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Interview by a Former Employee?

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A friend of mine who is looking for a new position was invited to do an interview. The company stated that he was the only candidate who really fits their requirements. My friend was willing to do the interview until he found out, that the interview would be done by a former employee. Yes, a former employee!

Whose interest will the former employee have in mind: Hers or the company’s?

Then—the company does not have an employee with the needed technical skills to perform the interview.

How will the new employee be lead? Does she have to explain and justify every single technical decision?

Would it make a difference if the interview would be done by a retired employee?

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Frank Kanu on Saturday, September 30th, 2006 @ 10:22
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How Do Others See You?

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Ask your friends and enemies where they would rate you on this list compared to other people they know:

Are you		or
attractive		unattractive
brilliant		dim
calculating		emotional
caring		cold
classy		brassy
competent		incompetent
cultured		coarse
driven		passive
easygoing		fussy
enthusiastic		bored
ethical		immoral
experienced		novice
fascinating		boring
fast		slow
helping		needy
giving		selfish
honest		dishonest
intellectual		down-to-earth
kind		cruel
mature		immature
outgoing		shy
patient		impatient
rational		emotional
secure		insecure
smart		unintelligent
smiling		sour
sultry		cold
superficial		deep
tardy		prompt

Feel free to add more to the list

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Frank Kanu on Wednesday, September 27th, 2006 @ 19:36
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fair use

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What is fair use of copyrighted material?

Here and here are two postings dealing with the issue.

Good credit = good employee?

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Qualification: Must have a good credit history
LaToya Horton was temping at a management consulting firm in Boston last January when it offered her a full-time job as a clerk. Then, the firm said it needed to check her credit.
Horton, 30, of Dorchester, didn’t get the job after her credit report showed $18,000 in deferred student loans. “My credit wasn’t perfect, but I never thought my student loans would go against me,” said Horton.

Without the education the person does not get the job and then with the education…

We all know how expensive education has become and how it influences the credit score. Plus the credit scoring system was not setup in a way that helps an employer to make a decision about an employee.

Do you think your employer should be allowed to be that much in your personal business?

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Frank Kanu on Wednesday, September 13th, 2006 @ 08:14
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How could an $18,000 insurance premium jump to $441,000 a year?

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Hurricane Insurance Costs Are Hitting Small Business
[Update 2/26/2007: The link does not work anymore. Please let me know if you of are aware of a working one. Thank you.]

I am speechless.

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Frank Kanu on Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 @ 11:03
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9-11

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Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone whose lifes have been affected and changed by 9/11/2001.

job security?

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Did you know that already 1/4 of companies fired employees because of misuse of e-mail? And some 2% because of misuse of instant messaging? And bloggers have been laid off too… How secure are you after the latest gossip you have bcc’d?

It is all related to the fact that more and more companies see themselves in court because the messages their employees sent out. Or their blogging activities. We all know that blogs have become a very powerful—positive and/or negative—marketing tool.

A great many employees are not even aware of the rules companies have in place.

Are your employees?

Is your company screening for content employees broadcast?

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Frank Kanu on Thursday, September 7th, 2006 @ 08:54
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What Are Your Tests Telling You?

We know the old saying there are lies, bigger lies and statistics, but what are your tests telling you?

We all know that more and more employers use tests to find out if a person fits into their company. But how real are those tests? How many of them take the more and more global world into consideration?

“To some Europeans, people who don’t make direct eye contact are thought to be ignoring them. West Africans, on the other hand, consider direct eye contact a sign of aggression. It’s easy to see how different views of cultural cues can be confusing and inadvertently insulting.”

Stop Telling… Start Leading! p. 129

Exactly!

Just today I read the evaluation of the results of a test. It started with: “The results are non-conclusive” and then followed by a three page conclusion. Hmm, and it didn’t make the author wonder?

For me the evaluation should have stopped right after “The results are non-conclusive“!