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• Recruitment Spotlight: Don’t Hire Anyone without Doing This First

  Continuing our summer focus on recruitment and HR issues , how many times has your group tried to hire someone, only to end up arguing over candidates because you don’t all agree about what the new person is there to do? Hiring smart means doing some Read More... Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, HR Issues, Ownership & Initiative, People Skills

• Recruitment Spotlight: How to Check References

  Most people have to check references in some shape or form, whether it’s for a candidate or a babysitter. I don’t know about you, but until I wrote Success for Hire I never really knew how to do it. Here's what I learned: While you can e-mail a reference Read More... Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, HR Issues, People Skills, Professionalism

• 7 Tips for Busting the Office Bully

  I like to advise people on the topic of coping with difficult people at work because we’ve all been there and inevitably will be there again. In most cases, I recommend that you confront the problem head on and talk about it with the person who is giving Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: HR Issues, Office Politics, People Skills, Troubleshooting, Work

• Did Your Interview Questions Break the Law?

  My friend Chris Russell over at Secrets of the Job Hunt reported on a recent study by global HR consulting firm Development Dimensions International and Monster that examined the most inappropriate questions job seekers have been asked during an interview. Read More... Posted Friday, February 08, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Current Affairs, Employment Trends, HR Issues, Job Hunting, Management, People Skills, Troubleshooting

• Mums the Word on Politics at Work

  Thanks to Lisa Cullen at Time’s Work in Progress blog for pointing out a recent survey by Harris Interactive for The Marlin Company . According to the findings, nearly one out of four (24%) U.S. workers believe their top managers are openly expressing Read More... Posted Monday, July 30, 2007 8:28 PM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Current Affairs, HR Issues, Office Politics, People Skills, News and Politics

• “The System” Has a Face

  In the business world, the nonprofit world, academia, you name it, there is something known as “the system.” The system is a set of rules for how things must be done, and how people must conduct themselves. “The system” is associated with bureaucracy, Read More... Posted Monday, June 25, 2007 8:10 PM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: HR Issues, Office Politics, People Skills, Work

• Beware the Job Interview Confessional

  CollegeRecruiter.com has a great post on topics to avoid during job interviews. According to Steven Rothberg, you should avoid topics such as sex, politics, and religion unless they are directly relevant to the position (they almost never are) as well Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Best Practices, HR Issues, Job Hunting, People Skills, Professionalism, Work Attachment(s): http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/05/20/job_interview/story.jpg