Column: Cultural Fits and Starts
My first column for the Fast Company/Inc. Hiring Center is up. See Cultural Fits and Starts. I don’t see a way to leave comments there, so please do leave comments here.
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Up for a Jolt Award
Hiring the Best… is up for a Jolt award (in the general books category). Yes, I’m a Jolt judge. No, I don’t judge—or even see the discussions about—the entire category in which my book is nominated. Yes, I’m excited! And now I get to display the finalist logo.
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Potential Employer Sounds Off
Mike has a fine (and funny) piece on what to do (and a little about what not to do) as a candidate, Applying for a Java job – HOWTO. His major points: Your cover letter or email should be in readable English Your experience should be relevant Read the bloody job ad (his words, not
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Webconference on Cultural Fit, 2/10/05
I’m presenting a webconference on Thursday, Feb 10, 2005 (EST) via Kennedy Information called “Detecting and Resolving Cultural Fit Issues.” Here’s the information and signup page. I’ll be discussing: The myth of “corporate” culture as the only culture you need to care about Five key areas to probe for culture issues How to use context-free
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Hiring the Top 1%
Joel has a great essay on how you’re probably not hiring the top 1% — even though you think you are.But here’s what Joel didn’t say: not everyone wants to hire the top 1%. I’ve worked with managers who only wanted to hire people who weren’t as capable as they were. (They didn’t understand why
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Ideas on What to Wear
I will admit it. I am no fashionista. I know what to wear for everyday work, for speaking, for weddings, and for funerals. I’m not so hot at everything else. But I have two daughters who sound just like my mother, “You’re wearing that??” if I make a mistake. If you’re a man, Anthony has
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A Hiring Joke
True confessions: I can’t tell jokes. I can do knock-knock jokes, but that’s about it. I received this in email today. With any luck I won’t spoil it 🙂 Want to hire only lucky people? Take your stack of resumes. Divide them in half. Throw one half away — those are the unlucky people. I
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Lessons Learned From a Recent Column
I was surprised by the comments I received on my Stickyminds article last week. Then I read Brian Marick’s insightful Tester who can script and I may have the words to describe my surprise and concerns. I was surprised by the people who commented that they were looking primarily for personality fit and cultural fit.
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Creating On-Target High Tech Job Descriptions
In December, I presented a webcast called “Creating On-Target High Tech Job Descriptions for High Tech Workers”. I could have titled it “11 Questions for Analyzing a Job” 🙂 The PDF is here. Remember, it’s a presentation, not an article. So if you’re confused, please ask me questions.
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Phone Screen Article up at Stickyminds
My column, Detecting Great Testers before the In-person Interview is up. Leave comments here or there.