Insperity

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Five-Factor based personality tests are best for: Pre-employment screening Generating meaningful interview questions. PI tests are best for: Pre-employment screening Hiring for sales roles. This data would also help create a legal defense if you were to receive a discrimination claim. The Predictive Index (PI) assessments.

Onboarding

Insperity

MARCH 27, 2018

Until recently, it was fairly standard practice to ask job candidates about salary history in interviews or on job applications. However, these new restrictions pose some challenges for the individuals or teams responsible for a company’s hiring process, especially those recruiting and interviewing candidates. But not anymore.

Salary

Insperity

AUGUST 23, 2018

It’s the same thought process you would use if you interviewed someone with an identifiable or obvious disability (e.g., You should always: Consult with your trusted HR or legal professional. If it’s a sales job, maybe so. Hiring someone on the autistic spectrum should be much like hiring anyone to work for your company.

Legal

Insperity

AUGUST 30, 2016

Broaden the appeal of your sales pitch and provide insight into client demographics. But it’s often hard to look beyond the “this is the way we always do it” mentality to get to the true qualities of the person sitting across from you during the interview. Are you documenting every interview in a consistent manner?

Training

Insperity

MAY 26, 2016

In this analysis, it may be helpful to think of an internship as a six- or eight-week job interview. The young person should also be invited to attend departmental and company meetings, sales calls and vendor presentations. But will your project be something that provides a meaningful experience to budding business professionals?

Supervising

Work Life

APRIL 15, 2024

A few years ago, I did my first interview as a C-level executive. Certainly, it was not the first time I had been asked an inappropriate question in a job interview, but those previous instances had happened much earlier in my tech career. I ended the interview promptly. What makes an interview question inappropriate?

Interviewing

Insperity

JULY 3, 2018

Incivility may present itself as eye-rolling, interrupting or talking over someone in a meeting, making dismissive comments, or speaking disrespectfully while not saying anything that could cause legal action. He brings in all the big sales, so we have to put up with it.”. We’ve all been on the receiving end of her temper.

Logistics

Success

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

He advises against considering email exchanges contracts, as they aren’t legally binding. Use your business’ legal entity, not yourself, to make the contract “Operating through a legal entity—such as an LLC —is a good idea to provide liability and asset protection and for tax benefits,” Weinstein says.

Legal

Go Burrows

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

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Healthcare

Work Life

MAY 1, 2024

For instance, if an employer emphasized a healthy workplace environment during the interview phase, but in actuality promotes toxic leaders and unfair working conditions. In a legal contract, caveat emptor puts the onus on the buyer to do their research and ask the right questions.

Interviewing

Insperity

AUGUST 21, 2014

When you started your business, you thought you could handle it all yourself – sales, accounting, payroll, hiring, etc. A job description is a legal document, so make sure it is compliant with Title VII regulations that outline nondiscriminatory practices. Now, you’re not so sure. This is a good place to start. List job qualifications.

Bookkeeping

Work Life

OCTOBER 22, 2024

When you’re being interviewed, the last thing you want is to get a “panic question.” Also, talk about your current benefits that may not be offered in this opportunity, such as private health and stock options, as this may lead the interviewer to consider how they can compensate for these.

Salary

Success

APRIL 4, 2023

When she found herself working at her dream job in sales for a professional sports team, she was conflicted — she enjoyed her work but knew she wasn’t in an “inclusive space” that would allow her to thrive as a neurodiverse employee. She says clear communication, from the first interview through the duration of employment, is a must.

Interviewing

Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

I finally got an interview, but after it was over, my interviewer walked me out to my car and gave me a whole speech about how with my previous sales experience, I might do better being a representative for a make-up company that she works for, and she asked me to sign up under her. This whole thing is a mess.

Interviewing

Tanveer Naseer

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Great sales people rarely make great sales managers for instance; the skillsets required are different.” Charan says this type of feedback will help the interviewers improve their recruiting skills. During the actual interview, look for examples of high performance.

Problem-Solving

Work Life

OCTOBER 24, 2023

There’s plenty of evidence that there are safe and legal ways to use data about race, gender, and other factors to improve management systems. ” There is also a big downside legal risk of not getting proactive about eliminating bias from your management systems. Include these measures in all your management processes.

Learning

Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This post, boss sends us daily sales pitches for a money management app, pressure for virtual socializing, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. My boss is bombarding us with daily sales pitches for an app. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. and to pressure you into signing up.

Sales

Success

AUGUST 29, 2022

I had a team of employees and $1 million in sales my first year. Technically, the legal term for what happened is called a “breach of contract.” Over the next five years, I found myself in a contentious legal battle to investigate the missing tickets. When you lose everything, you are forced to change. And I did change that day.

Coaching

Ask a Manager

MAY 18, 2017

Then, after being selected, I had to undergo a lengthy interview process in which I was asked questions (online) by several of the company’s employees. Finally, I had a phone interview with the founder. Instead, I was told that the company was waiting on a large sale to come through in order to hire me. Is it legal?

