Interviews and how they are set up reflect on the hiring manager and the organization’s culture. If you want to read about some particularly bad interviews, take a look at Jerry Weinberg’s most recent article on the AYE site, Getting Some Good Out Of Bad Interviewing. It’s hard to believe, but every situation in this […]
If you haven’t read Hiring the Best …, you may not realize how often I say it’s ok to iterate on job descriptions.Job descriptions cannot be static. To all you HR folks, sorry, you have to work with the hiring manager to determine what’s most important for the position you’re filling now. This particular developer/tester/writer/project
I’m doing a webinar series for Kennedy, starting this Thursday. See Building Effective Hiring Strategies & Job Descriptions To Match!. You can sign up for either or both. I hope you decide to join me Jan 18 and 25, 2007. (I’ll be doing another series in May about how to use different interviewing techniques and
I just read this gem, In Honor Of Stay-At-Home Moms referring to To grandmother Pelosi’s house we go. The quote I loved, At a minimum, it teaches you just how many supposed grown-ups only need a good, long nap to be decent neighbors and co-workers. If you’re not sure about whether you should hire stay-at-home
Roman asks Whether he should move to start a company. So where do you start a company? Where the people are, of course.You need enough people who are willing to take a risk on a startup. Roman’s in the Atlanta area–I bet there are plenty of people there. I don’t think he needs to move
I’m caught up with my project management book, at least until I receive more edits from my editor. So I’m catching up with my blogging.I was looking at a client’s site today. They have a couple of hundred open positions–not surprising, since they’re a large company. You can sort by date opened and location. But
From Andy Lester comes a pointer to Hugh’s The Career Manifesto”. Andy’s writing a book called “Pragmatic Job Hunting” (working title). If you’re looking for a job, consider subscribing to Andy’s feed. Labels: candidate, career manifesto
Adam Goucher has a post about how he organizes interviews, So, you’ve got yourself an interview with me. I asked Adam why he spends so much time on Company/Position overview (15 minutes) and the candidate’s Elevator Pitch (5 minutes). He said (I’m paraphrasing) that he’s hit the war for talent, and feels that he needs
Miss Snark has a great post, Internminable, about how to move from a free position to a paid position. Scroll down to: 1. Shows up on time and on schedule. For you gentlemen, change “8. Wears shoes. Wears underwear. Wears clothes that cover the stomach. All at the same time.” to be something like: Wears
Louise points to an article about questions candidates should ask at the end of the interview and follows up with her own, Questions to Ask at the End of the Interview: A year from now, how will you evaluate if I have been successful in this position?” Louise goes on to explain why she likes