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Talent Selection – Part 4: Interviewing Tradeoffs

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Anyone with more than a few minutes of experience working in a corporate staffing office knows that certain things are not negotiable. I once worked at a start-up that was a spinoff from a large corporation with a lot of inherited baggage in the form of policies and procedures from the parent company. We had to change everything that didn’t fit. An example of a non-negotiable item when hiring new employees was vacation time. Many… Read More »Talent Selection – Part 4: Interviewing Tradeoffs

Talent Selection – Part 3: Interviewing Adaptability

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When confronted with issues of flaws in the candidate experience, I have actually heard interviewers speak the words, “I am just following policy.” That is possibly someone looking for a scapegoat to blame for their actions. The psychological term is called “The Nuremberg Defense” which came from the trials of Nazi war criminals for atrocities following WWII, “I was only following orders.” This is sometimes called the Eichmann defense who stated, “I cannot recognize the… Read More »Talent Selection – Part 3: Interviewing Adaptability

Talent Selection – Part 1: Interviewing Crosscheck

“Flight attendants, prepare for arrival and crosscheck.” I have heard that over the aircraft cabin PA systems for years and thought that it had something to do with counting people. I remember eons ago on school outings teachers would walk down the aisle of the school bus and count heads to make sure the number of heads that got back on the bus was the same number of heads that got off. On a recent… Read More »Talent Selection – Part 1: Interviewing Crosscheck

Job Search Reality Check (Part 3 of 5) – Relocation, Relocation, Relocation

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One of the criticisms aimed at employers today is the common lament, “I met all the qualifications for the job and never got a call.” Listening to corporate recruiters, this is heard, “I don’t have time to waste on hundreds of applicants that don’t meet our needs.” Like it or not, there are two colossal misunderstandings in this dialog: The reality of priorities in job needs is never revealed on either side. It’s never just… Read More »Job Search Reality Check (Part 3 of 5) – Relocation, Relocation, Relocation

When Changes Collide

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All transitions involve a change in one or more variables to reach a desired goal. Management of change does not happen in a vacuum and there are always external forces at work to exert enough pull to drive the best laid plans off course. In fact, those forces can cause change to happen where none was planned. Many recent college graduates are facing the reality of those forces when searching for work. The first clue… Read More »When Changes Collide