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Candidate experience
Weird interview questions: How to give your candidates goosebumps
Dani Clayton is a young American teacher who moved to London to make a fresh start. Having seen a job ad for an au pair position...
Candidate experience
How to fix your candidate experience strategy
Panicking over negative Glassdoor reviews? Wondering why you lose candidates after the assessment phase? Experimenting with a ‘s...
Candidate experience
Interview red flags for employers: 5 common myths about candidates
“Do you know why I invited you to this interview?” “I guess it’s because I have the right skills for the job?” “Well, yes, you’r...
Candidate experience
6 candidate experience best practices
“Candidate experience is just another HR buzzword.” “Focusing on candidate experience will hurt my time to hire.” “No matter wha...
Candidate experience
How to be the worst interviewer
Meet Joe – Head of Digital Marketing at “Fictional Company”. Joe is really good at his job but has been struggling lately, ever ...
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15 job interview horror stories that you won’t believe
When hearing the word “Halloween”, many of us think of decorative spider webs, vampire and ghost costumes, grinning pumpkins and...
Candidate experience
How to handle an interview no show
Out of all the minor nuisances in our personal lives, getting stood up is probably the most unpleasant. Unfortunately, this also...
Candidate experience
Why your hiring shouldn’t hinge on thank-you emails
Sending thank-you emails to interviewers is part of a colossal body of unquestioned interview advice to candidates. Many intervi...
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How to reject candidates without burning bridges
Rejecting candidates with grace is part of creating a positive candidate experience. When done right, it helps you build a healt...
Candidate experience
The key to building a talent pipeline? Care about your candidates
As a talent acquisition professional, I’m constantly talking to passive candidates. Even when my business doesn’t have a current...
Candidate experience
How to explain your structured interview process to candidates
There’s scientific consensus that structured interviews are better hiring tools than unstructured interviews. They’re more objec...
Candidate experience
The world’s most enduring personality test is a meaningless parlor game
If you work for a large organization you’re probably already aware that yours is one of 16 distinct personality types. You may b...
