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Interviewing Candidates? Five Red Flags (That Might Not Be)
When you’re interviewing candidates, most recruiters and hiring managers already know the red flags you need to look out for – bad-mouthing current/former employers, showing up late and/or unprepared,...
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What’s Ahead for College Grads? Let’s Take a Peek at the Job Outlook
The outlook for college grads is not the same as it has been in the past — like, say, in 2007, when 79 percent of employers indicated in a CareerBuilder survey that they planned to hire recent college...
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Introducing CareerBuilder’s Ultimate Recruitment Guide (Free Download)
We at CareerBuilder have created this e-book for you, the employer. For the small bait and tackle shop owner, as well as the restaurant franchise owner. For the small tech firm, as well as the Fortune...
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“What Happens if the Owner Dies?” True Tales of Interview Questions That...
Last week, I challenged readers to share the most difficult interview questions they’ve ever gotten – as interviewers. From the blunt (“What don’t you like about working for your company?”) to the...
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The Perfect Fit: Recruitment and Retention Strategies from John Thedford, CEO...
GUEST CONTRIBUTOR: Authored by John Thedford. Thedford is CEO of La Familia Pawn and Jewelry, a chain of high-end pawnbroker shops with locations throughout Central and South Florida, and he is the...
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Criminal Past, Salary, and More: #cbjobchat Gets Tough On Interviews
CareerBuilder continued our monthly #cbjobchat Twitter chat last Monday night (quick plug: It’s the first Monday of every month at 7 p.m. CST)– so if you skipped the trainwreck that was the Real...
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“Veterans Have an Unmatched Global Awareness”: CEO Discusses the Virtues of...
Dedicated to the progress of its clients, consultants and the community, Zylog Systems (Canada) Ltd recently increased its efforts to match military veterans with the employers upon leaving their...
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How to Conduct a Pre-hire Performance Review and Increase Interviewing Accuracy
My new book, The Essential Guide for Hiring & Getting Hired, has just been published, so the idea of banishing old thinking for new age hiring is fresh on my mind. First, let me set the record...
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How to Lose Candidates and Alienate Prospective Employees
Like the date who wears too much AXE body spray or the Kardashian sister who chooses the wrong dress to host the ‘X Factor’ in, we do not always make the wisest choices in our attempts to come across...
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Skip the Brainteasers: The Interview Questions You Should Be Asking
If you’re fond of asking candidates quirky job interview questions like, “Why are manhole covers round?” or “How many trees are there in New York’s Central Park?” in effort to see how well they think...
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Who Would You Hire from “The Office”? Three Tips on How to Find the Best...
In honor of the new season of NBC’s “The Office,” we’re here to examine the Scranton office sales force of paper-product company Dunder Mifflin to offer insights and advice for hiring future members of...
View ArticleThe Top 14 Interview Questions: How to Cut Through the Clutter
Questions are the key of any interview. While that’s an obvious statement, what isn’t quite so obvious is deciding which ones to ask. Interview questions can be inappropriate (“Is that your natural...
View ArticleHow NOT to Interview Job Candidates
Today I came across this great tongue-in-cheek post on Datamation’s blog about how not to interview. Even though blogger Chris Nerney focuses his post on the IT industry, his list of ways to alienate...
View ArticleQuirky Interview Questions: Why and When to Ask Them (Plus a Few of our Own)
We’ve covered a few different interviewing topics here recently, such as styles, the most effective questions, and ways not to conduct an interview. Today, I’d like to cover something that’s stirred up...
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Time to Clean Up Those Cliché Interview Questions?
Life is full of clichés — but your interviews shouldn’t fall victim to them.The interview process is constantly evolving, and with it, you too must review your process — and yes, evolve. Don’t forget —...
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1 in 5 Employers Has Unknowingly Asked Illegal Interview Questions
The job interview is a crucial component of the hiring process. Chances are you’ve asked unusual — even eccentric — questions to assess a candidate’s competencies and gauge cultural fit, but have you...
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Ask This, Not That to Avoid Inappropriate Interview Questions
Almost everyone has experienced that mind-blowing moment when something you always thought to be true turned out to be false – like learning that all Froot Loops taste the same or that the Bearenstein...
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