The Legendary "Ideal Candidate"
"The ideal candidate will possess..."
It's amusing to me that we still write job adverts that
Failed hires are less expensive than you think
Some of the "War for Talent" rhetoric is just propaganda.
There, I said it.
The phrase itself suggests
Racing Yachts & Winning Cultures
On a scale of 1-10 how psychologically safe do your team feel? On a separate 1-10 scale how dominant are
Misused terms: Resilience
"Resilience" appears to be the number two buzzword emerging from the pandemic, running a close second to "
Asynchronous Interviews are not the answer
Interviews are difficult to schedule, time consuming and don't really give a fair chance for all participants when
You're asking too many questions at interview
Pick the right questions, then shut up
As interviewers it is our job to "discover" the person sitting
High Performance Onboarding
Onboarding is interviewing's often neglected sibling; the less popular end of the hiring continuum. When you consider that
The World's Best rejection letters
In an age where "ghosting" candidates is common, where even job boards say "if you do not
Influences on culture
Culture within a business is comparable to a garden. A garden of some sort grows wherever there is a plot
Expressions of gratitude
A small "thank you for going the extra mile" delivered within a day of the event can have