The most dangerous phrase in the language is,’We’ve always done it this way’.”
~Grace Hopper
How does your company’s hiring process measure up in today’s employer market? If you are not innovating and moving forward, you risk getting left behind and losing top talent, (a.k.a., money!)
When you meet someone for the first time, within 30 seconds you decide whether you like them or not. But what exactly are the determining factors of someone being worthy of your “like”? What gives them the “It Factor”? I get a version of this question all the time- whether I am helping young girls develop their interview skills within the pageant world, or prepping candidates for a job interviews.
Life is what you make it. But in order to make it into what you want, you need to understand what is important to you. For me, as I embarked on my journey from my hometown in New Jersey to a new life as a recruiter in CT, I knew what I wanted in a move. Career aside, I wanted to experience city life. I wanted to live somewhere where I could wake up and take a 5 minute walk to get a fresh brewed cup of coffee or go grab a greasy slice of pizza at night (which happens to be amazing in New Haven!).
We all have it… Most humans are unaware of their biases; only a few recognize theirs. I recently started thinking about the concept and decided to do a bit of research. I discovered that there are 20 different cognitive biases which affect our decisions every day. No kidding!…
What started out as a routine airplane trip a few months ago, turned into a surprisingly defining moment in my life that will stay with me forever…
Being a Partner here at Hobson is probably not what you think it is…
Sure, our experience and years of hard work have given us clients who call on us again and again; it has given us beautiful, shiny awards that sit on our desks; it has given us the esteem and respect of colleagues and industry peers.
Last Memorial Day weekend, about 20 of my closest friends and I headed up to Maine for a long “guys” weekend. During a heated game of volleyball, I posted my legs and leaped for the ball… and POP! My knee gave out…“What’s a little bum knee?”
What if we were given the presidency as a job order that needed to be filled? How would we take that job order? Or fill it?
I’ve confused countless people when I’ve told them that I used to work in a hospital emergency room. And of course it wouldn’t be a complete conversation without the immediate follow-up question, the infamous “What made you want to be a recruiter?”… While I understand the confusion I have introduced, I dread this question because I don’t really have a direct answer.
Last week we had a new owner/CEO of a small manufacturing business in our office to interview several candidates for a Plant Manager position. Since this format is unusual nowadays, it gave a unique insight into how well our clients prepare for interviews. Here is what this particular client did during his interviews: