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Where does the truth lie? Gestures and Honesty in Hiring
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Where does the truth lie? Gestures and Honesty in Hiring

Are your candidates who they say they are?

Assessing the candidate: Integrity
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Assessing the candidate: Integrity

I like to get off of behavioral questions for a minute and get the candidate comfortable again by asking one of the usual…

Assessing the Candidate: Interpersonal Skills
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Assessing the Candidate: Interpersonal Skills

Do you have a lone gunman or a team player?

Assessing the candidate: Results-focused
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Assessing the candidate: Results-focused

(3 Results-Focused) At this point I usually get into asking more specific questions about their resume, like “why did you leave here?” and “what did you like best about this job?”…

Assessing a candidate: Honesty
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Assessing a candidate: Honesty

When I am assessing a candidate’s outlook and general attitude, I am looking for their perspective, integrity, and honesty.

Assessing a candidate: The set up and the warm up
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Assessing a candidate: The set up and the warm up

Now that you have your guidelines for interviewing in the form of a candidate- and position-specific interviewing template and you know how to evaluate their response to each of…

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Assessing a candidate: Problem, actions, and results

So, how do you find patterns in what candidates leave or offer in their questions, and how do these patterns inform your assessment of him or her?

My interviewing process
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My interviewing process

My interviewing process From the desk of Chandra Kill In general I follow the same pattern:

5 Great/Crazy/Behavioral Questions to Ask Your Next Candidate
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5 Great/Crazy/Behavioral Questions to Ask Your Next Candidate

Let’s get the conversation started! Jan. 6, according to HRmarketer, was “Massive Monday”, the most popular day for people to look for jobs.

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Do you know how not to hire?

Download “How Not to Hire” now  for a fun look at what not to do in the hiring process. Frankly, there are enough articles on how to hire. We’ve all read them.

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Download "How Not to Hire" Now

Do you know how NOT to hire your next applicant?

Steps to Improve and Inspire for HR Professionals
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Steps to Improve and Inspire for HR Professionals

First yourself, then Others.  3 Steps You Can Take to Start the Year off Right!

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