by Ira Wolfe | Nov 22, 2010 | Hiring Process
No doubt we will continue to be regaled with tales of good and bad customer service experiences from the passengers on the ill fated Carnival Cruise ship Splendor. For those of you who might not know, this 113,000 ton floating city lost power one day out of port last...
by Ira Wolfe | Oct 24, 2010 | Hiring Process
Hiring managers sometimes ask the “darndest questions” during candidate interviews. Unfortunately many of these interview questions often put the employer at significant risk for discrimination claims by rejected or disgruntled candidates. The basic rule in...
by Ira Wolfe | Sep 9, 2010 | Hiring Process
There’s an old joke that asks: “How can you tell when a lawyer is lying?” Answer: His lips are moving. Well, apparently the same can be said for detecting the lies of CEOs…and job candidates. Two professors David Larcker and Anastasia Zakolyukina at Stanford Graduate...
by Ira Wolfe | Aug 23, 2010 | Hiring Process
Employee turnover is inevitable. But it’s stupid decisions leading to employee turnover that is eating up the profits of businesses. A glaring example of management drinking its own Kool-Aid is something I call “industry-average syndrome,” where...
by Ira Wolfe | Jul 5, 2006 | Hiring Process
Why do people hired by the same methods, doing the same job, and managed by the same person perform so differently? Dependency on traditional interviews is a prime reason. 1. Traditional interviews are historically and scientifically poor predictors of success on the...
by Ira Wolfe | May 5, 2002 | Employment Testing, Hiring Process
As accounting was to Enron, selecting and hiring employees is to many companies. Decisions are biased and mistakes buried. The gap between what you would like people to do and what they actually do can be quite frustrating. But ultimately getting people to do what...
