Melissa Dobbins
- Mar 14
- 5 min
The hard skill of Interviewing for hard skills – question types, tips, and techniques
Hard skills (or ‘teachable’ abilities) are at the core of so many jobs. Which means verifying that your candidates have those hard skills...
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Melissa Dobbins
- Jan 17
- 3 min
What to do when there is no diversity in your candidate slate
You’ve done everything you can – expanded your active and passive sourcing, removed every extraneous requirement, added generous...
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Melissa Dobbins
- Nov 15, 2023
- 4 min
Up, up, down, down, left, right, … keeping it fair in hiring
In the 1980s there was a beloved secret among Nintendo game enthusiasts called the Konami Code. With this code you could unlock all sorts...
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Melissa Dobbins
- Nov 8, 2023
- 2 min
Look beyond the job to select ‘The One’
When it comes to hiring, there are those times when all the stars align and that single, perfect candidate pops out as the obvious and...
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Melissa Dobbins
- Oct 4, 2023
- 4 min
Four reasons why applicant screening processes don’t work
Ditch the keywords, put in the time to truly evaluate the assessments, and replace the screener calls with a standard, consistent process...
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Melissa Dobbins
- Aug 23, 2023
- 6 min
Beyond the Tech - Techniques for testing vendor alignment
When selecting the right technologies for your hiring process, there are two main components to consider: the technology and the vendor....
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