February 17, 2010
Times have changed. The internet has made privacy virtually a thing of the past, and increasingly, employers are utilizing all available information to evaluate candidates in this tight job market. What’s changed to make background checks so intrusive? Information availability. In the past, an employer would have to hire a private investigator at great expense of both time and money. Today, a few clicks of the mouse, and your entire background is exposed – sometimes painfully.
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February 11, 2010
Traditional interview questions are geared more towards what your skills and strengths are and are subject to creative editing; who’s not guilty of turning a one day seminar on a subject we’re only passingly familiar with into functional expertise on paper to beef up the old skill set? But once you get into behavioral analysis questions, creative embellishments might look like lipstick on a pig. Traditional questions start with “What would you do if this happened?” but behavioral questions ask “What did you do when this happened before?”…leaving you to find a real-life situation that illustrates the answer they are looking for.
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