The trendy new HR term right now is “employee engagement.” I must read 4 articles a week that talk about how some major percentage of the employee population is “disengaged.” Where in the world did this come from? Are you really “this word,” or are you actually dissatisfied with your job to the point where…
The hardest part of the interview process is preparing for situational or behavioral questions. The reason for this is that you really don’t have a clue what will be asked. How in the world do you prepare for the unknown? Here are some tips that will allow you to trump your competition. Become a…
The dreaded salary discussion Unless you are independently wealthy and work because you just love it and you’re a good person, then you will likely need to talk about salary at some point in the interview process. This is the subject that trips up even the most experienced professionals. Let’s talk about how to talk…
Previous Positions If you remember last month’s post, I let you know that we would spend a few cycles talking about tough interview questions and drill down a bit on how best to approach them during this highly stressful process. I polled the group and this month and we decided that talking about why you…
Strengths and Weaknesses Everyone on the team spends time with candidates weekly – encouraging, coaching, preparing and nagging – that’s part of the job when you get to help people with their careers. It occurred to me that you might appreciate some help getting ready for those tough interview questions so that the next time…
How to figure out if this might be a good move for you I’ve had more than a few discussions, debates and coaching calls with candidates who think that they need to leave their Fortune 500 director level position to jump onto the startup bandwagon – after all, startups are new and trendy, right? OK,…
9 ways to ensure that you DON’T get the offer It’s summertime! Feeling like I’ll take a lighthearted theme this month. One of the coolest things about my job is that I get a firsthand recall of the best—and the worst—things that happen during an interview. The following are actual occurrences – I’m fairly certain…
How to accomplish a productive pivot One of the recurring questions I get when I am talking to working professionals is, “How do I navigate a career change?” Great Question! Let’s say you’ve been travelling a career path for a few years and you’ve come to a point where you aren’t having fun, aren’t fulfilled,…
When is it ok to talk about salary and benefits? I was talking with the team today and we recently had several candidates stumble over the salary/benefit/flex time questions so we thought this might be a good subject for this month’s article. Here’s the deal – unless you are independently wealthy and a workaholic, you can expect a…
Get yourself out of neutral I just finished an article for hiring managers on tuning up their teams. I talked about how to introduce change as a way to increase performance, service or efficiencies – you know, the stuff that hiring managers care about. It occurred to me that professionals who are rollin’ along in…