April Fool’s went by this year uneventful for me, no practical jokes and no annoying pranks. At least so I thought. I have a group of guys that I lead in a bible study on Monday nights. Since it is Spring break this week, we talked about moving our usual meeting day and time. After several emails and conversations everyone agreed that we would keep it our normal time. I showed up, as usual, about 15 minutes early to shoot the breeze with some of the guys. Our 7pm meeting time came and went and no one showed up. I thought out of my 8 guys that at least half… Read More
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Ok, earlier today I posted on mistakes made by candidates in the interview. Now it is time to look at mistakes made by hiring managers in the interview. From CareerBuilder.com’s article Five Common Hiring Blunders and How to Avoid Them: Experience is important, but life experience is sometimes better Yes, you want to make sure your candidate has relevant experience in the field, but don’t place all your eggs in that one basket. Some candidates lack the desired amount of relevant experience, but they make up for it with their life experience. Military experience, studying or working overseas, volunteering a year of their life to saving the whales, or taking… Read More
Continue ReadingTop 10 Most Annoying Buzzwords
In an effort to stay on top of the hippest trends, I give you this: The top 10 most annoying buzzwords or phrases in the creative industry today: * Outside the box* Synergy* The big idea* ROI* Paradigm shift* Strategy* Integrated solution* CRM* Customer-centric* Voice of the consumer From ManageSmarter.com’s Office Lingo: Buzzwords That Are Losing Their Buzz. The bolded entries are ones I have used in the past 7 days. I will make the proper adjustments to my lexicon, but “ROI” is too important to abandon.
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We attempt to keep track of the interview tips that are offered all over the web to candidates to assist them in their job search. Some tips seem clever, others seem robotic. This StarTribune.com article – Ten Things Not To Do In An Interview – provides a general, helpful list of interview faux pas. For instance: 3. Don’t speak badly about previous employers or co-workers. Make sure you’ve practiced an honest answer but one that doesn’t show that you’re angry with the previous employer or circumstance. Very true and yet I have encountered many candidates who cannot resist the urge to denigrate previous managers. I worked for my share of… Read More
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