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Don’t Get Stuck With ‘Dud’ Interns

03/01/2006

If you use summer interns, it’s hunting time. Experts suggest asking the following questions to determine how students make decisions and manage work and deadlines …

Draft questions to predict young applicants’ true potential

01/01/2006

Hiring younger workers for entry-level and managerial-trainee jobs poses unique challenges. Because those applicants have little or no experience under their belts, interviewing requires special insights. To predict job success, focus on applicants’ maturity level by asking the right questions and looking for certain nonverbal cues …

Know how to accommodate employee vision problems

12/01/2005
The EEOC just issued new guidelines that explain issues such as:
  • When a vision impairment qualifies as a “disability” under the ADA;
  • What questions you can ask job …

Push hiring managers to specify their applicant criteria

12/01/2005
Issue: Too often, hiring managers will poorly define to HR the type of employee they’re looking to hire.
Risk: This can result in wasted time and costs, plus mounting frustration …

Smoke out applicants’ lies with savvy interviews, testing

09/01/2005
Issue: Experts say that up to 30 percent of job-seekers stretch the truth or flat-out lie on their rèsumès.
Benefit: By approaching applicants and their rèsumès more skeptically, you’ll have …

Lure ‘passive’ job candidates with the right first impression

09/01/2005
Issue: Recruiting “passive” job candidates requires a different strategy than ones used to attract active job-seekers.
Benefit: Choose the right words in that initial contact to prevent quick rejections and …

‘Winging it’ during interviews poses double danger

08/01/2005
Using unstructured, “tell me about yourself” questions during job interviews not only opens you to discrimination claims, it often results in poor hires, says Mindy Chapman, national director of training for …

Interviewing older candidates: Don’t cross the bias line

08/01/2005
THE LAW. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) makes it illegal to discriminate in the work-place against people over age 40 on the basis of their age. The law …

Raise campus visibility to attract better grads, interns

08/01/2005
Issue: Becoming more involved in a local college’s career programs, beyond attending job fairs and posting openings.
Risk: Your organization can morph itself into an employer of choice for interns …

Scrutinize resumes that cite ‘dead’ companies

07/01/2005

What if you’re seriously considering an applicant, but a good chunk of his or her past experience was at an employer that’s now defunct? The dot-com bust of the late ’90s …