Gra Granny Was Right: “Self-praise is no praise” In competency-based interviews blowing your own trumpet is not the secret to success -evidence of past performance is. It is astonishing how many of the authors of books, posts or blogs insist on going in there and “putting your best foot
“Plagiarise, Plagiarise – but always call it research” (Professor Tom Lehrer, Harvard) There is a temptation to cut corners in a competency-based interviews – but plagiarism must be the most inadvisable strategy of them all. Your interview will be terminated if plagiarism is detected – but still people do it
The hardest part of the Competency-based Interview process is the form. A bad form can lose you an invitation to be interviewed. In less than 10 minutes you can learn how to structure and write up your form. More resources here: https://www.brianmcivor.com/welcome-to-the-interviewing-zone/
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They’re upping the ante on competency interviews….. No more is it the story but the context that matters. “Competency interviews are a breeze” they said ” just have one good example under competency, use the STAR format, and, bingo, the job is yours”. That might have been true one time
Are we living in a Binary World – post Covid? Have you noticed that since Covid many people have become more helpful, more supportive and understanding and willing to help in any way they can? They take time to call you and check if you are okay and work to
There are dark clouds on the horizon. Forecasts for the next couple of years are not great. There’s talk of the return of inflation (remember rising prices?), supply problems (where have all the drivers gone?) and the demands of a rapidly ageing population. Lump in with that the death
It is said that people do not leave jobs they love – they leave bosses who have denied them the recognition, challenges and the vital support needed to progress. Your best boss may not have been your best friend but they always had your best interests at heart. Who’s your
One example is not enough any more! Interview Boards have become wise to the one-dimensional competency-based interview – where you were asked for a single example of a situation where you achieved results, solved problems or whatever. To make the mark all you had to do was to tell your
Talk to some people about retirement and they will describe the prospect as “grim – ending in you-know-what” ignoring the fact that, for most people about to retire “you know what” is at least one generation away. A lot can happen in the meantime. Your retirement may well be very
Time to reset your course? Time was, you retired from work, got your watch, went home and within a short time you left the planet. Retirement, in those days was a matter of waiting for the inevitable. In the last century the amount of time we will spend in retirement,
A sure-fire business tip: Return that call! It’s the Simplest way to grow your business- just return those calls! I am surprised by the number of people who say to me, as if it doesn’t happen very often, “but you returned my call?”. To which my response has always