One little word you can’t ignore

Posted on09. Mar, 2010 by susan.

A client in Western Australia recently called regarding a profile we had just provided for a candidate.  When shown the report, the candidate had questioned its validity because some of the traits listed appeared to be contradictory. We notice contradictions because we are conditioned to thinking in terms of opposites:  good and evil, right and wrong, [...]

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The most common hiring mistake and how to avoid it

Posted on24. Feb, 2010 by susan.

Imagine you need to employ a new staff member… What’s the first thing you do?  Write an ad?  Call HR?  Brief an agency? You’ve just made the most common mistake of managers who decide to hire:  Missing the first step. Allow me to explain… Have you ever found yourself interviewing a job applicant and thinking “This is a total waste of [...]

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Overcoming ‘interview infatuation’

Posted on20. Jan, 2010 by susan.

When I met Matthew Farrell, Principal of Five Pillars Financial Planning, he was in the process of selecting a new financial planner to support the growth of his business. Matthew was impressed with a candidate but confided that one of the traps he’d fallen into in the past was loving someone at the interview, only [...]

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