Martin Ellis's Blog – October 2013 Archive (4)

Who, EXACTLY, is in charge around here?...

My previous post about the right number of interviews received a lot comments - some from people saying I should add an extra interview to allow for interviews for subordinates to help select their…

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Added by Martin Ellis on October 28, 2013 at 6:50am — 6 Comments

How many interviews is enough?...

I’ve been stimulated by something I read earlier: – “Up to a few years ago, Google would have employees go through a 12 – 14 meeting process. This would result in dreadfully long staffing cycles, loss of top talent to competing internet companies and overall inefficiency when attempting to…

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Added by Martin Ellis on October 21, 2013 at 8:00am — No Comments

The Worst Recruitment Decision - EVER

I have just read on the BBC that Cardiff City (a Welsh soccer club just promoted to the English Premier League) have just appointed a 23 year old Kazakh as head of recruitment. He replaces a safe pair of hands who has helped the…

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Added by Martin Ellis on October 10, 2013 at 5:00am — 3 Comments

Hiring? - Time to fish in new gene pools...

Encouraged by a world that often doesn't look much beyond tomorrow, we often make decisions in isolation that seem a good idea at the time - only to regret them later. I understand the Danish perspective is that "at least when I wet myself it's warm....." (I find the Danes have a very pragmatic view on the…

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Added by Martin Ellis on October 1, 2013 at 5:07am — No Comments

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