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Too many employers treat candidates like dirt
Tom Sorensen, Published on 29/10/2019
» Bad hiring practises ruin your company's image and brand. Full stop! Why do top executives let this happen? Why does this improper behaviour by hiring organisations and managers continue to be a subject in my articles?
Detecting winners ahead of the race: 6 key competencies to assess when interviewing candidates
Tom Sorensen, Published on 08/10/2018
» In every interview of candidates and applicants for a management or supervisory position, you should evaluate those candidates on six leadership characteristics. Overall, each candidate is rated, on a scale of one to five, on each characteristic.
When the recruiting process is like a Marathon
Tom Sorensen, Published on 19/02/2018
» Just last week I received a message from a senior executive candidate. He told me that he was pulling out of the hiring process for a managing director position at a multi-national company who had contacted him directly. He explained that he and other top candidates met the client six weeks ago and to-date no decision or not even an update has been forthcoming.
The top five fatal mistakes made by Job-Seekers
Business, Tom Sorensen, Published on 03/01/2013
» In my last column, "How to Make the Headhunter Hate You", on Dec 21, I looked at five of the Top 10 faux pas committed by people in the course of applying and interviewing for new jobs. To recap briefly, they were: getting people's names wrong, an overlong re{aac}sume{aac}, dressing for the disco instead of for an interview, failing to prepare, and faking your qualifications. But it gets worse: here are our final _ and potentially fatal _ five: