I recently did a Straw Poll on LinkedIn on the following questions: 1. As a job candidate, would you prefer your CV be reviewed by a machine or a human? Why? 2. As a job candidate, would you prefer to be interviewed by a robot or a human? Why? I received a total of 20 [...]
I had the pleasure of being interviewed LIVE on-air on 9th February 2018 on Singapore Press Holding's (SPH) brand new radio station Money 89.3FM. The host of the Mind Your Business segment was Howie Lim and we had a good chat on why businesses should start looking at hiring the RIGHT people for their organisations, rather [...]
Are you still hiring during this time of economic uncertainty? If you are, then you know you have to really stretch your hiring dollar and ensure you hire the right people for your organisation. It’s clearly a buyer’s market these days. As a hiring manager, there is a whole host of confusing advice out there about [...]
When it comes to what you should include in your Resume, there’s a ton of advice out there. Some say you should include your photo in your Resume; but some say don’t. Some say you should include your Race / Religion; but some say never. Some say to include your age and date-of-birth; but some never [...]
"I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint." ~ Hesoid, [...]
Recently I came across an email from a job board looking to hire an Network Engineer with the following requirements: Education and/or Experience Diploma/ Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from an accredited University in Computer Science, Information Technology, Networking or similar field. Minimum 4 years of related experience. Technical Skills - Individual should have experience in/working knowledge of [...]
Hiring the wrong employee could cost the organisation dearly in terms of time, productivity loss, and opportunity costs, just to name a few. What most employers fail to realise is the enormous opportunity cost bad hires can potentially cause. The amount of time, resources, and money expended mitigating the fallout and negative impact of a bad [...]
Did you know that a recent survey of 4000 employers in Singapore revealed that virtually all of them (99%) say they have between 10% to 50% bad hires in their organization? What this means is that if an organisation has 10 employees, it may have between 1 and 5 employees who are not performing to expectations. [...]
In almost every investment brochure, you will see a disclaimer that says: “Past performance is no guarantee of future results". However most investors (or so they call themselves) completely ignore this disclaimer. Similarly in the world of hiring and recruiting, most hiring managers ignore the fact that past performance is no guarantee of future performance. Performance-based [...]
In an HBR article titled The Big Idea: 21st-Century Talent Spotting, Claudio Fernandez-Araoz, senior advisor at global executives search firm Egon Zehnder and the author of “It’s Not the How or the What but the Who???, says the first era of talent spotting leaders were done based on their physical abilities. For instance, if you wanted [...]
