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26 Thursday May 2016
Posted in Business, Human Resource
Tag Archives: Public sector
Why ask job applicants to enclose their photographs?
12 Tuesday Apr 2016
Posted in Business, Human Resource
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Business, Business Tips, Career, Consultants, Entrepreneur, Human Capital, Human Resource, Management, MNC, Organization, People, Problem Solving, Public sector, SME, Staff
In Singapore, it is the norm to demand from candidates a “non-returnable” photograph with their job applications.
Many companies – small and medium enterprises (SMEs), multinational corporations (MNCs) and government linked companies (GLCs) – simply parrot this nonsense.
This creates a perception of discrimination in hiring.
But I also believe that many so-called HR professionals in Singapore are ignorant and merely copying and pasting stuff that they had seen and experienced when they first applied for a job.
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Interview Questions for Interviewers and Job Applicants
01 Friday Apr 2016
Posted in Business, Hiring: A Primer for Managers, Human Resource
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Business, Business Tips, Career, Human Capital, Human Resource, Management, MNC, Organization, Problem Solving, Public sector, Small Businesses, SME, Solutions, Staff, Team building
Sample Questions for Lectures 7, 8 and 9, for course participants enrolled in my on-line course:
Interview Questions: Interview Like a Professional HRM
Lecture 7: Close-Ended Questions
- How many years have you been driving and have you ever been involved in a motor accident?
- In your current job, what is the value of the sales budget you are directly responsible for?
- In your current job, what percentage of your customers are multinationals, government agencies and small & medium enterprises?
Lecture 8: Open-Ended Questions
- How do you juggle family responsibilities and job demands?
- Talk about the most difficult account that you brought on board.
- How do you see yourself contributing to the business?
Lecture 9: Scenario Based Questions
- You want to introduce a new product to the market, how would you go about it? Give an overview of your approach.
- Who do you see as major competitors for our products?
- Going forward, what do you consider the biggest challenge to our industry? How would you respond to this?
Note:
The internet throws up dozens of sample questions, often with hyped up headlines – Top 10 Questions; Most Common Interview Questions; Questions and Suggested Answers; and so on.
Some of these questions are excellent but unfortunately many are clearly not thought through. Just because everyone uses them does not make these questions effective.
In due course, I shall upload more articles here. Check them out.
Thank you and all good wishes.
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Match Qualification Criteria to Job Scope
01 Friday Apr 2016
Posted in Business, Human Resource
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Business, Business Tips, Career, Consultants, Entrepreneur, HR, Human Capital, Human Resource, Management, Organization, People, Public sector, Small Businesses, SME, Staff
Why do human resource managers in Singapore demand unnecessary paper qualifications from their candidates?
Are GCE O Levels required for ALL job openings?
Or, is it a case of herd instinct? Since everyone else asks for it, I better ask for it too.
Or, is it something more –
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Questions for Interviewers and Job Applicants
31 Thursday Mar 2016
Posted in Business, Hiring: A Primer for Managers, Human Resource
Tags
Business, Business Tips, Career, Human Capital, Human Resource, Management, MNC, Organization, Problem Solving, Public sector, Small Businesses, SME, Solutions, Staff, Team building
Sample Questions, Lecture 5, for course participants enrolled in my on-line course:
Interview Questions: Interview Like a Professional HRM
Close-Ended Questions
- Do you have a driver’s license?
- Are you taking further studies? Night school, perhaps.
- If the job requires it, can you work the occasional weekend – a Saturday or even one Sunday a month?
Open-Ended Questions
- Speak about your strengths and weaknesses.
- Talk about your hobbies.
- Talk about your career to date.
Scenario Based Questions
- You are part of a project team, and feel that one of your colleagues is not putting in his fair share of work. How would you resolve this?
- You are meeting a client the following morning but the night before, you had taken ill. How will you handle this situation?
- Your supervisor has assigned you a task, something beyond your job scope. How will you handle this situation?
Note:
The internet throws up dozens of sample questions, often with hyped up headlines – Top 10 Questions; Most Common Interview Questions; Questions and Suggested Answers; and so on.
Some of these questions are excellent but unfortunately many are clearly not thought through. Just because everyone uses them does not make these questions effective.
In due course, I shall upload more articles and videos here. Hope to see you back.
Thank you and all good wishes.
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