In a previous comment, a reader points to a resume that’s written like a cross between a cover letter and a resume. While the resume has a number of useful points, the resume is too quick to tell possible hiring managers what they are doing wrong. That dismissal of what hiring managers sometimes do also […]
Ego is a Good Thing. But the interviewers need to remember that interviewing a candidate is not about how great the interviewer is; it’s about understanding what the candidate will be able to do for you at work. Thanks to Rohan Kini’s “Scary interviews”, read Tips to technical interviewing. I don’t buy tip 4/5, where
My column this month on Fast Company/Inc’s Hiring center is Breathing Life into Your Employee Referral Program. You can’t leave comments there, but please do leave comments here. If you have a working and useful employee referral program, please do comment, especially if you take other actions than the ones I suggested. Most of the
In his post, Scary – For Real!, Hank discusses a change in the hiring climate. Turns out, there is competition, at least in some places, for technical folks. (Good news to lots of great people.) He mentions some organizations’ troubles finding people and waiting too long to make an offer (and waiting too long for
Set Godin, in his The ever-worsening curse of the cog says something profound: The end result is that it’s essentially impossible to become successful or well off doing a job that is described and measured by someone else. I still think managers can describe parts of a useful, non-cog job. But jobs where a person’s
In More on the labour shortage, Michael points to The Coming Labor Shortage. Here’s a quote : What’s interesting about Deloitte’s prediction of a “critical talent” shortage is that they’re onto the fact this isn’t about bosses alone. The biggest skills gap will be smack in the middle of the so-called creative class workforce. “Critical
Candidates, read How to Interview Potential Employers. Hiring managers, read it too, so you’re prepared.
Sound of hand slapping forehead. Argh, I posted this in the Managing Product Development blog, got interrupted, and forgot to post it here. If you’re in Wellington, New Zealand on Mar 15, Sydney on Mar 17, and in Israel during Mar 23-31, let me know. I’ll be there (and there and there) and would love
Hiring the Best… is featured on CEORead.com this week. They have an excerpt from Chapter 1 available to read.I’m back from my travels and will be posting more regularly again.
Eric Sink’s ad for a software developer is a terrific example of an ad that screens out people who aren’t suitable for the position. Note the description of deep expertise in that SQL stuff, and the emphasis on knowing how to read code, not just write code. Sure Eric may receive a bunch of unsuitable