Archive for the 'Interviewing' Category
There is nothing more important in the hiring process than the interview. Time spent one-on-one with a candidate will be your best gauge for determining whether or not the job seeker adequately qualifies for the position and how he or she will fit within the corporate culture of your organization.
But job candidates are not the only ones who must prepare for an interview. Human resource professionals and managers must develop strategies to conduct successful interviews as well. To learn more about giving the best interview, read through our series of interviewing posts on The Hiring Site.
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Job Seekers Want to Know: “Why Don’t You Call Us Back?”
Care to help us out here?
Last week, my colleague Anthony Balderrama, a writer for our job seeker-focused blog, The Work Buzz, told me:
“We often hear from job seekers who wonder why, when they apply – or even interview – for a position, they never hear back from the employer at all.”
So why is this, exactly? Anyone can understand – especially if you’re getting up to 75 resumes for a single position – that you can’t always get back to every single applicant…but to never so much as e-mail or call someone back after an interview?
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7 Job Seeker Questions You Didn’t See Coming, Part II
I recently posted the first part of of “7 Job Seeker Questions You Didn’t See Coming.” These questions are really to get you thinking more creatively about the types of questions that may be thrown at you before, during, or even after an interview.
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7 Job Seeker Questions You Didn’t See Coming, Part 1
You don’t like to brag, but you do consider yourself an expert interviewer.
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6 Things You Might not Know about Passive Job Candidates (But You Should)
Many things in this world are a bit of an enigma.
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Quirky Interview Questions: Why and When to Ask Them (Plus a Few of our Own)
We’ve covered a few different interviewing topics here recently, such as styles, the most effective questions, and ways not to conduct an interview.
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IT’S A WRAP: October in Review
Post-season baseball, football in full gear, entertaining politics, creative costumes, lots of candy and cooler weather—what’s not to love about this past October (other than losing half of your retirement)?
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