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The Effective Hiring Manager
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The Effective Hiring Manager

by Mark Horstman
October 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 30m
English
Wiley
Audiobook available
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Index

A

  • Abbreviations, in notes, 138
  • Academia, résumés (curriculum vitae) for, 63–64
  • Accomplishments
    • as experience, 53
    • measuring, 57–58
    • as “noteworthy,” 56–57
    • responsibilities vs., 55–56
    • résumé screening for, 55–56
  • Accuracy
    • résumé screening for, 62–64
    • of work product, 24
    • See also Reference checking
  • Across-the-desk interviewing, 98
  • Admin (onboarding phase), 192
  • Age discrimination, 47–48
  • Alerts, from cell phones, 99
  • Assessment exercises, behavioral interviews vs., 32
  • “At will” employment, 69
  • Auzenne, Michael, xii–xiii. See also Manager Tools

B

  • Behavioral interviews
    • asking behavioral questions, 124
    • creating questions for, 31–37
    • examples of questions for, 39–40
    • identifying behaviors desired in candidates, 21–30
    • informal meetings and social media behavior, 67–68
    • phone screening and, 79
    • probing answers in, 139–144
    • technical interviews and, 109–110
    • “what and why” method of reporting and, 149–151
  • Body language, 24
  • Bulleted items, on résumés, 52–55

C

  • Candidates
    • communication skills of, 131–132, 143–144
    • comparing and ranking problems, 92–93
    • disclosing physical interview setup to, 97
    • evaluating questions of, 126–132
    • experience of, 22–23, 53
    • multiple candidates and making offer, 152–153, 174 (See also Declination process; Offer process)
    • panel interviews disliked by, 104–106
    • saying “no” to, 13–17, 13–18
    • standardized interview questions for, 111–116
    • See also Deciding and offering; Hiring preparation; Hiring principles; Interviewing; Onboarding process; Screening process
  • Career ...
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