Comments on: How to pick the people you work with

By: Nia

Nia — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:49:20 +0000

Most importantly they must be brighter than me. Google

By: senuke

senuke — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:18:18 +0000

I would say that it is definitely a good idea to pick people who are friendly and keen to experience new things with you.

By: Diesel

Diesel — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:19:20 +0000

That's the kind of gal I like.

By: chemo

chemo — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:06:27 +0000

Actually what Nicholas Christakis was very true… I had a colleague of mine who was more like a parasite you know the kind we always have in our offices… The guy was lazy, incompetent yet he survived because he'd hang onto or around other people more successful than him… somehow he was "drawing their positive energy" and improving his career… his best weapon to be around those guys was? flattery… so what happened was i started picking up his bad habits like became lazy, complacent and etc… my IQ got a little shaken up because i'd have no one to intellectually challenge me so I had to do something… Luckily for me I found another job and now try to stay away from these parasites…

By: home schooling diploma

home schooling diploma — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:31:35 +0000

because she has a sharp wit to match mine. (or so I like to think) So, she is smiling because she just bested me and made me question my supposed wit. That's the kind of gal I like.

By: Nike Lebron VI

Nike Lebron VI — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:52:55 +0000

Most importantly they must be smarter than me.

By: JS

JS — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:11:34 +0000

I cannot believe you actually used your full name for this comment, Veronica.

By: Doug D.

Doug D. — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:08:02 +0000

Personally, I like a woman who smiles a lot…but not because she laughs at everything or at kids jokes, rather because she has a sharp wit to match mine. (or so I like to think) So, she is smiling because she just bested me and made me question my supposed wit. That's the kind of gal I like.

By: dk

dk — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:26:50 +0000

This post really bothers me. If race, weight, sexual-orintation, relgion, age and any other way someone can discriminate in hiring someone, what kind of people are we? The bottom line should always be picking the person who can best do the job. If you are looking for someone to load boxes, then an overweight person may not be a good fit. But for a job which requires intellect, who cares if the person is overweight! And it's bad if a woman smiles a lot, come on. I'd rather work with women who smile a lot than female managers who are on a power trip and the only smiling they do is at home.
When are we going to discriminate against arrogant people who judge others like this without failing to see that everyone has negative attributes, including them. Productivity is the bottom line with businesses, but not when it overrules decency.

By: Steve C.

Steve C. — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:12:32 +0000

Marcia. Blind interviewing is definitely the correct direction to go in, given that the interview questions are appropriate.
However, you should consider using assessments before getting to that point though, if only to save your company the time(and expense) that it invests having a panel interview candidates who may not be appropriate. Better to have the candidate invest the time and effort completing the assessment first, then review the results and determine who warrants putting the time into interviewing. This results in more pre-interview information about the candidates, better, more targeted subject material during the interview, and combined with your system, is an even more objective method for determining job-fit. The cost savings of eliminating six to eight man-hours of interviewing time that might be wasted on inappropriate candidates will more than cover the costs of the assessments.
Of course, I am presumptuously assuming here that you are not already using some type of pre-interview assessments already, which is probably not the case since you are at least utilizing blind interviewing techniques.
Steve C.