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How to Make the Final Hiring Decision

Our “Finding Top Talent” series has explored how to attract top talent and encourage them to submit their applications for open positions. Now we’re going to focus on what to do when your application pile includes several potential superstars. Emotional Intelligence: Assessing and Developing Today’s Top Job Skill Recognizing, understanding, and managing emotions at work …

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When (and How) to Tell a Candidate You’re Not Going to Hire Them

Congratulations! It’s been a long, hard hiring process, but you’ve finally found the candidate you want to hire. And best of all, your dream candidate said yes! While some celebration is in order, you still have one task left: You need to contact the remaining candidates on the short list and let them know you …

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How to Decide Between Two Great Candidates

It’s every hiring manager’s favorite nightmare: two eminently qualified candidates are applying for one position, and you just can’t decide which candidate deserves the job. They’ve got comparable education backgrounds, similar track records and both have solid references. How do you choose? Before pulling out that quarter and flipping it, take the following factors into …

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