Posts Tagged ‘interviewing’
Ask more questions to get the real scoop on a prospective hire
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Sales — tracks feedback from sales managers and executives. We run the poll question each Wednesday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: Have you ever hired a sales representative, only to have that person decide to stay with his or her employer? Yes: 53.85% [...]
Are candidate values or skills more important?
SmartPulse — our weekly nonscientific reader poll in SmartBrief on Leadership — tracks feedback from more than 160,000 business leaders. We run the poll question each Tuesday in our e-newsletter. Last week, we asked: When interviewing job candidates, what’s more important to you in making your selection? I place equal emphasis on the balance between [...]
This week’s most clicked
This post was written by SmartBrief’s Linsey Isaacs. How Time Inc. used “office culture” to cut their losses ; why some companies are reevaluating their tuition reimbursement programs; and how start-up company can compete with big-name corporations to hire the best interns. It’s all on this past week’s top 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on [...]
This week’s most clicked
This week’s top 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Workforce: UBS backs away from 44-page dress code 3 keys to becoming a great boss 12 ways to get the best from young workers NLRB threatens to sue states over unionization rules 11 tips for interviewing restaurant staff Image credit: narvikk, via iStock Photo
This week’s most clicked
The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Workforce this past week: The firing of Shirley Sherrod: An HR “fiasco” 3 body-language tricks every executive should know At Zappos.com, happiness is the key to wellness The key to better hiring? Behavioral interviewing How you’ll know when it’s time to cut someone loose 4 ways to build [...]
Nancy L. Newell, on the power of behavioral interviewing
While I was at SHRM’s annual conference out in San Diego last month, I was lucky enough to meet Nancy L. Newell, principal of Nth Degree Consulting to discuss the biggest mistakes most companies make in interviewing candidates. Among them: Failing to focus on the most important aspects of the job the candidate would be [...]
This job is fun? For whom?
It doesn’t take a lifetime in the working world to figure out that a job that looks great on paper could easily be terrible for you in practice. There are seemingly endless reasons that a job could be a bad fit — culture clash, bad boss, crazy co-workers … I could go on and on. [...]
This week’s most clicked
The 5 most-clicked links in SmartBrief on Work Force this past week: 10 ways to appear more confident 10 tips to help introverts win at work Surprise! Workers like unexpected rewards Beyond business goals: Caring for your people Promote your problem-solving skills in an interview Photo credit, iStock
