HR Insights
If you don’t change, your career will die – 3 keys to lasting change
“Change or die.” That’s how the unlucky candidate for school principal heard the feedback. He was dropped into an interim principal’s role mid-year after the previous leader was released. No longer in his familiar district office job, he had to think and act fast to...
The Pros and Cons of Popular Types of Interview Questions
There’s a lot at stake when it comes to the questions asked in an interview. Will you accidentally hire a candidate who is a bad fit or overlook a great applicant because of what you asked? That’s why it’s important to find questions that will guide you toward the...
The Value of the Candidate Experience in Education (And How to Perfect It)
As the candidate pool gets smaller and smaller, finding top applicants in education has become more competitive than ever. Being a high-profile school is no longer enough to draw top candidates to accept offers. Districts must do more to win the hiring battle and...
Why Every Hiring Manager Needs Interview Skills Training
Every applicant wants to be “the one” who is offered the fabulous job posted on your website. Some may just show up and hope for the best, but many are investing countless hours and money honing their interview skills to masterfully answer any questions you throw at...
How to Craft the Most Effective Teacher Interview Questions
Do your teacher interview questions actually help hire people who bring out the best in students and their colleagues? Of the teachers you hire each year, how many are top performers and how many just meet your basic requirements? When you really think about it, where...
The 7 Essential Steps to Successful Interview Training
Hiring the best employees doesn’t happen by chance. When done right, it’s the gift that keeps on giving. When done poorly or inconsistently, the wrong hire can become a curse that keeps you up at night. HR leaders who properly train hiring managers to follow a process...
The Ultimate Guide to the Most Common Types of Interviews
What impression do your interview questions make on a job candidate? “Awesome, I’ve heard these before and have a great response!” “I’ve got this… just follow the clues to say what they want to hear.” “I think they’re getting to know me as a person” Before you post...
How would you handle this awkward hiring situation?
If you've been part of hiring people into your team, you've probably dealt with at least one applicant with potentially awkward connections to the organization. A client in a recent interview training session described how a School Board member applied to a hard to...
Oh, yeah, that happens all the time!
A design call with a client: I was recently on one of my favorite types of calls with a client: proofing questions for a new interview. As we reviewed each question, his energy increased along with his laugh. As he apologized for laughing, I reassured him it was a...
Hiring Great Teachers Using The 5 Themes
Case Study Greenville Public Schools As the principals finished up Phase 2 of their teacher interview training there was a sense of unity and confidence that exited the room. This unity and confidence was due to the fact that they had all been challenged to select...