Abstract: 4 common interviewing practices that surprisingly *blind* hiring managers to candidate quality, and 4 alternatives that work much, much better.
From the monthly archives:
June 2007
…We do business with people we like… because we are predisposed to like people who make an effort to earn our trust. We like people who are willing to risk that fragile period, take us on a first date, and who take satisfaction from building relationships. We like people who like us.
Before there is trust, there is like. Before there is like, there is a first date.
The best class I ever took in school was… Typing All the kids in seventh grade would laugh at me as I sat in the lab, working on my keyboard skills. But when you crank out 100,000 words a year for a blog, let me tell you: typing skills help. A lot. So while I [...]
Abstract: Information about my Amazon store
Abstract: If you want to ace an executive interview—if you want a positive recommendation from someone like me sitting across the table—you need to do more than know about the company and have a firm handshake. Here are 10 things you’ll have to do to stand out from the crowd:
Abstract: Why/how to “trade in” your ego; the defense Conrad Black *should* have used.
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