The Down2theHire Podcast

Went to Venturef0rth, a co-working space in Philadelphia, to hear Ray Bixler, President & CEO of SkillSurvey, speak on hiring and firing to build your dream team. Ray highlighted some tried and true hiring techniques and practices, while also bringing to light some newer tools and approaches: Leverage employee referrals: Your employees are well equipped judges of [...]

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You just wrapped up your fourth interview.  The four candidates all have decent resumes and gave you favorable impressions during their interviews. One or two of them are probably liars. I wish I was lying, but the harsh truth is that 25% to 50% of candidates misrepresent themselves on their resumes and during the hiring process. Besides [...]

The answer is simple: work ethic. Focusing your screening and interviewing efforts on determining each applicant’s work ethic is the single best thing you can do to hire people who: Need less supervision. Are team players. Are more productive. Will have a longer tenure with your organization. Fali Huang and Peter Cappellie, in “Applicant Screening [...]

What’s Topgrading, and why should I care? Went for a walk to pick up some food in Old City, Philadelphia with Nick of Factor Media, a fellow entrepreneur who works out of the same co-working space that I do – IndyHall.org.  We started talking about the challenges of finding and hiring the right people.  He [...]

Walking into my apartment the other night, I felt this sharp pain in my left heel.  I had felt subtle pain throughout the week, but on this night I was compensating for it with each step. I went into the bathroom, sat on the wall of the tub, and examined the bottom of my foot. [...]