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How Panel Interviews Can Make Hiring Easier: Are you hiring? If you are, chances are you've been spending a good chunk of your time sitting in one-on-one interviews with a multitude of candidates, many or most who won't make it past this initial grilling. But there's a way you can increase your interview efficiency and improve your...; Tags: Hiring, Candidate, Panel Interview, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, CC Holland; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Do Bizarre Interview Questions Serve a Purpose?: When you're talking to a job candidate, do you ask what superpowers he'd like to have? No? Then obviously you're missing out on the newly anointed best practice of asking ridiculous questions in the name of thorough interviewing. It's not a new trend (Microsoft's been known for...; Tags: Job, Question, Candidate, Recruitment & Selection, Food & Beverage, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Manufacturing, CC Holland; Blog posts 2008-07-14
CEO: Encourage Candidates to Turn You Down: The Find: If you want better quality employees more suited to your company culture, one CEO feels your best bet is to make it easy for job candidates to say no to your offer. The Source: Summation, the blog of Auren Hoffman, CEO of Rapleaf. ...; Tags: Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Candidate, CEO, Jessica Stillman, Workforce Management; Blog posts 2008-07-03
How to Interview Sales Candidates: Dr. Chris Croner, a clinical psychologist and author of "Never Hire a Bad Salesperson Again," gives examples of the types of questions to ask a sales candidate in order to determine a person's drive.; Tags: Candidate, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Video; Videos 2008-05-07
How Your Competitors Lure Top Talent: Even in a decelerating economy, competition for top young talent remains high. To attract these folks, you need to be creative. Your competitors certainly are. Tammy Erickson blogs on Harvard Business some examples of what top companies are offering hot candidates. Here's a sample: ...; Tags: Human Resources, Career, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Professional Development, Hire, Candidate, Job, Talent, Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2008-04-17

Do Presidential Candidates Understand the Knowledge Economy?: The future of the American competitiveness has received short shrift from the presidential candidates, who instead are underscoring more here-and-now issues such as Iraq, universal healthcare, the subprime fallout. At least that's the view of Harvard Business blogger Tom Davenport, who says "my hope in this presidential...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Internet, Blogging, Candidate, Knowledge, Davenport Co.; Blog posts 2008-02-29
Now Hiring Brilliant People: Time to interview job candidates? Learn the secret techniques smart companies use to identify tomorrow's most promising talent.Choosing the right employees is one of the most important — and most difficult — decisions a manager makes. To help you spot the shiny needle in that haystack of resumes, we've assembled...; Tags: Workforce Management, Human Resources, Productivity, Job, Recruitment & Selection, Hiring, Technique, Candidate, Recruiting, Brian Libby, BNET Feature Package, Interview, Andrew Mager, Team Management; Articles 2008-02-19
Marketing Beer, Marketing Candidates: If the US electoral process was a consumer product, it would be a dreary failure. It results in a citizenry that is cynical about politics, distrustful of candidates, and apathetic on voting day. No wonder we form stronger ties to the brands we love than the candidates we vote for....; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Marketing, Branding, Marketing Research, Candidate, Internet; Blog posts 2008-01-19
Ending the CEO Succession Crisis: The Idea in Brief The CEO succession process is broken. Too many companies' succession pipelines are bone dry. Even among firms that do have succession plans, most aren't happy with them. Thanks to poor succession...; Tags: Ram Charan, Management, Corporate Law, Business Operations, Leadership, Corporate Governance, Candidate, CEO, Board, Succession, Executive, Harvard Business Review, In Brief; Articles 2007-12-13
Preparing to Interview Others: Before you write a job advertisement, you must conduct some preliminary research. The recruitment process can be complex and costly, both in terms of time devoted to the selection process and money spent on advertising. Thorough preparation may minimize the time and money you spend. Also, by preparing in advance,...; Tags: Job, Job Description, Qualification, Candidate, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Interview, Person Specification, BNET Editorial; Articles 2007-12-06
Interviewing Candidates and Making Job Offers: A job interview has two primary objectives: First, to find out if the candidate is qualified for the job; and second, to provide the candidate with information about the position and the company. To ensure the right person is hired, it's essential that all candidates have the same opportunities to...; Tags: Job, Question, Interview, Candidate, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hiring, Body Language, Disability Employment Assistance, BNET Editorial; Articles 2007-11-28
