Category Archives: Interviews
Selling “Strategic” Opportunities to Candidates
This past weekend I was talking to a friend of mine that is an HR Manager at a tech company. We used to work together as recruiters, and she has moved on. She is currently looking at other opportunities, having been at her company about a year. It isn’t that she doesn’t like the people …
Giving Away The Farm?
On one of my many online professional communities, this one being a technical listserv, there has been an interesting discussion revolving around agency requests for creative “projects” for clients, as well as detailed “scenario” questions that are tantamount to “free” solutions to business conundrums. There is the obvious legal copyright question, but also a growing …
Falling Down On *Our* Job
You know, I was talking to a friend of mine that is a Senior Manager/Director-level IT professional who was recently laid off. He was moaning about poorly written job descriptions, and what he was telling me really bothered me. A lot. There was the “CIO” position calling for a high school diploma and 2-3 years …