Paul Petrone's Blog – October 2014 Archive (11)

Yahoo’s Wrong: Stars Still Matter In Hollywood

Vulture considers Jennifer Lawrence to be the most valuable actress in Hollywood. Credit: Mingle Media TV, Wikipedia Commons

This week, Vulture released its annual list of the most valuable…

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Added by Paul Petrone on October 28, 2014 at 1:39pm — No Comments

Mark Cuban is Wrong. If You Work, You Should Get Paid For It

Mark Cuban wants people who will work for free.

Donatella Versace and Mark Cuban are the most outspoken advocates for it, but there’s a new trend going on in America: large companies wanting people to work for free.

Actually, Versace wants you to pay her.

There has been a rise…

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Added by Paul Petrone on October 22, 2014 at 1:54pm — No Comments

What the CIA’s Ridiculously Intense Hiring Process Can Teach Us

The Central Intelligence Agency has perhaps the most intense hiring process in America, and for good reason. Credit: Wikipedia Commons

Aside from perhaps running for President of the United States, the most intense hiring process in America belongs to its own Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),…

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Added by Paul Petrone on October 20, 2014 at 2:49pm — No Comments

11 Amazing Insights Google’s People Team Discovered About People

Laszlo Bock is the head of Google’s famed People Department. Laszlo Bock is the head of Google’s famed People Department.

Google’s People Department (nicknamed POPS) is like no other Human Resources team on the planet. The group uses data to try to improve just about every aspect of their employees’ happiness, from pay structures and 401K plans to how long the lunch line should be.

Through its research,…

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Added by Paul Petrone on October 17, 2014 at 11:30am — No Comments

What Gets America’s Best CEOs Really Fired Up

Want to get a CEO fired up? Ask them about…

In their book, “How Google Works,” former Google bigwigs Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg write in a mostly even-keeled, helpful style. While it is certainly obvious that they care deeply about what their saying, they don’t go throwing…

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Added by Paul Petrone on October 15, 2014 at 12:00pm — No Comments

The Five Tenets To A Great Hiring Process

Follow these five rules, and you’ll consistently hire well.

For the past six months, we’ve studied unique hiring processes at some of the most successful companies in America, from …

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Added by Paul Petrone on October 14, 2014 at 12:05pm — 1 Comment

How Southwest Hires: Taking Fun Seriously

Colorful Southwest Airlines founder Herb Kelleher believes in hiring for attitude, training for skill.

Traveling on Southwest Airlines has the potential to be a pretty miserable experience.

There are no assigned seats and no first class, so it is always a bum rush to get A or B seating.…

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Added by Paul Petrone on October 13, 2014 at 11:56am — No Comments

How Fox News Hires: It's All About the Brand

Like him or not, Bill O’Reilly is one of the most watched commentators in the USA. Credit: Justin Hoch, Wikipedia Commons

Love them or hate them, here is a fact about Fox News that no pundit could dispute: they are killing the competition.

The New York-based, Rupert Murdoch–owned news…

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Added by Paul Petrone on October 8, 2014 at 1:30pm — No Comments

What Every James Cameron Movie Says About Hiring

Titanic is just one example of James Cameron’s message to the world. 

When you think about it, all the big James Cameron movies have the exact same premise.

In all of them, humans are either over-confident or over-enthusiastic about new technology, it is used wrongly and the…

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Added by Paul Petrone on October 7, 2014 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

A Celebrity Bar Owner’s Genius Hiring Advice

Jon Taffer recently provided a brilliant piece of hiring advice. Credit: Jontaffer.com

Jon Taffer is actually a pretty interesting man.

He invented …

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Added by Paul Petrone on October 6, 2014 at 11:57am — No Comments

Why Capital One’s Approach Is The Future Of Hiring

While Capital One’s commercials reflect an earlier time, their hiring process is exceptionally 21st-century. Credit: Capital One

If you are searching for a company that best exemplifies the future of hiring, look no further than Capital One, the Virginia-based banking company.

Capital One…

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Added by Paul Petrone on October 2, 2014 at 9:15am — No Comments

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