No matter how many job interviews you’ve been through, it can be intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be. You’re scheduled to interview for a new job. Congrats! Worried? Of course you are. No matter how many job interviews you’ve been through, it can be intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be. If both candidate and company prepare, it’s an exercise in learning, not judgment. So how can you…

Tell me if this sounds familiar: Piles of resumes are sorted and culled. The hiring manager talks with some folks to whittle down to a shortlist. Your team interviews the shortlist, and you’ve now got all of the information you need to make a hire. So everyone gathers (or gets…

Is hiring for diversity hard? Yes. Is it worth it? Also yes. — Show me a human who isn’t biased, and I’ll show you a robot. As humans, we form biases to help us navigate the world. They’re like mental shortcuts that help us make easy, rapid decisions based on patterns we learn from our environment. They’re actually quite useful. But bias has…

First impressions are everything. Don’t scare away top talent from the start with a poor job description. — Your job description is a candidate’s first look at your company and the role. Good job descriptions inform; great job descriptions can attract and excite. But poor job descriptions can be fatal — they may attract unqualified candidates and even deter top talent from applying. Yikes! …

99% of job interviews are a complete black box for candidates. Candidates typically know when to show up and, if they’re lucky, who they’ll be meeting. If you’re on the company side — the hiring manager or an interviewer — this might sound like enough, but if you’ve been on…