Interviewing

Ask a Manager

AUGUST 9, 2015

I know that in an interview, it would be illegal to ask about marriage, family, etc. Part of my interview was in a foreign language. I recently went through the worst interview of my life. Is this too aggressive or could it help me get an interview/help get the job if I contacted the employee after an interview was requested?

Interviewing

C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 12, 2024

As a business owner, you have many responsibilities, from overseeing daily business operations and marketing and sales campaigns to creating a business plan, financial management and bookkeeping, customer service, and ensuring legal compliance. Do you need more time or another set of hands? Why do executives need an EA?

Correspondence

Ask a Manager

JUNE 1, 2021

This post, interviewer became rude after I got his name wrong, coworkers keep asking to see my baby bump, and more , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. My interviewer become rude and disinterested after I got his name wrong. I wasn’t even interviewed for an internal promotion. Here we go….

Interviewing

Ask a Manager

JUNE 10, 2021

I took your advice and called the hiring manager (who also conducted the interview) and told him about the email – he sounded surprised and informed the CEO who called me personally. He explained they recently laid off their sizeable outsourced sales team, and the company was retaliating against him.

Sales

Work Life

OCTOBER 22, 2024

. “Paying workers low wages is actually very expensive for companies,” said Zeynep Ton, a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and founder of the Good Jobs Institute in an interview with Just Capital.

Healthcare

Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Should I send a holiday card to my interviewer? I interviewed for a position — my dream job — earlier this evening via phone. The interview went well enough, but I think I was just shy of nailing it. Stick with the normal interview thank-you, and leave it at that. Is this legal?

Interviewing

Ask a Manager

AUGUST 3, 2022

The store sales have been terrible. Isn’t whatever hit you might take from people upset that you fired him outweighed by the hit you’re taking right now from having a messy, embarrassing store with bad merchandise, low sales, and terrible employees? how did you evaluate him in the interview?)

Sales

Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 31, 2015

Sales team won’t tell us their schedules. Our sales team is supposed to take requests for new accounts and pricing questions. Our sales team is supposed to take requests for new accounts and pricing questions. Is this a normal set-up between customer support and sales?

Sales

Ask a Manager

JUNE 6, 2017

Interviewer gave me one minute to answer each question. I interviewed for a position with an organization (actually, I had two interviews with this organization) where I was asked a set of 5-10 timed questions. I had one minute to answer each question before the interviewers would move on to the next one. Here we go….

Interviewing

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 31, 2022

My nosy coworker is too interested in my house sale. This past Monday, a coworker who I do not have regular interactions or meaningful conversation with came to me saying, “I recognized your address and see your house is for sale!” Is this legal on their end? My interviewer cut off our meeting early.

Banking

Work Life

JANUARY 23, 2024

This interview has been edited for length and clarity. I got the only job that I could get, which was as a telemarketer cold-calling people and trying to sell them LexisNexis legal software. Sales was not for me. What was your career like before you started Salary Transparent Street? I did that for about a month or two.

Salary

Fellow

MARCH 5, 2024

In general, it is legal to record a meeting without consent, but factors like regional laws, company policies, and the type of content discussed in the meeting will all impact communication requirements for recording meetings. Get Started When not to record: Consider legal and compliance considerations. The answer here is yes, and no.

Legal

Ask a Manager

JULY 15, 2020

He felt tricked (she says she didn’t know at the first interview, but he’s not sure he believes her), and annoyed that we then had to find a replacement for our replacement. In the past, Ron has made comments like “legally, how far do we have to accommodate her if she can’t do her work?”

Legal

Ask a Manager

APRIL 7, 2020

I’ve spent three years in sales for a major luxury brand. 18 hours after the governor announced sales had to cease operations, our manager finally called to tell us we were being laid off. Is it legal for them to ask this of me? How can we give job applicants an easy way to ask for accommodations for their interview?

Healthcare

Ask a Manager

JUNE 27, 2016

Interviewer told me that she’s hard to work for because her expectations are too high. I recently had an in-person interview at a large tech company. I went through an HR phone interview where I was warned the boss may be hard to work for. I then went to the in-person interview with said manager. Constantly criticize?

Controlling

Fellow

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Apart from acting as an official record of the discussions and decisions, minutes of meetings can also provide legal protection for your organization. Sales Update [30 minutes] ARR, deals, closed, objections, and forecast Departmental Updates [20 minutes] Product roadmap and updates from other departments.

Government

Ask a Manager

AUGUST 8, 2017

Recently I had an interview for a HR manager position with a small organization of approximately 100 employees. The interviewer is a COO and only has a desk even though he deals with confidential financial information. Besides field technicians and sales reps, we have, including five people in office at all times, including me.

Payroll

Work Life

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It launched Donna from legal secretary to COO. So show off your EQ in job interviews! On top of that, the high-EQ employees had 63% less turnover than the typically selected sales folk. In fact, it’s mission-critical. Hone it right and it might just build some momentum that advances your career. Just saying.

Construction