Mar 2020
Overcome Unconscious Bias in Job Interviews
By having the right interview techniques in place, you can overcome unconscious bias in hiring decisions and the workplace, and build an even more successful company.
We provide competency-based behavioral interviewing training for interview teams including hiring managers, recruiters, and interviewers.
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Oct 2014
SHRM: Unconscious Bias in the Hiring Process
After interviewing the interview expert Jim Kennedy, Michelle Martinez explores how to eliminate hidden interviewer bias and make better hiring decisions.
Feb 2014
Expand Your Cultural Comfort Zone in the Interview
Have you ever been in an interview situation where you experienced discomfort with the candidate because of some difference between the two of you? We teach individuals to recognize this feeling and how to expand their cultural comfort zone in order to reduce bias in the interview.
Jan 2013
Overcoming First Impressions in an Interview
Your initial reactions to a candidate can be powerful and persuasive, but they can also be spectacularly wrong. Find out how to avoid the pitfalls of snap judgments in an interview and hire effectively.
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Mar 2020
Overcome Unconscious Bias in Job Interviews
By having the right interview techniques in place, you can overcome unconscious bias in hiring decisions and the workplace, and build an even more successful company.
Oct 2014
SHRM: Unconscious Bias in the Hiring Process
After interviewing the interview expert Jim Kennedy, Michelle Martinez explores how to eliminate hidden interviewer bias and make better hiring decisions.
Feb 2014
Expand Your Cultural Comfort Zone in the Interview
Have you ever been in an interview situation where you experienced discomfort with the candidate because of some difference between the two of you? We teach individuals to recognize this feeling and how to expand their cultural comfort zone in order to reduce bias in the interview.
Jan 2013
Overcoming First Impressions in an Interview
Your initial reactions to a candidate can be powerful and persuasive, but they can also be spectacularly wrong. Find out how to avoid the pitfalls of snap judgments in an interview and hire effectively.
Apr 2012
Increase Diversity with Four Unspoken Questions
Many interviewers base part of their assessment of a candidate on the quality of the questions the candidate asks in the interview. However, how many interviewers realize that in the face of increasing diversity, more candidates will be seeking answers to "unspoken questions?"
Jun 2010
Interviewing Millennials Entering the Workforce
Many employers struggle to adapt to the Millennial generation (also known as generation Y). Getting to know Millennials better can help you prepare for them in the interview and in the workplace.
Jul 2005
Unconscious Bias in the Interview
If you think you are impartial and open-minded, think again. The latest research on unconscious bias and how we form impressions about those we first meet suggests we do this much faster than we realize.
Jun 2005
Interviewing a Diverse Workforce
Managing an employee from any type of diverse background can be a challenge. Be aware of your personal communication techniques, so you can help improve understanding in the workplace.
Jan 2004
Reducing Hiring Bias in the Interview Process
We are always looking for ways to assess the impact of our training, so we began measuring changes in attitude among participants in our interviewer training program focused on Reducing Unconscious Bias.
Jul 2003
Job Candidates - When English is a Second Language
Interviewers need to be careful about the use of idiomatic phrases, slang, or jargon when interviewing applicants who speak English as a second language.
Jul 2001
Tips to Keep Your Interviews Legal
The ADA provides workplace protection to roughly 43 million Americans with disabilities. Here are a few tips to keep your interviews legal according to ADA guidelines.
Apr 2001
Diversity Equals Productivity
Two comprehensive new studies offer convincing evidence of a link between diversity and profit.
Jan 1998
Building Networks for Diverse Candidates
All candidates bring unspoken questions to an interview, but diverse candidates have unique and specific concerns.
Jul 1997
Diversity Competition Will Heat Up
A little over a year ago, voters in California and the Texas courts struck down affirmative action programs in their state university systems. The impact on the pool of diverse candidates was disastrous and swift.
Jul 1997
Diversity Interview Training
Ever wonder why companies with a "check-off" mentality don't see much change in behavior around the diversity issues? It may be because they are not committing the necessary time to diversity interview training.
Jul 1995
Hiring More Women in Technology
Female executives traditionally have been in short supply in high tech firms, but technology-driven companies are currently hiring more senior executive women than ever before.
Apr 1995
Are First Impressions Reliable in the Interview?
For better or worse, first impressions count. They influence our choice of friends - sometimes even of partners - and they play a major role in the hiring process.
Apr 1995
Required: A Passport Plus Competencies
As the economy becomes increasingly global, adaptability, patience, and tolerance – all qualities that effective interviewers already look for – will become a standard part of every job description.
Apr 1995
Diversity: The New Bottom Line
Despite rollbacks in affirmative action, nothing can alter the fact that today's global economy demands a diverse workforce.
Apr 1994
Gender and Technology
If women and men communicate differently, is this difference reflected in their attitudes toward computers? Some gender communication experts emphatically say yes.
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