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Generating Behavioral Interview Questions

By Barry Shamis

Generating behavioral interview questions is critical to the success of your interviews.  It does not need to be a mystery.  Predicting the success of a candidate is not hard when you ask the right types of behavioral questions.  In this video you will see how simple it is to go from a resume and hiring […]

Filed Under: Hiring Advice Videos, Interview Questions Tagged With: behavioral interviewing, employee-selection, hiring advice, interview questions

Watching online drugstores

By Barry Shamis

Online shopping is more and more a part of American consumers’ daily routines. Nowadays, web is the perfect method to buy prescription medicines for any appliances. All these indicate that, albeit these drugstores are helpful, that still doesn’t necessarily make it widely accepted. A good test of a pharmacy’s veracity is therefore to check that […]

Filed Under: Hiring Advice Articles

Hire For Attitude

By Barry Shamis

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At a recent presentation, a member of the audience came up to me right before I went on stage and told me, “The most important thing to interview for is attitude!” This person is not alone in their belief that attitude is a key hiring requirement. The problem is, IT’S NOT TRUE! Now before you […]

Filed Under: Hiring Advice Articles, Hiring For Sales, Interviewing Tagged With: employee-selection, hiring advice, sales hiring, staffing

Paper or Plastic – Choosing Employees Should Not Be Random

By Barry Shamis

When the checkout clerk at the grocery store asks you whether you want paper or plastic, there are no real consequences associated with your answer. However, when you are trying to decide if a person should work for you, the outcome is much more critical. This is not a decision that should be random and […]

Filed Under: Hiring Advice Videos Tagged With: behavioral interviewing, employee-selection, hiring advice, interviewing

Hiring Due Diligence – How To Do It Right

By Barry Shamis

The problems experienced by Rutgers University in the hiring of their new Athletic Director is a perfect example of how not to conduct due diligence when hiring critical employees.  In this video you will see what they did wrong and learn how you can avoid the same mistakes.

Filed Under: Hiring Advice Videos Tagged With: behavioral interviewing, candidate screening, employee-selection, hiring advice, interviewing, staffing

Why You Should Avoid Panel Interviews

By Barry Shamis

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Many of my clients want to conduct panel interviews.  They argue all the benefits of conducting panel interviews.  Unfortunately, they are wrong.  In my Selecting Winners workshop we have been showing companies why panel interviews are not an effective selection technique.  I decided to put together a short video that explains exactly why you should […]

Filed Under: Hiring Advice Videos Tagged With: behavioral interviewing, candidate screening, employee-selection, hiring advice, interviewing, staffing

Interviewing Myths

By Barry Shamis

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“If you continue to do what you always have done, You will continue to get what you have always gotten.” You have an interview scheduled for this afternoon.  You prepare by scanning the resume for two or three minutes before the person comes into your office.  You’re not worried because you will know if this […]

Filed Under: Hiring Advice Articles, Interviewing, Rants Tagged With: employee-selection, hiring advice, interviewing

Sample Interview Questions

By Barry Shamis

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The sample interview questions on this page can be the starting point when you build your own list. You can use these as examples of what good questions look like. Please don’t just copy and use these questions. Instead, use them as a place to start. Be sure to read the article on creating questions for a […]

Filed Under: Hiring Advice Articles, Interview Questions, Interviewing Tagged With: behavioral interviewing, hiring advice, interview questions, interviewing

Choosing Leaders In The New Economy

By Barry Shamis

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The demands of leadership change based on the environment and circumstances a leader faces.  There can be no doubt that the current economic climate is unique.  Businesses are facing more competition, a greater pace of change and more uncertainty than ever. As a result the requirements for our leaders have changed as well.  Certainly there […]

Filed Under: Hiring Advice Articles, Interviewing Tagged With: employee-selection, hiring advice, sales hiring, staffing

Interviewing Sales Candidates

By Barry Shamis

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Interviewing sales candidates does not need to be a mystery. View this as a chance to significantly improve your sales team. Unfortunately, most Sales Managers simply “wing it” when it comes to choosing the best salespeople. And that approach almost always leads to problems. Interviewing sales candidates is different. The person in front of you […]

Filed Under: Hiring Advice Articles, Hiring For Sales, Interviewing Tagged With: employee-selection, hiring advice, interviewing, sales hiring

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