Executive Corner / Leadership
Looking at the Job Interview through a New Lens
Hiring new employees is always a time consuming process, from writing the job posting and screening resumes to conducting interviews and eventually extending an offer. Especially the interviewing process consumes a lot of time until final decisions are made. Why not shorten the time involved in interviewing candidates and accelerate the whole hiring process by simply bringing various interviewer…
Read MoreHow Effective Are Your Behavioral Interviews?
Job interviews are an essential part in the hiring process for new employees. For a long time, companies used job interviews that focused on general questions about the candidate. Questions such as “Tell me about yourself”, or “What are your strengths and weaknesses?”, which allowed candidates to get away with telling the interviewer what s/he…
Read More10 Signs a Company Has a Serious Culture Problem
Lately, we have been focussing on the topics of employee onboarding and retention. Today, we would like to introduce you to a topic that is close to our hearts – the cultural fit between candidate and company. Over the past several weeks, we have been working on a new personality assessment tool that incorporates “cultural…
Read MoreRetaining Talent – How to Keep Good People
Lastly, we provided you with an interesting article on the importance of effective employee onboarding. Clearly, this is a crucial aspect in ensuring a successful company-employee relationship. But that is only a start. Next, you need to worry about retaining your talent. In fact, employee retention is becoming an increasingly challenging part of talent management.…
Read MoreThe Importance of Effective Employee Onboarding
Finding and then winning over the “right” employee for your company are two important steps of effective recruitment. Most likely you have invested a great deal of time and resources in finding that candidate who seems to be a great fit for your organization. But acquiring a new hire is only the beginning, one additional…
Read MoreThe Undercover Interviewer: “Do You Have Any Questions for Me?”
The Undercover Interviewer: “Do You Have Any Questions for Me?” by James Citrin “Do you have any questions for me?” could be the biggest trap of the professional job interview. That is, when the interviewer turns the tables and offers to answer whatever questions may be on your mind. Don’t be fooled. This is not…
Read MoreBecome a Better Leader
I am sure that every business leader thinks about his or her leadership style and wonders, how they are being perceived by others. Being likeable does not have to be at odds with being successful building a business and managing people. Acting like a leader, like any other skill, requires practice and introspection on how…
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