Most 3rd-party recruiter interviews set you up for failure with hiring managers.
Before the entire recruiting profession jumps down my throat over that statement – let’s examine this statement in a little more depth.
Most (there are a few exception…
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Why Do Most Recruiter Interviews Set You Up for Failure?
Ever Wonder Why No One Calls You Back After the Phone Interview?
The Myth of Phone Interviewing
Yesterday I phone interviewed a candidate for a search I was conducting for a National Accounts Manager position. The phone interview was with my client – the CEO.
I had already interviewed the candidate by myself for t…
So Many Candidates Are Only 70% Effective In Their Job Search
There aren’t too many things one can do only 70% effectively and be successful. Can you imagine doing your job 70% effectively? Would you hire someone that told you in an interview,” I work great 70% of the time?” Would you keep a per…
Why is Flawless Execution Important to Prove?
One of the 3 core success traits we insist our clients focus on in the interview process to measure top talent is:
Flawless Execution
Flawless Execution is not about doing your job perfectly – it’s about the ability to overcome problems, hurdles, r…
Getting Professional Help Can Shorten Your Job Search – Example 2- Interview Mistakes
The first article addressed how to handle the problem of turnover. This example deals with two simple issues that could have resulted in the person not getting the job because of simple mistakes that were easy to fix. The person just didn’t know …
How to Answer Interview Questions
Tweet In a recent post on the About.com Job Searching Blog, Alison Doyle, offers interviewing questions from a few different job categories and offers a few links to tough or difficult questions. She offers good reminders to think some of the questions you could face on a typical interview. Here a few other links from […]
Does Age Discrimination Exist in Hiring?
Tweet Of course, age discrimination exists. What a silly question. However, when a younger candidate is selected, we want to cry foul quickly. Sometimes, the reason the older candidate was not selected has nothing to do with age. My partner Brad presents an interesting case study on a recent executive search regarding candidates of different […]
Answering Those Box Checking Interviewing Questions – Audio Recording
Don’t Be A Box-checking Victim
STOP allowing yourself to be box-checked in the interview by recruiters, HR, and hiring managers. You CANNOT SUCCEED in the interview if you are being box-checked against a traditional job description listing prec…
Failure Due to Culture Mismatch - Don't Fall into This Trap
Tweet Have you ever failed due to a cultural mismatch? Ever have one view of a company from the interview – but it turns out to be something different? One of the greatest failure points for new hires, after the inability to deliver the expected outcomes, is a cultural mismatch. You’re NOT a bad person […]
The Curious George Approach to Interviewing
As many of you know, I follow an large number of blogs every day on a wide range of subjects – hiring, job search, motivation, blogging, retention, performance management, social media, internet marketing, basketball coaching – every interest that …
