Posts Tagged ‘key selection criteria’
Does Donald Trump have the necessary character to be a successful President?
In the past week several people asked me when I was going to blog about the President-elect of America. I wasn’t sure what I would say, whether it would be relevant for readers of this weekly missive, or whether I even wanted to say anything. I was shocked as (almost) everybody else when the results…
Read MorePublic sector recruitment: ‘cutting red tape’ is not necessarily an improvement
Late last year the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet made a massive change to its recruitment policies. Out went the traditional ‘selection criteria’ approach to recruitment, including advertising the pay grade of the position, and in came a ‘one page pitch’. The Age reported: The head of PM&C’s corporate services division, Ben Neal, said…
Read MoreWhat a Nobel prize-winning economist discovers about interviewing
Last week I recommended Daniel Kahneman’s fantastic book on decision making; Thinking, Fast and Slow. Kahneman won his Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology that challenged the rational model of judgment and decision making. In summary, Kahneman’s book explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is…
Read MoreHow will I know (if he has succeeded in the job)?
Back in the (Australian) summer of 1985/86 Whitney Houston released the third single from her self-titled debut album. It was a massive hit, reaching number 2 on the Australian singles chart as well as number 1 on the (US) Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song ‘How Will I Know?’ (and accompanying video) were perfect representations of mid 1980s pop music.…
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