Hiring managers have all wrestled with this fear at some point: what if I hire the wrong person? How do I know if I made the wrong choice? Applying Occam’s razor to hiring may help us deal with this fear. Occam’s razor is a philosophy that states: when presented with multiple explanations for a phenomenon, […]
What We Can Learn From How TikTok Creators Are Helping Candidates Prep for Our Interviews Spend any amount of time on TikTok, Instagram, or other social media platforms and you’ll likely find them: knowledgeable lawyers, consultants, and other professionals (many with strong HR backgrounds) dishing out interview prep to job seekers everywhere. Their advice, their […]
And The Solution Isn’t What You’d Expect When the ‘godfather’ of flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, went looking for the source of human happiness and optimal experience, his journey led him to uncover something unexpected – our paradoxical relationship with work. It is this paradox, in part, that is responsible for the latest manifestation of discontent at […]
“A good manager… isn’t worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him.” — H. S. M Burns Everybody who has ever hired anybody will tell you that hiring is hard, and the hiring data agrees. 46% of newly hired employees will fail within their first 18 months according […]
The concept of “shifting left” originates from the Agile method in software development. With incredible efficiency and outcome-focused strategies, the Agile approach has guided software teams around the globe in designing and building the tech we use every day. In a recent HireBrain workshop, one software engineering leader made the connection and said to us: […]
How It Jeopardizes the Hiring Process and Almost Ruined the Career of an All Star From Founder + CEO, David Nason A History of Being Negative (A Time Travel Story) To understand negativity bias, we need to steal a car, but not any car. We need a plutonium-fueled DeLorean. Upgraded with a flux capacitor, modified […]
In the high-stakes world of aviation, the “1 in 60” rule emphasizes the importance of precision. The “1 in 60” rule states that for every 1° error, you will end up being 1 mile off course after traveling 60 miles. Pilots understand that even the slightest misalignment in their flight path can result in significant […]
When filling an open position on our team, the temptation to rush through the interview process and make a hasty hiring decision can be overwhelming. After all, we really “needed someone yesterday”! As much as it feels like hiring someone quickly is the goal, “running and gunning” the selection process can easily make your situation […]