When I hire people I’m usually paying attention to the time the candidate spent in each job. While I accept the fact that companies and people don’t stay married for 8, 10, 20 years any more as they did when I started my career, it’s still a red flag to me to see someone with 3 jobs in 4 years with 3 different companies. It says as much to me about the company as it does about the candidate. Continue reading
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One of the changes in the air these days seems to be that people are taking responsibility for their screw-ups and apologizing. I’m not talking about apologies of the lame “mistakes w
ere made” sort. Nope. These are people who probably don’t have to apologize publicly given their stature but who are doing so very openly and very clearly: Continue reading
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When new employees would start working in my department, I would sit them down the first day and deliver a monologue. I’m not very fond of one-sided conversations (nice oxymoron) but setting expectations is one of the most important things a manager can do. So pull up a chair and welcome to your new gig. Continue reading
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