Clearly I’m in an “HR” kinda way these days.  So, in order to round out our series on the recruiting process, prescreen interview questions, and online skills assessment I’ll also throw in reference checks.
Reference checking is extremely important - although I’ve always cheekily thought: who would actually provide a reference that wasn’t going to provide [...]

In my last post I mentioned the typical steps in the recruiting/selection process of new hires.  One of the steps was to perform a skills assessment, if applicable.  In an interview many candidates can really talk the talk but can they walk the walk?  I’m mean, if you are interviewing for rock star code cutters, [...]

As I mentioned before there has been an uptick in sales at a lot of my clients which triggered a release of the tight grip on expenses.  As such, some open headcount positions that were previously on hold are being actively recruited for and, of course, given that everyone is looking for work we are being inundated [...]

I was recently asked for some good interview questions for an order processing person. When it comes to this sales role you really need to focus on the following aspects: tolerance for stress/coping, practical learning, planning & organizing, attention to detail, integrity, initiative and controls. Because this is an entry level position, I provided the [...]