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Misbehavioral Interviewing

Several years ago I was on the interviewee side of the table talking to a hi-tech aerospace firm about a job as a recruiting manager for one of their divisions. After surviving on the corporate recruiter side of the interview table for years I was surprised at how totally unprepared I was for this. I had led teams of recruiters, conducted manager interview training, and had been totally immersed in the Targeted Selection® behavioral interviewing… Read More »Misbehavioral Interviewing

Blog Soup – From the Archives of Make HR Happen v.13

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          This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen by Tom Bolt.           Blogging Biorhythm Blues – For those of you who don’t participate in Twitter chat sessions, #TChat, which happens weekly on Wednesday’s at 7:00 pm Eastern, is probably one of the better ones to ease into the chatter world. It is convenient (not late at night, not in the middle of the… Read More »Blog Soup – From the Archives of Make HR Happen v.13

Job Search: Pointing the Finger of Blame

Something is wrong with the traditional job search process. Something is broken. We hear “good” news reports that “only” 330,000 new people applied for unemployment benefits in the United States last week, but considering that the number of initial claims is still that high is staggering. Maybe the headlines would not be seen to be so encouraging if taken in the context of the lives being touched. That number is more than the population of… Read More »Job Search: Pointing the Finger of Blame

Blog Soup – From the Archives of Make HR Happen v.12

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          This is a re-posting of five previous articles from Make HR Happen by Tom Bolt.           Give Candidates Better Experience, Not Bill of Rights - There is nowhere a more emphatic symbol of a corporate policy than the three-ton rock at the entrance to each Stew Leonard’s store in Connecticut and New York. On it is inscribed: “Rule 1: The customer is always right. Rule 2: If… Read More »Blog Soup – From the Archives of Make HR Happen v.12

The New Resume Song: A Bridge Over Troubled Waters

Those of us who have been in recruiting longer than a few minutes may not have to squeeze our brains too hard to juice out the memories of a time when a gap in a resume was an anomaly. It could usually be interpreted to mean that there was a possible flaw in a candidate’s ability or character. Only once in my career did I get an explanation from a candidate that involved lessons learned… Read More »The New Resume Song: A Bridge Over Troubled Waters