Companies are always looking to hire people, from my experience most prefer to hire “in house.” This means they hire already employed individuals from within the company. This can be very beneficial because as an employer you know which employees are good workers and loyal to your company. How can you tell if your employees…
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One thing about personality questions is that they are tricky to answer. The employer will ask one thing but the answer will reveal a certain personality trait about the applicant. When the question for instance is: “If you made a mistake, would you admit it even if nobody noticed?” ,and the applicant says no, the…
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Several years ago, two American gentlemen called Peters and Waterman published an instant bestseller called “In Search of Excellence”. The book was based on research that they had carried out into American industry and commerce. There were prompted to do so by a general feeling that effectiveness and excitement had somehow started to disappear from…
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When you are trying to find a job you take notice of which skills the employer is looking for, to be sure you are a good match for the position. What skills do you possess that can be a benefit for the employer? A recent survey listed the following job skills as the top 3…
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Even with all the various theories of management that have been put forward in the last 50 years, basic structures have remained largely unchanged for the last 500,000 years. Throughout this time, management has relied on just FOUR pillars or basic methods of organization. Pillar One: “Shoot the monkey” Division of labour means breaking up the…
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