New Approaches to Sleuthing Out Applicants' Personalities: A team's success or failure can be the result of lack of technical know-how or poorly planned or executed strategy, but it can also be the result of team members not getting along. Sometimes the biggest difference between two companies is their collective personalities or culture. Yahoo!...; Tags: Jessica Stillman, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Management, Recruitment & Selection, Team Management, Companies Reception Area, Candidate, Team, Job; Blog posts 2007-11-07
Interviewing Over the Telephone: Many hiring managers conduct telephone interviews in the early stages of the recruiting process because it can be a cost- and time-efficient way to narrow down a list of candidates. This method of interviewing also offers valuable insight for positions that require phone communication skills.Managers generally conduct face-to-face interviews before...; Tags: hiring, recruiting, job, customer service, BNET Editorial, Telephone Interview, Telecom & Utilities, Candidate, Phone, Service, Interview; Articles 2007-10-16
Conducting One-on-One Employment Interviews: Employers commonly conduct one-on-one (or face-to-face) interviews with individual job candidates to select a new staff member. When potential recruits interview with several company representatives, the multiple perspectives provide valuable input to the hiring decision process. However, sometimes in small businesses and start-up environments, only one manager will participate in...; Tags: technique, core competency, hiring, small business, BNET Editorial, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Candidate, Interviewer, Question, Interview, Job; Articles 2007-10-12
Conducting Panel Employment Interviews: Panel interviewing allows multiple people to interview a job candidate at the same time. A panel has two or more participants, which may include the direct manager for the role, human resources staff, department managers, and/or the candidate's potential colleagues. Peer participants commonly participate when recruiting a new senior staff...; Tags: BNET Editorial, U.S. Department Of Labor, Panel, Recruitment & Selection, Panel Member, Panel Interview, Candidate, Interview, Question, Job, Preparation, Workforce Management, Human Resources, communication skill, core competency, recruiting, technique; Articles 2007-10-11
Making Sound Hiring Decisions: Recruitment appears simple: a vacancy arises, the role is advertised, a pool of qualified candidates is interviewed and otherwise assessed, the successful candidate selected and the position offered. It rarely goes as smoothly at that, however. By final interview stages, so much information about the candidates has been gathered, that...; Tags: recruit, workplace, small business, knowledge, phone, BNET Editorial, Hiring, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Candidate, Interview, Job, Recruitment; Articles 2007-10-03
Video: Time to Interview a Job Candidate?: Hiring managers are constantly on the hunt, making sure they find the best applicant for the job at hand. BNET talks to Leila Bulling, CNET Network's Director of Corporate Training, to learn the proven techniques that smart companies use to identify tomorrow's top prospects. (HINT: If our embedded video player...; Tags: Corporate Communications, Recruitment & Selection, Media Players, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, BNET staff, Candidate, Video, Job; Blog posts 2007-06-24
How to Conduct a Job Interview: Got a key position to fill? Hiring good employees is the foundation of any successful business. Do Your Homework Beforehand Goal: Minimize the back-story and maximize the time you spend with the candidate. Going into an interview, each interviewer should...; Tags: Job Interview, Crash Course, Team Management, Hiring, Brian Libby, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Bill Tolbert, Candidate, Interview, Job; Articles 2007-03-13
10 Mistakes Managers Make During Job Interviews: Want to hire the wrong person for the job? It's easy! Just repeat these common interview-technique errors. 1. You Talk Too Much When giving company background, watch out for the tendency to prattle on about your own job, personal feelings about the company, or...; Tags: BNET Feature, Recruitment &Amp, candidate, job, hiring, Management, BNET Staff, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Recruitment & Selection, Job Interview, Selection; Articles 2007-03-06
The 7 Interview Questions You Must Ask: Forget 'What are your strengths and weaknesses?' If you want to get the real dope on prospective employees, ask job candidates these seven questions. Question #1: "How about those Yankees?" Purpose: Develop the rapport needed to get the interview off the ground. Every...; Tags: BNET Feature, Selection, Recruitment &Amp, candidate, Business, job, Brian Libby, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Question; Articles 2007-02-27