Practical hiring for technology and operations roles: verifying skill rather than trusting a resume, what a good hire looks like from the inside, sponsored hires and specialist scarcity, and what a wrong hire actually costs a small company.
CareerIf you cannot fill a technical role, the problem may not be your pay or your posting. I went looking for database administrators in the United States and nobody applied, which surprised me at the time.
HiringThe best hire I made in thirty-three years produced no story. The resume was accurate, the interview matched it, the background matched the interview, and the work matched all three.
CareerThe best job I ever had came from doing unglamorous maintenance work well for somebody who was watching without either of us thinking about it. No application, no resume, no search.
AIA resume and an interview tell you what someone says they can do. Neither one tells you what they can do. I found that out as a new manager with a vice president title and no interview training, on a…
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