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Recruiting

References: Be Careful What You Ask (For)

July 1, 2010

The line from former US President Harry Truman, “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” came to mind immediately. “Would I do a reference call with my prospective new boss?” my former colleague “Kim” asked. Though Kim had worked for three years at a division of a major US company, her potential [...]

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How to Avoid the Interview Trap

June 7, 2010

There are a lot of ways for hiring managers to foul up their interview process, and the easiest one is to fall into what I call “the interview trap.” It doesn’t have to be that way, and with a little thought, and a little modesty to offset any natural hubris you carry, you can miss [...]

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Job Hopping? Why Your Next Job is STILL a Temporary Job

April 26, 2010

Corporations make decisions for all sorts of reasons. You may benefit from some of them, but it’s unlikely you will benefit from all of them. And because of that it’s important that you manage your career and your life rather than hope that someone else will manage it well for you. And that means you [...]

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[Palm's Employee Retention Handcuffs] Can They Stop the Exit Hemorrhaging?

April 25, 2010

Palm, the maker of mobile products, is losing talent. Tech journalist Kara Swisher has commented that Palm is a company with nine lives. This, by my count, is number ten. Michael Abbott, SVP of Software, and Caitlin Spaan, VP of Carrier Marketing, have both left Palm. Abbott landed at Twitter. SEC filings indicate that CFO [...]

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4 Steps to Hiring Brilliantly: Step Four – The Hiring Process Never Stops

April 22, 2010

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 – [...]

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4 Steps to Hiring Brilliantly: Step Three – Run Hiring Like a Business

April 20, 2010

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 [...]

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