3/27/03) Hiring Tip #7: Do your ads help candidates screen themselves in or out? (4/8/03) Hiring Tip #8: Use Hypothetical Questions to Discern the Difference Between Surface and Deep Knowledge (5/7/03) Hiring Tip #9: Schedule Phone Screens (2/23/04) How to Describe Product Knowledge and Customer Knowledge (7/03/03) How to Stop a Phone Screen When the Candidate is Not Suitable (11/21/03) How Strategic or Tactical is This Position? (7/04/03) Industry Expertise(11/19/03) Interview Candidates One-on-One (10/2/03) Interviewing Tip #1: Research Your Hiring Manager and Company (4/22/03) Interviewing Tip #2: Learn how to Answer Behavioral Interviewing Questions (4/29/03) Interviewing Tip #3: Reframe Inappropriate Questions (5/1/03) Interviewing Tip #4: Call Your Ex-Employer (5/19/03) Interviewing Tip #5: Maintain Your Self-Esteem, Follow-Through, and Sense of Humor (5/20/03) Initial Screens are a Sanity Check (8/21/03) Is Stock a Motivating Factor in an Offer? (2/19/04) It's Not an Offer Until It's in Writing (8/19/03) Jobs and Careers (9/2/03) Learn from Your Hiring Mistakes (9/15/03) Link to "Interviewing a Programmer" (2/5/04) Make Your Resume Sing (4/9/04) Making Panel Interviews Work for You (1/6/04) Mingling - Networking in Person (9/12/03) More on Realistic Job Descriptions (7/15/03) Negotiating an Offer (12/16/03) Network, Network, Network (9/9/03) Panel Interviews (11/10/03) Parody of Rejection Letter (11/20/03) Practice Before Interviewing (7/21/03) Pre-Publication Book Announcement: Hiring Technical People (7/13/03) Prepare for a Phone Screen (12/30/03) Questions for Hiring Architects and Designers (5/9/03) Reframing the Weaknesses Question (1/21/04) Resume Tip #1: Quantify your value to the company (2/26/03) Resume Tip #2: Look for a line position (3/3/03) Resume Tip #3: Summarize experience on a resume cover page (3/10/03) Resume Tip #4: Grab the Hiring Manager with a Summary Paragraph (3/16/03) Resume Tip #5: Present your resume to your benefit (3/21/03) Risky Projects Require Diverse Teams (3/31/04) Screening Football Players: Personal Qualities and Preferences Matter (1/29/04) Selecting Sourcing Support (3/15/04) Selling Lemonade (1/9/04) Start with a Zinger (8/20/03) Tell Me About Yourself (7/22/03) Testing a Candidate's Technical Knowledge and Acquiescence -- or Lack Thereof (3/1/04) Tips for Reviewing Resumes (1/15/04) Top Ten Questions... Maybe (10/15/03) Try Before You Buy: A More Agile Approach to Hiring (6/29/03) Update Your Resume Monthly (2/27/04) Use Common Sense in an Interview (8/28/03) Video Resumes (9/24/03) What's Your Greatest Strength and Weakness? (8/12/03) What Does Your response to Resumes say About Your Company? (2/17/04) When Candidates and Interviewers Disagree About "The Answer" (2/26/04) When Candidates Run Interviews (11/11/03) When Interviewers Ask "Why Should I Hire You?" (6/18/03) "Where Do You Want to Be in Five Years?" (3/12/04) When to Drop Candidates Based on Qualities, Preferences, Skills (4/13/04) Which Roles Require Listening Skills? (4/16/03) Which Req do You Fill First? (2/10/04) Why Did You Leave Your Last Job? (7/24/03)