Articles Tagged - Interviewing

August 29, 2013

Improving Interview Intelligence-Part I

Develop Your Interviewing Skills to Create Better Outcomes

Interview Intelligence is a combination of IQ and EQ (Emotional Intelligence). Both are needed in order to consistently hire the right candidates with competency, talent and fit. Good detectives have interview intelligence – the ability to find the truth. To hire top talent, you must become a more intelligent interviewer and talent detective.   It’s never been more critical to get it right when hiring than this moment in time. The current economy, thinner margins, and increased...Continue reading

By Joseph SkurskyPosted in Human Resources on August 29, 2013

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July 23, 2013

Weaknesses Aren’t All Bad

Seek to identify Self Awareness & Authenticity in every hiring candidate.

By Joseph Skursky, President of Market Leader Solutions How many times have you read an article or Q&A forum regarding the classic interview question, “What’s your greatest weakness?” If you never have, here’s a spoiler alert – the topic is rarely positive and the supporting responses are quite caustic.    Do you use this question yourself or perhaps someone else in your organization? In the proper context and with the right objective in mind, it’s...Continue reading

By Joseph SkurskyPosted in Human Resources on July 23, 2013

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June 11, 2013

The Informational Interview: Job Search Strategies for Recent Grads

8 Tips for Conducting Great Informational Interviews that Set You Apart from the Competition

By Lea McLeod, M.A. , Founder & CEO, Degrees of Transition One of the most essential skills that make you a successful student is even more essential once you hit the job search process: Conducting Research.  Before any application or resume is sent out, research is the most important thing any recent grad can do. But by the time graduation comes along, college graduates are usually chomping at the bit to get out there and get that first job, jumping right into the job search...Continue reading

By Lea McLeodPosted in Career Change, Job Search on June 11, 2013

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April 24, 2013

Hire Hard, Manage Easy: Committing to Higher Standards of Hiring

Learn to cast a smaller net to attract & interview the best people.

By Joseph Skursky, President of Market Leader Solutions Hiring the right people is a difficult task when the result you seek is to onboard individuals that will fit nicely into the culture, are easy to manage and have a positive impact on the business’s profitability.  That is the ideal outcome right?  But how many times do you, as a manager, HR professional or recruiter, use this criterion as the basis for your hiring process?  Although most people like the “motto”...Continue reading

By Joseph SkurskyPosted in Human Resources on April 24, 2013

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March 28, 2013

5 Big Reasons New Grads are Failing the Job Search

A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting a Real Job After Graduation

By Lea McLeod, M.A. , Founder & CEO, Degrees of Transition “I've been sending out my resume for months and not hearing anything back.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a recent grad call with, literally, that exact same statement. It’s practically epidemic.  But it’s an important statement because its simplicity and honesty belies the vast complexity of situations that created it.    Although a poor resume is one reason new grads are...Continue reading

By Lea McLeodPosted in Career Change, Job Search on March 28, 2013

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July 2, 2012

Interview tactics for the InterviewER

How do you prepare for interviews to ensure hiring the candidate that best fits your team?

Most of us have read articles on how to interview, researched questions that might be asked of us, and tried to get ourselves prepared for what to expect on the big interview day.  All of this preparation is for our time as an interviewee, but what if you are the InterviewER?  Do you know what to do to make the interview process more productive for you?  Here are nine steps to ensure hiring the candidate that best fits your team.   1)   Work with your human resources...Continue reading

By Lisa WoodsPosted in Human Resources on July 2, 2012

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