How to ace interviews and keep your employees happy
Two different blogs, two different sides of the HR ball:
Guy Kawasaki made an excellent post, detailing 15 things you need to know before you step foot into an interview. The post is called Everything You Wanted to Know About Getting a Job in Silicon Valley But Didn’t Know Who to Ask. Although it is geared towards the Silicon Valley tech types, there is very valuable information there for anyone who is interviewing for a new job or a new position.
To me, most of this stuff seems like it would be common knowledge - but I know that, unfortunately, some people just don’t get it. I know two people who recently went into job interviews with all of the right experience that the companies were looking for, but wound up bombing the interview and losing the job.
Could I just add one point to Guy’s post? Be confident. If you’re the interview, have confidence in yourself and your answers. Realize that you are in that spot for a reason, because someone thinks that you may a good fit for the position that they are interviewing for. The people I know that recently bombed their interviews, bombed them because they weren’t confident or didn’t believe in their ability - even though they were both seemingly ready and capable for the new jobs. Confidence, or the lack there of, killed them.
On the other side of the ball is retention. NFIB has a post called Keeping Your Best Employees: Seven Tips for Retaining Talent. Again, this is geared towards small businesses and not necessarily the retail industry, but there are tips there that are valuable and should be taken away by every manager. [via Bizinformer]
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Hey, thanks for linking to that Guy Kawasaki article — otherwise, I would have missed it. You’re right, he definitely has some great tips over there. I know a lot of people who have a hard time with interviews, so I’m going to forward the link on to them. Thanks again!