Every company in the industry has a reputation. Recruiters hear it all the time: candidates are totally open for new positions, they’ll go anywhere! Except… they won’t work for Company X, because they can’t stomach that owner’s political beliefs. They won’t go to Company Y, because their friend told them they knew someone that worked … Continue reading Volume 72: Overcoming Culture to Hire
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Volume 71: Achieving Goals Through Metrics
This New Year, I want to talk about using metrics to achieve, and judge, progress towards goals. Very simply, you can’t manage what you don’t measure, and as I’ve shared before, an idiot with a plan will often beat a genius without a plan. Measuring What You Want to Manage: This is an area that … Continue reading Volume 71: Achieving Goals Through Metrics
Volume 70: Looking Back
This time of year, we inevitably reflect on what we have, and have not, accomplished in the current year, and look forward to what we hope to accomplish next year. Benchmarking yourself is an important periodic task: it’s difficult to know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been. So, for this article, … Continue reading Volume 70: Looking Back
Volume 69: Happy Thanksgiving
In the years that I’ve been doing this newsletter, I’ve taken many approaches to the Thanksgiving article. I’ve used it to relate industry issues to the Dallas Cowboys, who, frankly, have enough of their own issues this year. I’ve sent out plain-Jane “Happy Thanksgiving” cards. I’ve occasionally used it as a soapbox to tell people … Continue reading Volume 69: Happy Thanksgiving
Halloween Edition: Scary Interview Wrap-Up
Since it’s Halloween, I wanted to wrap up our series on interviewing with a true horror story: Many moons ago, I set up a candidate to interview with a client. They spoke on the phone, and it was great: an instant bro-mance. Candidate said the position was right up his alley. He had the experience … Continue reading Halloween Edition: Scary Interview Wrap-Up
Volume 67: Honesty in the Interview Process
Open and Honest Communication is the foundation of all strong relationships, business or otherwise. If one side is withholding information, or being outright deceitful, the relationship is doomed for failure. If friends are lying to each other, or not sharing information that could help the other out, the relationship isn’t going to last very long. … Continue reading Volume 67: Honesty in the Interview Process
Volume 66: Face to Face Flubs
You listened to my advice on phone interviews, and have been invited for a Face to Face! At this point, some of you are probably wondering, “If I was messing up such easy things on the phone interview, what am I messing up once I get in front of the employer?” Well, I’m happy … Continue reading Volume 66: Face to Face Flubs
