Comments on: How Would You Move Mount Fuji? http://lancehaun.com/how-would-you-move-mount-fuji/ Life between the brackets Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:42:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Are You Hiring Clowns? « www.hrAce.net http://lancehaun.com/how-would-you-move-mount-fuji/#comment-375 Are You Hiring Clowns? « www.hrAce.net Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:46:09 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/2007/03/05/how-would-you-move-mount-fuji/#comment-375 [...] I get it. You heard about some tech company doing it. You read How Would You Move Mt. Fuji? and thought it was brilliant. You want to be innovative. Or hip. Or whatever. Hell if I know, [...] [...] I get it. You heard about some tech company doing it. You read How Would You Move Mt. Fuji? and thought it was brilliant. You want to be innovative. Or hip. Or whatever. Hell if I know, [...]

]]> By: Are You Hiring Clowns? | HRM Today http://lancehaun.com/how-would-you-move-mount-fuji/#comment-374 Are You Hiring Clowns? | HRM Today Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:55:57 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/2007/03/05/how-would-you-move-mount-fuji/#comment-374 [...] I get it. You heard about some tech company doing it. You read How Would You Move Mt. Fuji? and thought it was brilliant. You want to be innovative. Or hip. Or whatever. Hell if I know, [...] [...] I get it. You heard about some tech company doing it. You read How Would You Move Mt. Fuji? and thought it was brilliant. You want to be innovative. Or hip. Or whatever. Hell if I know, [...]

]]> By: Are You Hiring Clowns? | Rehaul by Lance Haun http://lancehaun.com/how-would-you-move-mount-fuji/#comment-373 Are You Hiring Clowns? | Rehaul by Lance Haun Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:50:00 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/2007/03/05/how-would-you-move-mount-fuji/#comment-373 [...] I get it. You heard about some tech company doing it. You read How Would You Move Mt. Fuji? and thought it was brilliant. You want to be innovative. Or hip. Or whatever. Hell if I know, [...] [...] I get it. You heard about some tech company doing it. You read How Would You Move Mt. Fuji? and thought it was brilliant. You want to be innovative. Or hip. Or whatever. Hell if I know, [...]

]]> By: Greg Paskill http://lancehaun.com/how-would-you-move-mount-fuji/#comment-371 Greg Paskill Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:59:09 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/2007/03/05/how-would-you-move-mount-fuji/#comment-371 Companies everywhere complain that so few candidates bother coming prepared to job interviews. I've spoken to job candidates about preparation, and they wonder why should they bother. Many applicants would really like the interview to concentrate on the job--can they do it, will they do it, and how. Instead they're faced with either behavioral interview questions where they speak about what they did for somebody else, or they're presented with puzzles that make preparation irrelevant. Employers need to concentrate on the job. One sad reality, however, is many an employer can't accurately describe what it really takes to do the work. So they fall for this fads. Companies everywhere complain that so few candidates bother coming prepared to job interviews. I’ve spoken to job candidates about preparation, and they wonder why should they bother. Many applicants would really like the interview to concentrate on the job–can they do it, will they do it, and how. Instead they’re faced with either behavioral interview questions where they speak about what they did for somebody else, or they’re presented with puzzles that make preparation irrelevant.

Employers need to concentrate on the job. One sad reality, however, is many an employer can’t accurately describe what it really takes to do the work. So they fall for this fads.

]]> By: YourHRGuy.com » Blog Archive » The Stereotype of the Older Worker http://lancehaun.com/how-would-you-move-mount-fuji/#comment-372 YourHRGuy.com » Blog Archive » The Stereotype of the Older Worker Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:58:26 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/2007/03/05/how-would-you-move-mount-fuji/#comment-372 [...] that same note, I had a comment in my book review about Microsoft’s hiring process from an older person who just doesn’t get the idea of those types of interview questions. I [...] [...] that same note, I had a comment in my book review about Microsoft’s hiring process from an older person who just doesn’t get the idea of those types of interview questions. I [...]

]]> By: Vixx http://lancehaun.com/how-would-you-move-mount-fuji/#comment-370 Vixx Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:41:38 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/2007/03/05/how-would-you-move-mount-fuji/#comment-370 HR Guy.... I guess me and a lot of others would be left on the "outside" because my response would be..."Why would I need to?" I've been in IT for 25 years and I think I'm too old and jaded to work for anybody that insists on using twee interview questions. Maybe they should ask questions like "Do you understand the impact of you leaving a mistake in your code and client companies missing their deadline for printing payroll checks?" Perhaps Old Bill needs to start tossing some cash around in the U.S. to get colleges and trade schools up to snuff on turning out skilled technical workers. But then again, he's probably pretty sure they won't offshore his job or screw up his paycheck. HR Guy….

I guess me and a lot of others would be left on the “outside” because
my response would be…”Why would I need to?”

I’ve been in IT for 25 years and I think I’m too old and jaded to work for
anybody that insists on using twee interview questions.

Maybe they should ask questions like “Do you understand the impact of you
leaving a mistake in your code and client companies missing their deadline
for printing payroll checks?”

Perhaps Old Bill needs to start tossing some cash around in the U.S. to get
colleges and trade schools up to snuff on turning out skilled technical workers.

But then again, he’s probably pretty sure they won’t offshore his job or
screw up his paycheck.

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