I recently watched a video featuring Jennifer Walzer. She is the CEO of Backup My Info. Jennifer was speaking to Inc.com about hiring practices at her company. She requires all resumes to be accompanied by a joke. Why a joke? Well, her tactic is very smart. First, if there is no joke attached to a resume then she knows the candidate didn’t follow instructions. And if a candidate can’t follow instructions on a task that could bring him or her money- they will not respect the company they work for.… Read more
Here’s a not so funny story. About a year ago I was helping a client hire a few employees. This client expressed to me that he intentionally acts like a jerk during an interview. I was astonished! I couldn’t understand why someone would want to act like a jerk, especially when interviewing someone who could help this client grow his company.
I asked the client what it was he did to ‘act like a jerk’. His answers were simple and not that far off from what most people do when… Read more
