Interview Questions for Hiring Managers: How to make your old questions effective

by Dawn Moss | Jun 6, 2020 | Recruitment & Selection

Ditch the old questions and replace with questions that increase the effectiveness of the hiring process…So, you’re a manager and you’ve been interviewing for many years and you’ve got your faithful stock interview questions – STOP have you asked yourself are...

10 Common mistakes during the hiring process

by Dawn Moss | Jun 5, 2020 | Recruitment & Selection

What can go wrong during the recruitment process?Recruiting the right people, with the right skills at the right time is one of the most important HR activities.  As the World of Work rapidly continues to change, the process of finding and retaining good talent gets...

10 Practical ways to reduce the cost of hiring

by Dawn Moss | Dec 28, 2019 | Recruitment & Selection

Hiring is expensive even when you get it right first time…The cost of hiring is expensive and it’s critcal to hire the very best talent for the business.  Hiring the right people at the right time is one of the most important HR activities for the success...

Why am I too senior or overqualified for the position?

by Dawn Moss | Oct 22, 2018 | Career Coaching, Interview Tips, Recruitment & Selection

Could this be discrimination or could there be genuine business reasons?There are so many different reasons for being rejected. Unless you get some comprehensive feedback (which is rare these days!) you won’t know the real reasons. I’ve interviewed over ten thousand...

How are you managing your unsuccessful candidates?

by Dawn Moss | Jul 27, 2017 | Career Coaching, Recruitment & Selection

During my HR career as a specialist in-house recruiter, I interviewed approximately 10,000 candidates. By its very nature, I rejected more candidates than offered jobs. It wasn’t the most rewarding part of the job, however, a really important part of the...