Behavioral Interviewing – Stewart, #

by Ron Venckus

Behavioral interviewing systems have been around for many years, however over the last few years the use of this type interview program has been increasing. At this time when job descriptions are developed, the job skills and job knowledge level […]

Problem solving – Stewart, #

by Ron Venckus

The process for problem solving is straightforward, yet every step is critical:

  • clarify the situation,
  • determine the cause, why did it happen
  • consider alternatives/ their impact on the organization, and then
  • evaluate the result.

Decision Making:

This is a cognitive process used in problem solving that leads to […]

Teamwork – Stewart, #

by Ron Venckus

From the thousands of resumes I have read it seems that everyone who has a staff feels that teamwork is a competency for them. Webster’s Dictionary, identifies a TEAM as a number of people working on a common task. Webster’s […]

Customer Service – Stewart, #

by Ron Venckus

Customer Service is a competency common to many resumes. Keep in mind that if this is a competency for you, the information provided may give you ideas on how to bring it to life during an interview. We do this by […]

Conceptual and Innovative Thinking – Stewart, #

by Ron Venckus

In the Harvard Business Review (Nov.2005) article “Hiring for Smarts,” Jason Menkes states,

“It’s all very well to be kind, compassionate and charismatic. But the most crucial predictor of executive success has nothing to do with personality or style. It’s brain power.”

Let […]

Leadership – Stewart, #

by Ron Venckus

Leadership is an interesting competency and one which all or at least, most executives feel they possess—and certainly place on their resumes. But ask yourself a question, if it is a competency for you, how are you going to discuss leadership […]

Approachability – Stewart, #

by Ron Venckus

How to distinguish oneself during a job interview is the focus of this series of articles. When discussing accomplishments during the interview, everyone needs to be aware of and know how to talk about personal strengths (or competencies/ behaviors/ traits/ […]

Distinguishing Yourself – Stewart, #

by Ron Venckus
Interpersonal Savvy

Interpersonal Savvy is a very interesting behavioral competency since it is complex to define. If that is true then it must be doubly difficult to sell this competency as part of your likeability factors during an interview.

Think about it; this skill […]

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