There are some job interview questions that are guaranteed to come up in most (if not all) of your job interviews – regardless of your industry, your experience level, and job type. At the top of this list is the universal and much-dreaded classic: “Tell me about yourself.” This question (or a variation like “Walk…
Variations on this question include: Why are you looking for a new position now? This is for employed candidates considering a job change. Why did you leave your most recent position? This is for candidates who are not currently employed but have past experience. Maybe you quit your last position or were laid off. Maybe…
Enough can’t be said about the importance of follow-up. Especially in the a job Interview process. We spend so much time making sure our resume is perfect to make sure we get that a job Interview. Today’s reader question is about what to do once the interview is over: Hello. I worked for a tech…
We’ve talked before about the skills every leader should have. I thought it might be productive to share a list of skills every employee should have. Regardless of your job title, this is a list of skills that companies expecteveryone to possess. Some might say this list is basic – and it is. Some people…
At one of my training sessions recently, we had a discussion about being a first-time supervisors. While the group had a tremendous amount of management experience, everyone recognized how hard it can be in that very first supervisors role. Driving home after the session, it got me thinking – what advice would I have wanted…
Confession: I have a tendency to use these terms interchangeably at times. Truth is, I shouldn’t. Knowledge, skill, and abilities (aka KSAs) are three different things. And it’s important to know the difference – even though the difference can be subtle. Knowledge is the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. For example, an employee…
Recruiting leaders are constantly looking for strategic opportunities, which admittedly are rare in this progressive field. There is only one big missed opportunity in strategic recruiting and that is harnessing consumer data to direct source passive prospects. Unless you have adopted a big data approach to recruiting, you will undoubtedly be shocked to learn that…
Many recruiter look at what they do from an extremely narrow perspective. One glaring example of this is the failure of most recruiters to realize that a key element of their success is based on how well they gather “competitive intelligence!” WHAT IS COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE? Competitive intelligence is the process of gathering valuable information about…
“It’s the work (stupid).” That is the gist of the answer that you get when you ask top performers, “What would attract you to a new job?” If you were Picasso, wouldn’t you only be attracted to a new job if it provided you with the opportunity to “do the best painting of your life”?…
In Part One of this series, we outlined some important concepts that managers should consider job employee implementing in order to create a top-notch employee orientation program. Following up on these concepts below is one of the most important tools of all the employee orientation questionnaires. This questionnaire is the backbone of a successful orientation program.…