Every recruiter has their go-to list of interview questions when assessing candidates. These queries have been tested time and again to show how much they can discover about job seekers. But most of them presuppose that you know very little about the person you’re interviewing. Today, however, you have access to a lot of information before […]
“Inherent biases exist.” As much as everyone hates to admit we often allow biases to dictate our decisions, Mary Pharris, Director of Business Development and Partnerships at Fairygodboss — a marketplace for professional women looking for jobs, career advice, and the inside scoop on companies — is right. No matter how hard we try to […]
There’s good news and bad news. On one hand, your company is growing rapidly. On the other, you need to find top new talent. And trying to do that quickly can lead to enormous hiring costs. But what can you do? If you don’t spend the money, you risk losing top talent. And all around […]
Scheduling interviews is naturally invasive to our schedules. Add 70 to 80 applicants, plus interviewers’ schedules to align, and you have a major disruption to workflow. Every year, the University of Wisconsin Law School (UW Law) ran into this exact issue. With only 10 to 15 open positions, the high number of applicants was quickly […]
You take a look at your notes from the job interviews you conducted today. The first candidate couldn’t maintain good eye contact. The second one was overly fidgety. The third tended to ramble, and the fourth seemed uninformed about the company. In fact, you saw almost every basic job interview mistake. As an HR professional, […]