Thursday, May 1, 2008

PLA 2008 Day 1: You’re Fired! When the Ideal Candidate Becomes the Problem Employee

Speakers: Paula Alston, Sean O’Connell, Jody Treadway

Common mistakes:
- a warm body to fill the vacant position
- if you have reservations, don’t hire that person

warning danger avoid
- the whinny candidate
- the helpless candidate
- the candidate who has to be talked into taking the job
- the candidate who has conditions on taking the job
- the candidate who doesn’t commit to pre-employment deadlines

References
most important - would you hire this person again?

Really use the probationary period

Application - if they are careless on the application, they might be careless in their job

Interview questions - answer those yourself beforehand, then during interview, you can more accurately look for answers you want

Most people will fire themselves - they’ll either do something they know will get them fired, or they’ll resign. How odd!

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