Does a job seekers resume jive with their background and employment history. It behooves the interviewers or full set of those involved in the hiring process to dig deeper . Trust but verify are the watchwords.
It is downright amazing the people in power and in your employ who simply put may well not have the qualifications and credentials that they stated or overstated just a bit , when you hired them. Its a sad fact that in our tough , if not desperate economic times , that more than one fellow employee has ratted on a colleague, as either a matter of keeping their own position in the firm or organization , or simply wants to advance up the career ladder , by helping to create a job opening. Its often amazing what fellow workers know about each other - either by overhearing at the company annual Christmas party , at the water-cooler or just common knowledge.
Tales abound . One young and foolish manager filled a position quickly due to a reference from an applicant's priest and spiritual leader. It seemed that this young initiate behaved and dressed most inappropriately at a major international sales and planning meeting. The manager later tried to explain away his rapid decision making by stating that " he had needed to fill the roster for the upcoming event". After all his team had to be no smaller than any of his other managers at his executive status level. It seemed in later followup and analysis that the reference from the applicant's priest had not been verified and checked. When the verification process was done , at a much later date, it seemed that the reference from the priest was that overall the candidate lacked maturity in most intellectual forms. The sad part is that in the heat of all this activity that the real incompetent in this matter was not the candidate but rather the management level decision makers who went on not only to bury their errors, but went well up the corporate ladder. It seems that those who cannot do simple tasks in a thorough manner often travel up high in management and corporate circles states Ashdown scholar William U. Simpson.
It comes down to facts and figures. Watch out for excessive flowery language , vague statements , references and dates. Be on the watch for over abundant filler text and words. Combination words can be a tip-off. There was a well known and substantiated case of one highly successful job getter who successfully steamed up the career ladder simply by combining and joining words from rows of columns of words chosen from industry jargon. It seems that no one in the interview process dared admit that they had no idea what so ever what the words meant - and to ask would of admitted defeat in the eyes of their colleagues - stated employment agency consultant manager Kirk U. Stephens.
Examine resumes that are inbound thoroughly and fully. On a cursory level initially scan and look for career development trends. Are there logical career moves overall? Does a clear pattern emerge? What of skills and qualifications do they match job titles and descriptions? Or are the job titles and descriptions overstated in any manner or way?
It's always a matter of simple verification of employers, references and credentials. In this electronic era of simple communications, this is fairly easy and straightforward, Phone, email or fax stated parties to verify references, documentation as well educational records.
It's all as simple as that of being thorough. Do not rush to fill a position simply because you "have to have someone" or a budget deadline has to be met. An ounce of prevention when it comes to the hiring process and procedure is worth a ton of cure later. - 32171
It is downright amazing the people in power and in your employ who simply put may well not have the qualifications and credentials that they stated or overstated just a bit , when you hired them. Its a sad fact that in our tough , if not desperate economic times , that more than one fellow employee has ratted on a colleague, as either a matter of keeping their own position in the firm or organization , or simply wants to advance up the career ladder , by helping to create a job opening. Its often amazing what fellow workers know about each other - either by overhearing at the company annual Christmas party , at the water-cooler or just common knowledge.
Tales abound . One young and foolish manager filled a position quickly due to a reference from an applicant's priest and spiritual leader. It seemed that this young initiate behaved and dressed most inappropriately at a major international sales and planning meeting. The manager later tried to explain away his rapid decision making by stating that " he had needed to fill the roster for the upcoming event". After all his team had to be no smaller than any of his other managers at his executive status level. It seemed in later followup and analysis that the reference from the applicant's priest had not been verified and checked. When the verification process was done , at a much later date, it seemed that the reference from the priest was that overall the candidate lacked maturity in most intellectual forms. The sad part is that in the heat of all this activity that the real incompetent in this matter was not the candidate but rather the management level decision makers who went on not only to bury their errors, but went well up the corporate ladder. It seems that those who cannot do simple tasks in a thorough manner often travel up high in management and corporate circles states Ashdown scholar William U. Simpson.
It comes down to facts and figures. Watch out for excessive flowery language , vague statements , references and dates. Be on the watch for over abundant filler text and words. Combination words can be a tip-off. There was a well known and substantiated case of one highly successful job getter who successfully steamed up the career ladder simply by combining and joining words from rows of columns of words chosen from industry jargon. It seems that no one in the interview process dared admit that they had no idea what so ever what the words meant - and to ask would of admitted defeat in the eyes of their colleagues - stated employment agency consultant manager Kirk U. Stephens.
Examine resumes that are inbound thoroughly and fully. On a cursory level initially scan and look for career development trends. Are there logical career moves overall? Does a clear pattern emerge? What of skills and qualifications do they match job titles and descriptions? Or are the job titles and descriptions overstated in any manner or way?
It's always a matter of simple verification of employers, references and credentials. In this electronic era of simple communications, this is fairly easy and straightforward, Phone, email or fax stated parties to verify references, documentation as well educational records.
It's all as simple as that of being thorough. Do not rush to fill a position simply because you "have to have someone" or a budget deadline has to be met. An ounce of prevention when it comes to the hiring process and procedure is worth a ton of cure later. - 32171
