Archive for August 2015
Do Ridiculous Stunts Ever Impress a Hiring Manager?
Short Answer: No. Yes, we live in a time of great Disruption. Well, ok wait. We live in a time when the idea of Disruption has become: A. A mantra/goal for hungry startups that want to change the world, and by change the world, I mean create an app that allows people to fill idle…
Read MoreThings Recruiters Want Hiring Managers to Know
1. Timely Feedback is Key. We can take the bad news. Honestly, we can. We’re in much better position when we know where things stand and know more about what you’re looking for. We understand it’s a call you’re probably not excited to make, but it really helps us a lot. 2. The Better the…
Read MoreSo You Want to Hire Top Talent
These 5 Steps Form the Quickest Route to your Destination. 1. Know what you’re looking for. And that means know the results you want to see from adding this person to your lineup. A good candidate will want to know what the performance objectives are upfront and why you want to fill the position. If…
Read MoreForget Online Applications and Connect Directly with the Hiring Manager
Five years ago this direct route would be frowned upon. Why? Because it threatens process, and in the past, breaking process was bad form, at least more so than now. Disrupting process is very much in vogue. Don’t get me wrong, if you want to be aggressive, skip HR and go straight to the hiring…
Read MoreAvoiding Biases in the Hiring Process
Stephen Colbert likes to tell guests he doesn’t see race and understands that he’s white only because other people tell him so. It’s funny, and we laugh because if you can just pretend race (and gender) don’t exist then all the thorny problems are solved right? But we see do see differences like gender and…
Read MoreIs the Windows Phone Dead? Killer Apps Indeed!
The war for mobile saw a new milestone recently when Microsoft publicly announced a change in tack, cutting its losses with the Windows Phone and writing down its $7.6B purchase of Nokia along with releasing 7,800 workers tied to that business. Yes, they’ll still make a few phones that can demonstrate the full functionality of…
Read MoreMake Sure You’ve Got the Personality Traits Hiring Managers Look For
In the first five minutes of an interview you start revealing your personality traits. These are really important minutes, from them hiring managers make their initial assessments and typically spend the rest of the interview working to confirm those assessments. So how do you convey job-winning personalities? Relax and be yourself, unless you’re kind of…
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