Most of the methods used to attract candidates bring forth candidates who are floating in the shallow end of the pond. They fall into what Read More

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Hiring Mistake #6 is Performance Bias, which is the tendency to become enamored with how the candidate “performs” or “presents” during the interview.

Have you Read More

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Hiring top talent is not the same as ordering through the drive-through line at your favorite fast food restaurant.

In many companies, the hiring process Read More

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Next to not defining success, which I covered in my last blog post, superficial interviewing is the second most common mistake made in the hiring Read More

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In one of my last blog posts, I mentioned that I would take the Study we did within the Vistage/TEC Community on Hiring Failure before Read More

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Over the last 6 months I’ve noticed an interesting trend occurring in the Vistage and TEC Groups in which I’ve presented our “You’re NOT the Read More

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One of my favorite authors, Seth Godin, recently posted an article on his blog related to hiring. He posed the question that when you have Read More

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We all know the comedian’s most famous line : “I get no respect.”

WHY IS CANDIDATE RESPECT IMPORTANT?

I came across this great post on Read More

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As you probably know by now – my favorite metaphors are sports related –  especially basketball metaphors. For our new readers, a little background: In  Read More

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Social Recruiting – Everyone’s talking about it – no one’s doing it!

What is Social Recruiting?

Social Recruiting is using the various social networking sites, Read More

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