Hiring Process

Are you aware that you are one of 10,000 people who saw this headline? Are you aware that you are one of 1,000 people who decided to read this article? Are … Read more

Anyone who follows online screening and assessment knows that there just isn’t much information available about general trends related to its use. … Read more

With behavioral interviewing and all the heralded tests now available, why do you think managers still hire candidates who under-perform? Come up with your … Read more

Zen Master: Define the sound of simultaneous laughing and crying. Zen Student: People trying to understand and measure human performance. Some Basic … Read more

We frequently read about such things as animal abuse or alcohol abuse. But one of the least talked about forms of abuse that occurs on a daily basis is … Read more

The courage of the master is measured by his or her willingness to surrender. For the master, surrender means there are no experts. There are only … Read more

I thought I had heard it all ó that is, until my wife showed me an article in the Saturday, June 8, 2003, Atlanta Journal Constitution entitled, … Read more

Much has been written about metrics of late, and I fully agree that this subject is long overdue. Recruiting is probably the last business operation within … Read more

Managers and recruiters often complain that they only see bland candidates. They say they’re desperate to hire innovative people, but that they just … Read more

As many of you know, I advocate a Six Sigma process methodology for hiring. This requires formal processes, procedures, and metrics at each step in the … Read more

As we saw in Part 1 of this two-part article series, many HR professionals in general ó and recruiters in particular ó act as though they are … Read more

If everybody does what everybody else does, it’s a safe bet to predict that everybody will get average results. The key to success is to do something … Read more

Dear Hiring Manager: You probably only hire a handful of people each year, and the recruiter assigned to your team has always done a reasonable job at … Read more

It’s a funny thing, but everyone and their brother seems to think that developing a test is easy. Just put a few people in a room, brainstorm … Read more

The world of business is highly competitive. Firms frequently introduce new products or run attack ads with the specific intention to hurt their direct … Read more

A while back, I introduced the best one-question behavioral interview of all time (although I’m often accused of using hyperbole, this wasn’t … Read more

Many major firms have experienced layoffs or implemented hiring freezes, and unemployment rates have crept higher and higher. Everywhere you go it seems … Read more

If you’re not consistently seeing or hiring enough top people, it might be time to evaluate everything you’re now doing from a different … Read more

If I hear one more person tell me their materials are EEOC compliant, I think I’m going to throw up! Time after time, people tell me this or that … Read more

In Part 1 of this article series, published in February, we discussed how to identify your organization’s culture. I argued that by adding a fourth … Read more