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Interesting "Dear Workforce" article on Jan 15 referred to a "please say 'no'" interview technique to weed out less than enthusiastic, short-term job seekers. Would appreciate a specific lis
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Please Say "No" Interview Questions
posted at 1/17/2013 4:14 PM EST
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Interesting "Dear Workforce" article on Jan 15 referred to a "please say 'no'" interview technique to weed out less than enthusiastic, short-term job seekers. Would appreciate a specific list/examples of such questions? I'm in the accommodations sector: no surprise - generally a lower pay - lower skilled - physically demanding/repetitive jobs - few/little benefits - high turnover - environment. Short-term turnover (first six-months) is a persistent problem. "Routine" pay increases and benefits are not on the table. It's tough! |
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Re: Please Say "No" Interview Questions
posted at 1/18/2013 9:28 AM EST
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JMG- You have your challenge. Possible questions to ask: What are your passions (job related)? Why should I hire you? Why are you leaving or did you leave your last position? What do you do when you get frustrated? Other questions to ask yourself: If you were the job candidate why would you want to work at your company? What are you doing to encourage this work group to break the mold? If you are doing what everybody else does why would you expect a different outcome. At a minimum make sure that you are the wage leader (10%) more than the next highest payor. That way you always have folks coming to you. ( I did this in another life and it was very effective). Do any of your competitors do things differently to obtain better results? |
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Re: Please Say "No" Interview Questions
posted at 1/18/2013 4:59 PM EST
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In Response to Re: Please Say "No" Interview Questions: JMG- You have your challenge. Possible questions to ask: What are your passions (job related)? Why should I hire you? Why are you leaving or did you leave your last position? What do you do when you get frustrated? Other questions to ask yourself: If you were the job candidate why would you want to work at your company? What are you doing to encourage this work group to break the mold? If you are doing what everybody else does why would you expect a different outcome. At a minimum make sure that you are the wage leader (10%) more than the next highest payor. That way you always have folks coming to you. ( I did this in another life and it was very effective). Do any of your competitors do things differently to obtain better results? Posted by howard7 For Howard7: Appreciate the reply/advice. Ironically, in my buffet-like tool kit of prepared interview questions can be found some of the EXACT questions you suggest. Don't wish to sound whiney here but department heads do most of the interviewing (seems resonable since they should be best qualified to judge "fitability" into their teams). Our pay philosophy is less than enlightened (another story). I do publish turnover data each year for our organization. It's not pretty. And for 2013 modified our "applicant assessment" form to include the hiring authority's requirement to use a "stay predictability" rating (intent: to measure - differently than we have in the past - how successful the new hire decision was and provide quantifiable feedback from a different perspective). When I perform the interviews, my intend is actually to talk them out of the job - a form of "please say no". That's why the "please say no" technique/questions are so attractive to me. Will continue to fight the battle looking for more effective angles of attack/pursuation. Send additional suggestions, if any, directly to jmgstlouis@hotmail.com. |
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