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Interviewing Tips & Techniques
Having Your Heart Broken
Ah, the broken hiring heart… A few weeks back, a client of mine professed their undying love for a candidate, and another person on the interview team suggested that they might be setting themselves up for a broken hiring heart. You know the one… that candidate that...
Lateral Wiggle
A few weeks ago, I was meeting with my Indeed team and my A-list Interviews team over an ad that I had posted. It wasn’t getting much traction. And if you know me at all, you know that I review traction on ads as closely as my financial advisor looks at stock...
Round Peg, Square Hole
I am working with a client who is seeking a high-level executive. We received an application from a woman who wasn’t qualified for this particular position, but she was highly qualified for another opportunity within the company. The problem was that the salary for...
Cool Your Jets
My interview team and I had an amazing first interview a few months back. We were all talking about how great it went, when my client, the CEO, says, “Let’s blow the doors off and just hire this person!” The whole team looked stunned, until I said… “Cool your jets,...
Let Them
I had a client call me the other day and ask me this: “Beth, what do you do when you have a candidate that shows up late?” “Tell me more about that,” I said. “Well, we had a candidate show up late for their third interview. They just walked in 7 minutes late, sat...
Fishing vs. Poaching
I don’t poach. I fish. I LOVE fishing! But in my world, poaching is a no-no. Let me explain. Several years ago, I had a client who was looking for an architect to hire in his firm. Architects were VERY hard to find during that time, and he couldn’t afford to lose any...
New Year’s resolutions: Diet, Exercise, Fire Someone?
In my last blog “The Bar Napkin Summit” I gave you three examples of how great business ideas came about, and they didn’t come from being behind a desk! Coming up with THE great idea is just the first step: Then, you have to execute. And what better time to execute...
Diet, Exercise, Fire Someone
Approaching the new year, here I am stuffed full of cheese and chocolate, and I had a former client call me out of the blue. He said: “Beth, I have this employee who started off great, but this person is making my life hell!” He went on to describe the ultimatums and...
The Bar Napkin Summit
About 12 years ago, 2 men had a meeting at a bar. Over what I know to be a local IPA, the now CEO whipped out a pen and wrote a business plan on a bar napkin, while the now CFO created the financial plan for how this business would take off. Just this past year, the...
Your Employee/Employee Bank Account
I just received an offer from Chase Bank to open a new bank account with them, and they would fund said bank account with $600.00. What a deal! I open an account, and they give me $600.00? I am IN! A bank account functions like this: You make a deposit, then you make...