tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post2749247894379497385..comments2023-09-29T06:09:21.089-04:00Comments on Ask a Manager: do you conduct entry interviews?Ask a Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05281942480230532899noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-27896227364077682052007-10-18T20:39:00.000-04:002007-10-18T20:39:00.000-04:00This is amazing. You are giving management/HR a g...This is amazing. You are giving management/HR a good name! <BR/><BR/>So does that mean that "Catbert, Evil HR Director" is just a figment of Scott Adams's imagination?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-89885249812816708512007-10-18T18:12:00.000-04:002007-10-18T18:12:00.000-04:00"Catching issues early" is a key point for me. The..."Catching issues early" is a key point for me. The difficulty is that it's time-consuming to follow up on what you find out and it can be tough, for instance if you have to tell a manager that shaking his new direct report's hand on the first day is just not enough.<BR/><BR/>But if you manage to convince management that entry interviews aren't just "a thing that HR does", they can be the first measure against turnover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558939360732260529.post-14831910251079750862007-10-16T12:24:00.000-04:002007-10-16T12:24:00.000-04:00There are so many good parts to this post that it'...There are so many good parts to this post that it's hard to pick out one thing to comment upon. I love the idea of an "entry interview" and I think assessing the intake process is crucial. It creates an impression that affects the way a person views your company for a very long time. But I think the most valuable part of the post is the question about feedback. Feedback is the breakfast of champions. It's the way we get better faster. It's also the way that others get better faster so encouraging them to ask for it and asking about the quantity and quality of feedback they get is powerful, indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com