Tag: Hiring

I have conducted thousands of interviews during my time as a residential building materials recruiter and occasionally something comes up that raises my eyebrows. Since interviews can be stressful, I’ll usually let one slip-up (unless it

You know you need to hire someone who is right on target, has the background you need and the bandwidth to grow and you need them onboard pretty much yesterday! Great … now what? Knowing when

I enjoy networking because I have a fairly insatiable natural curiosity. I really like learning about people: why they do the things they do, how they got where they are and what makes them tick. This

Most of us like to believe we are unselfish and altruistic. But, on some level, we all evaluate decisions by thinking “what’s in it for me?” Thinking about ourselves and our needs is not a news flash and is

Yes, some people lie in interviews. It shouldn’t totally shock you if you have done any interviewing, but it bears saying. So, what can you do about it? For starters, there are multiple reasons people lie

Way back in my career, I worked in retail. I was in training at a department store and part of it was watching a bunch of videos. Many were fairly boring, but one really stood out. It was

When you’re recruiting a new employee, it’s like almost everything else – your attitude makes a big difference to the outcome. Before you start searching for the right candidate, you might first want to take a little