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The Cranky Middle Manager Show #049

Welcome to the one-year anniversary show of The Cranky Middle Manager. Thanks to everyone who’s been along for th ride, stick with us for another year. If you’re new to the show, check out the postings by month and I’m sure you’ll find something to like….

SHOW NOTES

0:00 Welcome to the show. We take a minute to thank you and hear audio greetings from my daughter Nora (the groundings will commence immediately), Pat Williams from Guerilla HR, and Lisa Haneberg from Management Craft. This is all about having fun and learning something at the same time.

4:30 Please welcome Dan Bobinski, who is a contributor to Management Issues as well as his own man. We’re talking about Interviewing and Screening employees and why it’s so difficult. I do a lot of things well, this ain’t one of them, but apparently I’m not alone.

9:00 We talk about the 6 step process for interviewing and selecting employees. You can get a copy of the booklet by emailing Dan or going to his website. It starts with knowing what you’re looking for.

14:20 Get the word out in the right place, which is seldom the newspaper.

16:40 Use the phone  to screen applicants before interviewing. We talk about Behavior-Based Questioning. This is not as easy as it sounds gang.

21:20 Is it easier to hire from within or outsiders? There’s good and bad but maybe that’s just me

25:10  Use screening tools- judiciously. There are plenty of assessments out there. Of course, if everyone used these I’d never have a job….and I’m not kidding.

29:00 Now comes the face-to-face. One interview isn’t enough- it’s like getting married after the first date.

31:25 For resources, try the small-business press.

Inc.Magazine is a good one

Business 2.0

Here’s to another year of weasel-hunting.

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