Implement a solid interview process and save yourself a lot of pain and hassle down the line. Avoid disappointed candidates and frustrated hiring managers, and keep yourself from being caught in the middle. Use these easy tips on how to improve your process, just like I have. I have been part of interview panels for
When I open a vacancy, I receive sometimes, hundreds of resumes. A few are bad, a few are very good and the majority is mediocre. And it’s not just that the experience or background is good, or bad. Sometimes the resume itself isn’t good. Now, with unemployment numbers at record highs, it has never been
“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.
“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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