Dec 2016
Effectively Interviewing New College Graduates
Hiring new college graduates requires some recalibrating of the interview process. Here are some questions to draw upon in your next interview.
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Dec 2016
Effectively Interviewing New College Graduates
Hiring new college graduates requires some recalibrating of the interview process. Here are some questions to draw upon in your next interview.
Mar 2009
Talent Management Disaster at AIG
What has infuriated most Americans is the $165 million in bonuses paid to the AIG executives who caused the company’s near-collapse. As I see it, AIG isn’t just a financial fiasco; it’s a talent management disaster.
Sep 2005
Resume Screening Would Have Avoided FEMA Fiasco
We teach techniques to determine a candidate’s authenticity. Among these is carefully screening the resume before any face-to-face behavioral interview.
Oct 2003
Tips for Increasing Employee Retention
You've worked hard, spent a lot of money, and beat out some pretty impressive competition to hire that young genius from Stanford. But now that you've got her, is there any guarantee she'll stay for even a year or two? Unfortunately, the answer is a resounding "No."
Jan 2001
Interviewing Internal Candidates
The internal interview is a very different type of interview. Consider training your managers to handle this unique and potentially beneficial opportunity.
Apr 2000
Coca-Cola's Hiring Mistake
Hiring flawed candidates with the expectation that they will improve once they are on the job can be a big mistake.
Apr 2000
Candidates Prepare for Behavioral Interviews
There is another new trend among young job candidates, according to our high-tech clients. It seems that students called back for in-firm interviews now ask recruiters, "Will I be having any behavioral interviews?"
Oct 1999
How Traditional Consulting Firms Attract Talent
In an effort to halt the "brain drain" from prestigious consulting firms to obscure startups, traditional consulting firms are resorting to radical new tactics.
Oct 1999
Trends Revolutionizing the Job Search
This is our last newsletter of the millennium so we thought it was fitting to take an in-depth look at three trends that are revolutionizing the job search.
Oct 1999
Make Hiring a Priority
In the eighteen years since Interview Edge was founded, recruitment and hiring practices have changed enormously. Unfortunately, one thing that hasn't changed is senior management's lack of commitment to hiring people the right way.
Jan 1999
The Ethics Problem
USA Today reported that a significantly greater number of teens admit to cheating and lying now than in the past. This make the problem of dishonest candidates much worse.
Jan 1999
Be Prepared for Prepared Candidates
Traditionally, students have been able to find information about prospective employers through their school's Career Placement Office.
Jan 1999
Job Candidate Deception
Deception among job candidates, which can range from misleading statements on resumes to outright lying in interviews, is shockingly widespread.
Jul 1998
MBA Graduates - Rules of Interviewing are Changing
It seems that MBA graduates are getting smarter every year - if not about mergers and derivatives, then at least about the ins and outs of interviewing.
Apr 1998
The Net Generation Grows Up
These days, almost everybody in business has their eye on the "Net Generation," the aptly named, computer-savvy young people born after 1978.
Jan 1998
Desperately Seeking Skilled Workers
More than ever, employers are finding that it pays to focus on skills, not ethnicity or gender. As one CEO puts it, "You simply want the best people you can get."
Oct 1997
Automated Phone Screens: Press the Star Key
It was probably inevitable that someone would come up with the idea of automated interviewing. But automated interviewing has a few major drawbacks.
Apr 1994
Hiring by Computer Models
Leading business schools are now using computer models to analyze certain management issues, such as hiring decisions. By combining mathematical equations with game theory, they can model the behavior of corporate leaders whose decisions affect others in the company.
Jan 1994
Software Changes Corporate Culture
A new form of software called "groupware" may be changing corporate culture by freeing employees from the limitations of traditional hierarchies and creating new ways for people to work together.
Jan 1994
Hiring Managers Make Every Decision Count
In previous years, hiring managers reduced and expanded staff in response to the ebb and flow of business. But that cyclic pattern of layoffs and rehiring has changed.
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