I have no understanding about why we celebrate Halloween in this country. I have to believe that people don’t know what they are celebrating. So, I thought I would share a little of the history of Halloween. We say Happy Halloween”. What is that? Happy Halloween? Not! I don’t celebrate this holiday and my children […]
How many of you have ideas rolling around your head, but those ideas never come to be? You know you have a good idea and you know you want to start a business, but lots of things including YOU, Yourself, and YOU get in the way.
Here’s the deal - if you need a […]
From second rate accomodations to king of Holiday Inn. Kemmons Wilson did not allow anything stop him from creating the Holiday Inn emipire. This story was in my email a couple of days ago and I thought it would be appropriate for any of you who have a dream of being a successful business owner/entrepreneur. […]
For Managers Mostly: Req or Wreck?
By Miki Saxon
Approval processes and physical formats for requisition/job descriptions (reqs) may come and go, but without good content you have a wreck—not a req.
We developed the following list is to encourage (force) managers to think, really think, not only about the skills and experience they need, but […]
For Managers Mostly: Req or Wreck? Part 2
By Miki Saxon
Approval processes and physical formats for requisition/job descriptions (reqs) may come and go, but without good content you have a wreck—not a req.
We developed the following list is to encourage (force) managers to think, really think, not only about the skills and experience they need, […]
For Managers Only: Interviewer’s Cheat Sheet
By Miki Saxon
The goal when I coach managers at any level is to bring their hiring skills to core competency level and improve their hit rate—as measured in longevity, not just filling positions.
To help ensure that end, I developed a cheat sheet for them, too. I also have them […]
By Miki Saxon
Back when I was a headhunter I developed written interview guidelines for my candidates. Too often interviewing is seen as a contest between opposing sides rather than a mutually beneficial exchange of information.
It’s always worked well and I thought I’d share it with you. Print it out and keep it by […]
Basic Insights for Candidates and Managers
By Miki Saxon of Leadership Turn
Greetings! I want thank Darlene for inviting me to guest blog here on Interview Chatter and I thought that I’d start by offering up some basic insights that you may already know, but might have missed along the way.
After 20+ years as a recruiter and […]
I wanted to take a moment and introduce Miki Saxon. Miki is one of our newest Business Channel Bloggers here at B5media - Her blog here, Leadership Turn. Though she is fairly to new to our family here on the Business Channel, Miki is no novice in business. Miki also blogs for the MAPping Company […]
“It’s better to be thought dumb, than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt.”
The first time I heard this quote I was a teenager and my mother said it to me. At this point, I can’t remember the context, but I have never forgotten the quote. It took me years of course, to […]
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