Not everyone leaves their employment by choice...... Any kind of vagueness or glib explanation will only affect your credibility with the interviewer. Lying and fudging the truth will invariably be found out. Professional interviewers can spot B.S. from a mile away and their “gut instincts” are honed to spot any inconsistencies.
Read MoreAs part of her interview answers, she regularly references (by name!) the people in her team and/or her business, who are poor performers and/or leaders. In fact, she cannot speak well of anyone in the organisation.
Read MoreHow far through is the person in decision making? Like the folks who are just curious about seeing a house with no intent of purchasing, there is an alarming number of job seekers, even at very senior level, who find it acceptable to enter into a hiring process "just to be sure" of an employment offer they've already accepted elsewhere!
Read More.....two of the three HR leaders proceeded to receive a job offer with full transparency of their situations to the employer companies; and of these, one wound up accepting the job. One of the three HR leaders will not be welcome to work with our firm in any capacity again.
Read MoreHe went so far as to suggest that we'd made up the role, that we didn't know what we were doing, and that the employer would be furious at us for not having effected the introduction. He demanded to know who the other candidates were, and who the employer was so he could check into the validity of a/ the job existing and b/introduce himself to the company directly since we didn't know what we were doing.
Read MoreOuch. On first reading, this could be a commentary on the HR professional who hides away in their office...
Read More....despite progress in the type of work we do and how we do it, and advances in transportation that enable workers can to come from even further away in faster time, we haven’t really made any real progress on the basic social model of work here/live there.
Read MoreBe mindful of the cultural traditions of the person you’re shaking hands with. Some need a lot of space between you both whilst some prefer to be standing quite close together. A handshake with a variation of the European cheek kiss routine should be reserved only for those you know well. A two handed shake from yourself again should be reserved for people you know well, or for your political career.
Read More...always, always, always work with the best people you can find. They’ll improve the performance of your business and improve your performance as well. Don’t hire “yes men” who won’t challenge you because they won’t challenge anybody else.
Read MoreI know for example that some firms are already asking for applications using Twitter – try fitting your career into 140 characters or maybe you have to think differently……
Read MoreEveryone grumbles about the cost of executive search. Both I, and most of my senior colleagues have long complained about how much search firms charge and the way those fees are structured....
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