“This is the perfect time for improving the recruitment processes, and my skills. I have never experienced anything like this. Not being able to go to my office, and work. To quickly check in with my candidates or just having trouble reaching my hiring manager. This pandemic changed the way that I am productive. But
“The nonverbal communication is at least as important as the verbal communication. When I was recruiting for a pretty important role in our company, it was my responsibility to go through the resumes and find a few candidates to put on a short-list. I was very happy to one day receive a resume that looked
“I ask the question, “tell me about yourself?”, because I genuinely want to learn about the person behind the resume. But the number of times candidates stumble and fall when answering this question, is staggering. I have had to interrupt candidates that started talking about their childhood, college internship and details about their first job.
Considering the tools you have at your disposal, using only your phone puts at a disadvantage when choosing the best candidate.
“One of the questions I always ask the candidate is to tell me about their strengths and weaknesses. I can’t begin to tell you how telling the answers are. I always make the joke that it is one of the only true joys of the trade to ask a mean question like that, to pave
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