Almost every exec and manager hires people – even in the flat organizations common today. Yet few do it well, and many put it down low on their list of favorite things to do. This post is the last of series of four on how you can – with some simple, common sense practices – hire well, get a great return from your hiring activities, and frankly enjoy a reputation for hiring brilliantly.… Read the rest
4 Steps to Hiring Brilliantly: Step Two – Everyone on the Same Bus
Almost every exec and manager hires people – even in the flat organizations common today. Yet few do it well, and many put it down low on their list of favorite things to do.
It doesn’t have to be that way, and there are four simple steps you can take to make the hiring process easier, go smoother, and make better hires.… Read the rest
[Your Job] How Legal and/or Relevant Are Psychological Assessment Tests?
Reader Robert B. from Colorado asks this week:
“Between reading your blogs and filling out applications, I have come stumbled upon some questions. How legal and/or relevant are psychological assessment tests? Are those assessments relevant if the individual has PTSD? I think it’s possible that these test could be discriminating against people who went through traumatic events in their childhood. I have come across very few court cases that have tried to figure out the issue. … Read the rest
[Why Do Investors and Employers Sometimes Behave Badly?] “Because They Can”
Writer, recruiter, and thinker Martin Burns recently tweeted, “Amazing how ineptly so many companies – some of them “great” – still handle the job candidate. This will absolutely bite you in the keister.”
The next day business / biotech exec Mike Hart called attention to venture capitalist and managing director of the firm Foundry Group Brad Feld’s request to would-be investments: “If you are interested in talking to me about a potential investment, please just tweet it. … Read the rest
Should I Use My CEO Title Behind My Name?. . and other Questions
Business titles are interesting things. The right title in the right situation can be extraordinarily helpful: the wrong title in the wrong setting makes uphill sledding suddenly look easy.
What is frequently complicating is that what a title means can be interpreted broadly, and how it impacts you can do the same. I have worked with a number of people who would gladly (well, maybe not gladly, but they’d do it) trade titles for a piece of compensation because the title meant more for them then cold cash.… Read the rest
[Life Back West – March 2010] Size Matters – Even at the Bus Stop
There is size that counts, and size that doesn’t: this is a post about size that counts.
And where size counts most (apart perhaps from your bank account and the quality of life/family /health measures) is the number of people in a team, group, or organization.
This tale about size starts with a story and ends with a bus stop: bear with it – it’s a story that applies to you too.… Read the rest