Interviewing

Why smart managers hire the wrong people: 5 myths

05/17/2016

If the new employee is better than half of the existing staff, your organization has just gotten better. If not, unfortunately, your organization just got worse.

Interview Quiz: Which of these questions can you ask?

05/09/2016

Conducting job interviews is one of the most legally dangerous tasks performed by managers. That’s why every question should relate to this central theme: “How are you qualified to perform the job you are applying for?”

Be sure to document why you didn’t hire

05/02/2016

If you’re like most employers, you carefully consider applicants for open positions and document exactly why you chose the candidate you considered the best one to fill the job.

9 legal questions to ask job applicants’ references

05/02/2016

Having references won’t help if you can’t get them to open up to you about an applicant.

How to involve staff in the interview process

04/04/2016

More employers are having applicants sit down with key employees whose opinions they trust. Here are the pros and cons.

Beware the discrimination perils of hiring and firing by committee

04/01/2016

Using a group to make hiring or firing decisions can increase the probability that some illegal, discriminatory factor will influence the process.

Clean up job ads to eliminate traces of bias

04/01/2016

Crafting a short job ad is easy. Right? But a few poorly chosen words could spark a discrimination claim. For example, see if you can spot the problems in the following ad.

Divide applicants based on qualifications

03/29/2016

Do you have more applicants who are at least minimally qualified than you can reasonably interview? Then split up the applicant pool before you begin those interviews.

Don’t scare away a good job candidate

03/08/2016

Here are the top mistakes hiring managers make that lead good job candidates to wonder whether they really want to work for you.

Good luck trying to entice boomerang applicants