What’s Your Saddest-But-Can-Now-Laugh-At Red-Flag Story?

Carolann Jacobs — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:00:18 +0000

Miriam Salpeter, my partner for “Land Your Dream Job” and I were talking about some of the “horror” stories from her recruiter friends about major faux pas that candidates have done in interviews (such as calling their previous boss an insane a$$hole). She recently wrote a post on her blog about Red Flags and not ignoring them. It’s tough in this economic climate when all the news is bad, and I’m not looking at your mortgage statement. That said, it has been both of our experiences (which again, aren’t your experiences) that most people who ignore the “red flags” end up regretting it.

Managing Group Politics With a Bitch : )

Carolann Jacobs — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:37:23 +0000

A Case Study of How One Poor Hire and a Merger Changed the Culture of an Organization

Once upon a time, in 1990, Team Jacobs was born with its first new hire, Bloodfang (dog). Bloodfang was hired in a dual role of support staff and security. He was brilliant and did his job with pride, and because he had a sharp wit and humor, he fit in well. He could tell what was expected just by body language, which made delegation easy. The only challenge with Bloodfang was keeping his brilliant mind engaged and focused on activities that benefited the team. What management noticed was that when he got bored, he tended to engage in unproductive behavior such as leaving the premises at odd hours. He was a bit of a rebel and broke rules that didn’t make sense to him. Sometimes this was good, because it caused management to rethink its policies and procedures. Sometimes it just resulted in a hairy couch.

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What’s Your Saddest-But-Can-Now-Laugh-At Red-Flag Story?

Managing Group Politics With a Bitch : )