Oh. You Mean You Want Good People?

Mar 11, 2009 Interviewing and Hiring

∞ Internal referrals scare me.  A lot.  There are two reasons for this. The idea behind rewarding referrals is sound - who knows better what’s required to work somewhere than people who already do?  The referral programs that come without disclaimers, though, tend to make me head for the hills.  I don’t mean the standard line, [...]

Zen and the Art of Interviewing

Feb 17, 2009 Interviewing and Hiring

∞  What, dear readers, is your greatest weakness?  Mine?  Chocolate covered cashews. Where do you see yourself in five years?  As for me, I’m going to be on a beach under a brightly colored umbrella.  Sipping a drink of an alcoholic nature from a glass under yet another umbrella.  (Where is that Publisher’s Clearinghouse man with [...]