Sound of hand slapping forehead. Argh, I posted this in the Managing Product Development blog, got interrupted, and forgot to post it here. If you’re in Wellington, New Zealand on Mar 15, Sydney on Mar 17, and in Israel during Mar 23-31, let me know. I’ll be there (and there and there) and would love to meet with blog readers and writers in person. Send me an email, and we’ll figure it out.
1 comment February 23rd, 2005
Hiring the Best… is featured on CEORead.com this week. They have an excerpt from Chapter 1 available to read.I’m back from my travels and will be posting more regularly again.
Add comment February 21st, 2005
Eric Sink’s ad for a software developer is a terrific example of an ad that screens out people who aren’t suitable for the position. Note the description of deep expertise in that SQL stuff, and the emphasis on knowing how to read code, not just write code. Sure Eric may receive a bunch of unsuitable resumes, but I bet he receives fewer than if he didn’t write the ad this way. And, he’ll be able to filter the resumes easily.
For those of you who’ve read my book, notice that Eric has started the job description of the main attractor: being a unique contributor in a technical organization that prizes technical contribution. If you start a job description with a main attractor — what will attract the most suitable candidates to your organization, you’ll receive more high quality resumes, and fewer unsuitable resumes. Hiring managers don’t have lots of time. Make sure you write ads to have candidates screen themselves out.
2 comments February 10th, 2005
My first column for the Fast Company/Inc. Hiring Center is up. See Cultural Fits and Starts. I don’t see a way to leave comments there, so please do leave comments here.
Update: Oskar Syahbana translated this article into Bahasa Indonesia. It’s here. Oskar has other fine articles on his site.
1 comment February 7th, 2005
Hiring the Best… is up for a Jolt award (in the general books category). Yes, I’m a Jolt judge. No, I don’t judge — or even see the discussions about — the entire category in which my book is nominated. Yes, I’m excited! And now I get to display the finalist logo 
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Add comment February 2nd, 2005