Have you ever thought about helping a candidate succeed in an interview? I do. I don't want people losing a chance at a job over their nerves. Even sitting in the corporate seat, there is still a great benefit to helping people succeed. Nerves happen, but they shouldn't be a barrier to having a great person on your team. So, what do you do when you see or hear a candidate get overtaken by nerves?
Read MoreHave you ever heard the phrase "beat them over the head with the Bible?" Or the concept of beating sense into a person? So much corporate capital is spent on companies using culture to recruit, and an equal amount is spent on communication is seems. And yet… there is a gap. Today, we're talking about the gap. The gap that is caused by your, mine and our, unwritten rules and uncommunicated expectations.
Read MoreIf you only had my upbringing to make an assumption about me. That assumption would not be right as to who I am today. If you met me in person, you would have a different theory of me politically based on the subject at hand. It would be a different assumption.
Read MoreTranscript - 011 - Candidate attraction has basically turned into a defensive formation, and candidate applications have taken on a defensive formation as well. Lots of virtual tackling is happening. But…. who has the ball? And how can anyone possibly score?
Read MoreI started a #TerribleTuesday post, but it turned into a #MondayMusing. Here’s my thoughts on loyalty as a competency.
Read MoreMan, this one is rearing up again. I’ve seen it take over my LinkedIn feed as of late. And like normal, I see a bunch of candidate responses that clearly sidestep it by talking about overcoming. Managers that argue we should only be hiring for strengths. People talking about how others need to be self-aware. This question just doesn’t go away.
Read MorePersonally, I think there is a big problem asking a person to liken themselves to a tool. You are asking a person to boil their personality down to that of an inanimate object, that costs money, can break, can be thrown away, and replaced. But I digress.
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