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The most common mistake in content writer interviews is treating the portfolio like a test. It isn't. A portfolio shows you what someone produced when they had unlimited time, picked their best work, and chose…
Mediabistro Team
Graphic design is one of the few creative roles where hiring managers regularly confuse aesthetic preference with candidate evaluation. The portfolio review goes well, the work looks polished, the offer goes out. Three months later,…
Mediabistro Team
It’s intimidating to interview designers, especially if you don’t know much about design. What questions do you ask? How do you judge the answers? How do you effectively evaluate a creative person if you don’t…
Bizzy Coy
When you’re interviewing new hires for your social media team, the questions can get stale pretty fast. What social management tools do you use? How do you measure the effectiveness of an Instagram campaign? What’s…
Bizzy Coy
McKinsey reports that companies “in the top quartile for racial and ethnic diversity are 35% more likely to have financial returns above their respective national industry medians.” In other words, fostering a more inclusive workplace…
Mark Lerner
Millennials have different concerns about work than older workers. Unlike baby boomers or Gen X, who typically want to land a job and then figure it out, millennials—people born in the early 1980s to the…
Marc Robertson
When you’re looking for a new freelancer, it’s often due to an emergency scenario: A full-timer just quit without notice. Your favorite contractor isn’t available for the next six months. Or a surprise project just…
Mark Lerner
For years, experts have been arguing that job interviews are worthless. Many employers choose the wrong person simply because they favor a personable candidate over a qualified one. When faced with a less-than-perfect interviewee, you…
Mark Lerner
Not every job applicant—even one you invite for an interview—is worth your utmost attention, so weeding out a bad job candidate early can save time, energy and frustration. Below, workplace experts offer 10 key warning signs of a bad…
Joel Schwartzberg
You're lucky to be in a position where you can hire some help, but interviewing candidates is a lot like detective work. Somehow, you've got to go beyond pat answers, polished resumes and perfected covers…
Joel Schwartzberg