Sweet Reason with a dose of Common Sense
YOU FIND ALL SORTS of interesting things when you go through old email. I’ve been doing that recently as I try to get rid of the many messages I’ve saved over the years. Why I saved so many escapes me now, but the silver lining is this — I’m finding some interesting conversations that are
Editor’s Note: I’m occasionally republishing some of my classic posts here on The Skeptical Guy. Here’s one that was originally published back in September 2018. JUST WHAT DO job candidates want most? It’s actually pretty simple, as a Glassdoor survey of job seekers found. Yet, simple or not, it’s remarkable how so many organizations can’t seem to
HERE’S SOMETHING I wonder about: why are we all so surprised that there are so many fake job ads getting posted today? ResumeBuilder.com touted a survey they did with “649 hiring managers” in May 2024 that came up with the not-so-surprising finding that “40% of companies posted a fake job listing this year” and that
Editor’s Note: I’ve been occasionally reposting some popular articles from the past. This one was published here back in March 2019. HERE’S A WORKPLACE TRUISM : Good people frequently get fired. Steve Jobs got fired from Apple, eventually returning to build it into the high-flying, trend-setting company that it is today. Oprah Winfrey, Walt Disney, and
IF THERE IS A SINGLE piece of advice that’s critically important for every recruiter and hiring manager, it’s this: Always remember what it’s like to be on the other side of the table. Everyone who recruits or hires should have to step outside the job and actually take a turn as a job candidate sometime.
Editor’s Note: I’m occasionally republishing some classic Skeptical Guy posts. This one is from January 2019 . WHO SAYS THERE’S no such thing as “fake” news? I’m reminded of this whenever I read about how the “ghosting” trend (people skipping job interviews, failing to show up when they get hired, or bailing from a new job
HERE’S A HIRING TREND we could really live without – job candidates who are “ghosting” (aka, blowing off ) scheduled job interviews, or, failing to show up to work for new positions they had accepted. Last month, USA Today published a story that indicated that this new phenomenon was due to the strength of the job market and our near-record
I’VE HIRED A LOT of people over the years, more than I can count, but the one constant in all that hiring is a simple question: Are we taking too long to hire? Yes, I’ve been accused of that before, especially when I was recruiting journalists for a newspaper in Hawaii, a place that people suddenly
