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Re: job screening question
From: Matthew Palmer <mpalmer () hezmatt org>
Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 16:18:21 +1000
On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 05:01:39PM -0700, Scott Weeks wrote:
--- jason () thebaughers com wrote: From: Jason Baugher <jason () thebaughers com> Geez, I'd be happy to find someone with a good attitude, a solid work ethic, and the desire and aptitude to learn. :) --------------------------------------- Yeah, that. But how do you get those folks through the HR process to you, so you can decipher their skill/work ethic level? What can the HR person ask to find out if someone has these qualities? OSPF LSA type questions will not help.
Don't get HR to do that sort of screening. They suck mightily at it. I lack any sort of HR department to get in the way, and I'm glad of it -- I don't see the value in having someone who doesn't know anything about the job get in the way of finding the right person for it. Sure, get 'em to do the scutwork of posting job ads, collating resumes, scheduling things and sending the "lolz no!" responses, but actually filtering? Nah, I'll do that bit thanks. If you have to have HR do a filter call, make it *really* simple, like "What does TCP stand for?" -- sadly, you'll still probably filter out half the applicants for a senior position... - Matt
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- Re: job screening question, (continued)
- Re: job screening question Doug Barton (Jul 06)
- Re: job screening question Matthew Palmer (Jul 06)
- Re: job screening question Don Gould (Jul 05)
- Re: job screening question Dennis (Jul 12)
- Re: job screening question Nick Olsen (Jul 05)
- Re: job screening question Scott Weeks (Jul 05)
- Re: job screening question Scott Weeks (Jul 05)
- Re: job screening question Diogo Montagner (Jul 05)
- Re: job screening question Jared Mauch (Jul 05)
- Re: job screening question Scott Weeks (Jul 05)
- Re: job screening question Matthew Palmer (Jul 05)
- Re: job screening question Ben Aitchison (Jul 06)
- Re: job screening question Jared Mauch (Jul 06)
- Re: job screening question David Edelman (Jul 06)
- Re: job screening question William Herrin (Jul 06)
- Re: job screening question Matthew Palmer (Jul 06)
- Re: job screening question Owen DeLong (Jul 06)
- Re: job screening question Bryan Irvine (Jul 06)
- Re: job screening question JC Dill (Jul 07)
- Re: job screening question Matthew Palmer (Jul 07)
- Re: job screening question George Herbert (Jul 07)
- Re: job screening question Matthew Palmer (Jul 05)