On Fridays I’ll share stories from my mailbag. DM’s open lol. “I have feedback for you. On Zoom calls you look like you don’t want to be here. You need to smile more.” That was given to a contact of mine. An internal recruiter. From her manager, the...
I swear it was different The Mandela Effect: a type of false memory that occurs when many different people incorrectly remember the same thing. In the 1980s, a lot of people thought that Nelson Mandela died in prison. (He lived until 2013.) Darth Vader never said...
My Vox audition Unless you lived under a rock this year, you noticed: 1. Interest rates shot up. 2. Hiring fell off a cliff. (At least in Office Dork circles.) Lots of hot takes mentioned “zero interest rate phenomenon” and “the end of free...
Dubious Data™️: Bloomberg Edition In this week’s edition of Dubious Data™️, Bloomberg’s article “Letting People Work From Home Is Good for Companies’ Revenue Growth”. Bloomberg recently wrote an article (here) with a few eyebrow raising claims. The main...
It’s all about getting that yes Q1 will be here soon. With any luck, so will a lot of hiring. Volume hiring presents a specific problem: it amplifies the inefficiencies in an interview process. Exponentially. The longer it takes to make a hiring decision,...
Maybe it was before your time A recruiting contact of mine got an earful from a hiring manager recently. For giving a candidate feedback on why they didn’t receive an offer. Nothing crazy. Straightforward self-improvement stuff. Which is frowned upon in that...
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