I am working with a not-for-profit organization to help with the selection of a new Executive Director. As part of my work, I am leading an interview training session. We all know the cardinal rule of...
If I am not on the phone while in the car (insert judgment here if you must - at least it's Bluetooth), I listen to talk shows. I do not care (necessarily) about the topic; I just find talk shows interesting - and the diversity of topics...
Remember the show - "Kids Say The Darndest Things"? It made us laugh. It was embarrassing - although usually not to us directly. Well - over the years, we have the equivalent thing happening at our search firm - but from senior-level...
This is not a test question; this is also (clearly) not an attempt to be humorous. This is a serious question relating to the topic of interviews. Using computer technology to help with interviewing is not necessarily new, but it is evolving and is something we should...
We just hit our first 90+ degree day; actually - we set a record - 98-degrees. (This follows a LONG winter - that seemed to only end a few days ago.) Everything slows down during the summer - offices seem to be vacant on Friday afternoons. It seems like 1 of every 3...
Every Friday, I check out the articles on ere.net. There was an interesting article by Howard Adamsky called Finally, Your Essential Overview of Hiring for...
Each week, I check http://www.ere.net/ for articles. There is usually at least one article that sticks out as important to read or post (we post on our website (...
Terminology - it seems to be changing all the time. Change is all around us. We embrace it through technology. (What percentage of the population is using the same phone they used as few as three years ago.) We embrace it at work. Now - we need to use and understand...
There have been a few articles lately that have addressed poor networking practices (and by virtue of their information - better ideas for networking). Earlier this month, LinkedIn shared an article, Conversation Killers: How to...