When applying for jobs online you will see many commonly asked questions repeated across applications. Help yourself by creating answers to the repeat questions ahead of time. Each time you see a question restated in another job application, or you think it has the potential to be a recurring question, save it in a Word …
Most often it isn’t the job posting or the overall impression of the company you get from research, it’s the interview that tells the story. Make sure you ask questions in an interview, and do not wait until the end. If the interviewer(s) can’t have a conversation with you throughout the interview, where you both …
This is a recent article where I shared a little about how companies are shocked that jobseekers might ghost them as well. Ghosting is a huge problem, and the biggest irony, as your comment pointed out, jobseekers are doing this to companies. From scheduling interviews and not showing up, to being AWOL for the first …
This article dovetails with the “bad manager” article comments posted last week. Micromanagers are one of the worst type of “bad managers,” as they lack trust in their employees, need to always have ultimate control, and over-manage their every task. The sad thing is that micromanagers don’t think they are micromanaging. I had a family …
A current topical article discussed the danger of bad managers. From loss of your best employees to de-motivation of your workforce, bad managers and leaders run amok creating turmoil. My comment to the article originally featured on LinkedIn is below: Companies will never retain their best employees until they invest in training for managers. They …
How many times have you heard the statement to be careful what you post online? Well, it turns out that companies are exploiting information they can access in the public domain about job candidates, including those posts you wish you had never made. Whether full-time, part-time, contract or temporary worker, a company may wish to know just …
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Workforce Perspective: Zety, a job search/job seeker targeted publisher, polled 926 American workers regarding HR, and their thoughts on various issues in dealing with HR. You can find the report at https://zety.com/blog/is-hr-human to view the full study. Here are some of the results: 37% of people won’t report being sexually harassed at work. 43% won’t report discrimination. 84% won’t report a fellow worker not doing …
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Let’s face it, we already knew our online public data was being used for targeted marketing purposes and for public search information (both paid and free). What about data analysis for your company’s use? Are you comfortable with that potential? What if that supposed “free data” was being used to determine if you were going to leave your …
Recently MarTechExec contacted me about a Talent Management article they were preparing concerning development of leaders in an organization. Below you will find my answer for the article and a link to it as well with other experts chiming in on their thoughts. “The very first thing I tell client companies and executive coaching clientele …
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The term Ghosting has become quite popular, and a common term now utilized throughout the dating world. Even The Business Insider defines it as “the act of cutting off all contact with someone you’re romantically involved with, without offering an explanation.” Unfortunately, this term is now bandied about in describing the behavior of a company …
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