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Interviewing Tips & Techniques
Where Are All the People? Here is the Good News
Over the past several months, every news outlet is publishing articles about labor shortages, no one to hire, and the Great Resignation. These articles are full of gloom and doom, and of course, there is panic on all levels about how to hire and how to retain...
Zombies in the Workplace
Halloween has been very hit-and-miss in the workplace, in my experience. Some companies really promote it by buying pounds and pounds of candy and giving out prizes for the best costumes. Some companies don’t celebrate it at all with the mindset of “Please don’t bring...
Do You Have Any Reservations About Hiring Me?
After I conducted an interview the other day, I asked the candidate if they had any questions for me, and I waited for the dreaded question: “Do you have any reservations about hiring me?” I hate this question. I know why candidates ask it. Every article about...
HOAs & Hiring
Last week, I was approached by some of my neighbors to sit on the HOA Board as the Secretary/Treasurer. Actually, to be more accurate, it was an ambush; I was supposed to have a beer with the President, and she brought the VP also for a “meeting” to “invite” me to...
Want to Hire Better? Foster Dogs.
Several years ago, our family fostered a Boxer dog named Helen. She was blind in one eye and was considered aggressive. Therefore, she couldn’t be around other animals or children. Then, she blew out her knee and had to have it replaced. As we were rehabilitating that...
Paddleboarding in Florida
Earlier this month, I spent 2 glorious weeks in Florida on the ocean. One day, my daughter Katy decided that she wanted to go paddleboarding. I couldn’t have been more unenthusiastic. “Come on, Mom! It’ll be fun!” she said, while running towards the enormous boards....
Buying Blue Jeans & Hiring
Do you realize how many types of blue jeans there are in this world?! Straight leg, vintage style, loose fit, skinny jeans, mom jeans, ultra- high rise, high rise, mid- rise, low rise, ultra-low rise, boyfriend jeans, boot cut, cropped, ankle, extra-long, extra short,...
The War Over Remote Work
Since the dawn of computers and the internet, workers have been wanting to work from home at least part of the time. And at the same time, employers wanted all employees in the office. Some employers would allow working from home on an occasional basis for total...
Don’t Fan Boy!
A few weeks ago, my interview team conducted a second interview with a gentleman who totally knocked the ball out of the park. He was prepared, asked great questions, and he had the demeanor and skill set that we were looking for. My client wanted to hire him right...
Bad Hires, Prince Charming and Frogs
A few weeks ago, I had a potential new client call me wanting to discuss my services. He asked me if I conducted confidential searches. He further explained that he needed to fire the person in a top-level role in his company, but he couldn’t NOT have a body in that...