This research study summarized below concludes that good grooming offsets the pay disadvantage of being unattractive. How does it affect your perception … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Do You Hire For “Readiness?”
One of the great adages of hiring is: “We hire people for what they know and we fire them for who they are.” To do a better job of hiring, we need to focus … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Interviewing Is Simple – If You Know How to Do It Well
I admit it, a lot of the things I write and talk about are not my original stuff. In fact, many of the ideas don’t even come from other HR experts, but … Read more
Bridging the Disconnect Between Job Candidates and Hiring Managers
Editor’s note: The TLNT Radio show is a weekly podcast where we talk to the top minds in talent management. New episodes are posted here at TLNT every … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: How to Hire a Real Turkey (aka, a Recipe for Disaster)
(Serves as many as are willing to risk it.) Ingredients: Put a “Now Hiring” sign out front and conduct gut-instinct interviews with everyone who walks in. … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: The Top 10 Interviewing Mistakes
The best candidates are well-prepared for the interview. They’ve studied, they’ve researched, they’ve rehearsed. How about you? Are you ready to make the … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Devil or Angel? Don’t Look at Candidates That Way
It is human nature to look for like-minded others who share our values and opinions, but it’s in your best interest to curb this tendency when evaluating … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: When You Interview, Get Out From Behind That Desk
If, like most people, you sit behind your desk when you conduct interviews. Here are a few good reasons to try something different: A desk blocks your view … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Cross These Questions Off Your Interview List
The following questions let the applicant take control of the interview because they ask only for opinions rather than verifiable facts: Tell me about … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: How to Develop Some Great Interview Questions
This exercise was adapted from an ice breaker published on the Dr. Clue website. Materials & Set Up: A classroom with seats and/or tables. Process: … Read more
Are Job Interviews Really a Complete Waste of Time?
We write a fair amount about job interviews here at TLNT, and for good reason: they are the centerpiece of the hiring process. You can make a lot of little … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: The Assumptions We Make About Job Applicants
There’s some interesting research being done at Cornell University to see if computers are better at detecting phony online reviews than people are. The … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: What You See (on a Resume) Is Not Necessarily What You’ll Get
A young friend of mine got his degree (magna cum laude) in finance back in December and has not been able to get even one job interview since. I asked him … Read more
Corporate Cradle Robbers? It’s Just Another Name For College Recruiters
Working for a hedge fund today must be a lot like working for a tobacco company in the 1990’s. Both political and popular scrutiny has made it difficult … Read more
Straight Talk: How Do You Tell a Bad and Persistent Candidate to Go Away?
Every Monday morning we have a recruiter meeting at my company, HRU. The purpose of the meeting is for our recruiting department to share with each other … Read more
What Your Recruiters and Their Style Says About Your Employment Brand
“You are the best interviewer I have ever had!” That is what my wife was told last week after she finished interviewing a prospective employee. She said … Read more
When Hiring, Just Because You Can Ask It Doesn’t Mean You Should
By Eric B. Meyer I received a comment to yesterday’s post about 29 questions you should never ask a candidate in a job interview. Laurie Ruettimann, … Read more
29 Questions You Should Never Ask a Candidate in a Job Interview
By Eric B. Meyer HBO Go may just be the best app ever. Over the past two weeks, I’ve gotten current on Entourage and Game of Thrones, and begun … Read more
Hiring Wisdom: Do You Screen Applicants In or Out?
Most interviewers start the screening process when they already have a number of applications or resumes on hand, and first look for reasons to eliminate … Read more
Interviewing 101: Here’s How You Can Avoid This All-Too-Common Mistake
Most interviewers look at the interview as a one-step process and this misperception is largely the reason why a Michigan State University study found: … Read more