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Social-Hire Interview Posted
The nice folks at Social-Hire interviewed me. That interview is here: Expert Interview with Johanna Rothman About Hiring Technical People. I hope you enjoy it! If you want to learn how to hire—fast,...
View ArticleManaging Expectations Between Two Internal Candidates
You have an open position. You have two internal candidates. You're going to hire one of them. (See Two Candidates, One Position.) Now you have a problem. You have one person who will not be happy....
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When is an Interview Free Consulting?
I'm a big fan of auditions in an interview. (I have many posts about auditions in this blog.) However, some hiring managers and teams push interviewing and auditions too far. When you've had three...
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Certifications in Hiring, Part 1: A Certificate’s Value
There are a ton of certifications these days. Many demand only that you sit through a 2-day or even 1-week class and then take an exam. Some certifications demand that you prove you have worked in the...
View ArticleCertifications in Hiring, Part 2: Hiring Traps
In Part 1, I discussed the issue of certification vs. experience. One of the problems in using certifications to discriminate for or against people is that some people might have the experience you...
View ArticleCertifications in Hiring, Part 3: Hiring Tips
How can you use certifications in your hiring? In Part 1 and Part 2, I discussed the value of certifications and hiring traps. Let's see how to be positive about certifications and use them during the...
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Creating Agile HR, Part 2: A Flow for Agile Hiring
This is part of an Agile HR series. The previous post is Creating Agile HR, Part 1: What HR Does This post is about creating a flow for agile hiring. Why flow? Very few people hire continuously. That...
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Creating Agile HR, Part 3: Possible Agile Hiring Metrics
One of the problems with agile hiring is this: what data do you collect? Let me digress for a bit and talk about cycle time and lead time. This image explains cycle time and lead time for a...
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Creating Agile HR, Part 4: Agile Sourcing
Sourcing, how and where you recruit possible candidates is a great way to use small, safe-to-fail experiments. That's because the recruiting landscape continues to change. A little history: in the...
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New Virtual Class About Hiring
Having trouble finding people to fit your remote team? Not sure if or how to distribute the hiring responsibilities? Pretty sure your in-person hiring approach won't translate to remote work? Mark...
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