By Caroline Ceniza-Levine (forbes.com)
A lot of job seekers wonder what happens behind-the-scenes in the hiring process. I asked a diverse group of recruiters from private sector to non-profit, from start-up through Fortune 500, from business to creative: What do you wish more job seekers knew?
David Hieatt recently posted a series of photos showing pages from a book that never made it to the printers.
It’s a fascinating insight into a powerful work-in-progress that we hope he’ll soon get published.
The photo above struck us as particularly relevant to business leaders today.
In our paper, “The Meaning Gap”, we explore how the interests of businesses, and the people formerly known as employees, are going in separate directions.
We also explore the consequences for businesses.
Why are employees checking out emotionally? Continue reading
Bob Dukiet, my hard-driving college basketball coach, would frequently (and loudly) explain why we needed to give a genuine, 100% effort at all times. “You might be able to get away with faking it here in practice,” he’d holler. “But in a game, the other guy will smell you out!” In kinder words, unprepared players and inferior teams get exposed quickly. Continue reading
Bad emails, we all get them.
Ironically, spam notwithstanding, most of the bad emails we get are from our own employees and peers.
After all these years, it seems that we still haven’t mastered email. Continue reading
By Christina Macres
“Where do you see yourself in five years?” — we all know the question. So why are we still stumped when someone asks this granddaddy of a ridiculous interview question in our interview? Here’s why – because most job seekers believe it has no relevance. The reason? No company can (or ever will) guarantee an employee a job for five years. Continue reading