Posts Tagged ‘interviews’
Interview questions to avoid and what to ask instead
Eight years ago I wrote this blog about interviewing. At the time (28 May 2008) it was my third blog about interviewing in eight months of blogging. In the 96 months since I have written an additional 30 blogs about interviewing and assessment. After eight years I had hoped that I could have reported an…
Read MoreThe six rules of providing candidate feedback
The issue of providing feedback to unsuccessful candidates was highlighted in an article last week on HC online. Greg’s Savage’s blog that I referenced last week also covered this topic. Here’s a few snapshots from those two sources: Michelle Burke (WyckWyre Food Industry HR Systems): Failed applicants always deserve feedback. They put in the…
Read MoreAre you about to waste another year underutilising your candidates?
As you are getting back into work at the start of the calendar year, take the time to research and write down the answers to the following questions: How many candidates did you interview in 2014? How many of these candidates did you refer to a job? How many of these referred candidates were interviewed…
Read MoreHow many interviews does it take to hire top talent?
At the Australasian Talent Conference last month, I attended an interesting break out session on the future of interviewing and whether assessment would make interviews redundant. The panel made plenty of interesting points in response to questions and comments. Unsurprisingly nobody was predicting the end of interviews any time soon. One of the excellent points…
Read MoreWhy candidates decline job offers (and what to do about it)
Every recruiter has had, or will have, the experience of a candidate declining a job offer, contrary to everything the candidate has said or done up until that point. This is a very expensive failure of your recruitment process because at the time of the offer you have completed around 95 per cent of the…
Read MoreCandidate interviews: the dud KPI
When I am running my ‘Building a Profitable Desk‘ workshop and it comes around to the discussion of High Pay-Off Activities (or KPIs, if you prefer), I will inevitably have a participant nominate ‘interviews’ as a high pay-off activity. When I disagree, there is often a slight pause and then this look of confusion appears on the…
Read MoreWhy you should use behavioural event interviewing
The interview continues to be the primary tool used by agency recruiters to assess and recommend candidates to their clients. The type of interview used by the recruiter is critical to the effectiveness of this process. The traditional, unstructured interview is easily recognised by such questions as; ‘tell me about yourself’ …
Read MoreHow to get more candidates interviewed by clients – the funnel technique
I was coaching a recruiter last year (let’s call her Andrea) and after a couple of hours of watching her confidently go about her day, I was able to contribute a few small pieces of advice to build her skills further. Then, uncharacteristically, Andrea stopped and stared at the phone, stared at the resume on…
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