For any single vacancy, a hiring manager will usually receive hundreds of resumes. In order to work through that stack of paper, they will spend less than one minute scanning each one, and create a small pool of candidates who move on to the next round. That means you have a very short period of… Read more »
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What is the one thing that hiring managers are looking for in every candidate they hire? Professionals who can add value to the company. They don’t want to hire people who will give them the minimum effort and be content holding place. They want to hire people who will take what’s already there and make… Read more »
As someone that makes hiring decisions, there is a natural tendency to go with what you know. You have seen what kind of candidates you’ve had success with in the past, and when it comes time to fill a vacancy, you seek out someone who fits that established mold. And while this isn’t necessarily a… Read more »
If you love all things technical, you probably don’t have your sights set on getting an MBA or taking night courses in management. But at the same time, if you hope to move up the ladder into project management and later executive positions, you will need to know about a lot more than programming. To… Read more »
The appeal of the “Yes Man” is obvious. Who wouldn’t want to have someone in their fold that agrees with all their opinions, praises all their decisions, and generally acts as if they can do no wrong? But as a manger, your job is producing results, not inflating your ego. If your staff has devolved… Read more »