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Christmas is a holiday that we celebrate not as individuals nor as a nation, but as a human family.
Ronald Reagan
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.
Norman Vincent Peale
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
Charles Dickens
There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
Erma Bombeck
Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day.
Helen Steiner-Rice
Christmas is the one time of year when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ.
Bart Simpson
When you go for a job interview, I think a good thing to ask is if they ever press charges.
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Whys Hiring Requires Wise Interview Questions
It has long been my contention that 95% of the personnel problems employers face could be eliminated if they hired the right people. Naturally, the pivotal emphasis here is on the word right because the people who are right for your business may be completely wrong for the business next door to yours. You have to know what right looks like in your business, and you have to do everything possible to maintain a healthy flow of applicants to keep the odds of finding the right talent stacked in your favor.
Unfortunately, massive numbers of applications can work against you. If your inbox is log-jammed with crappy appy’s, the hidden gems buried in the pile are going to be hired by another employer who is quicker on the draw, which becomes a double whammy if the other employer happens to be your competition. The right people are out there, but only if you can find them; therefore, it’s imperative for you to be able to quickly and effectively separate the chaff from the grain. The right young job seekers are in high demand, and Gen Whys, impulsive and impatient by nature, tend to choose the first offer they get rather than wait for the right one.
Even with the onslaught of online assessments and screening tools, the truth is that nothing can replace personal interviews as the best way to select the right people for your business. However, over the past several years the interviewing game has radically changed. Through instant peer-to-peer information exchange, young applicants already know the “typical” questions they’ll be asked. They’ve also been tipped off as to how to answer those questions in order to “win the game” and get the job offer. In many cases, they’ll give these answers even if there’s a considerable chasm between their responses and what they really think and feel.
So how can you really know if you’re hiring the right person or simply getting the right answers from the wrong person? You can start by asking better interview questions or, at the very least, asking questions that will lead to honest, sincere, unrehearsed replies. You’ve got to create a relaxed environment that will enable the applicant to open up, yet avoid being overly casual and turning the interview into an informal chat. That means you must have a game plan going in and know what questions you’re going to ask before the interview begins. You also have to know what questions the law prevents you from asking, including those regarding an applicant’s age, race, ethnicity, gender, birthplace, and religion, as well as disability, marital, family, or pregnancy status.
It may sound complicated, and it is. Finding the right people for your business has never been easy. And the combination of the impending labor shortage, the skyrocketing costs of making a bad hire, and the probability that a young applicant can outsmart an experienced interviewer makes this challenge even greater. In today’s world, interviewers need to elevate their game.
For the past several months, I have invited leading-edge business  owners, managers, and HR professionals to share their best Gen Why interview questions, the ones they use to find the right Gen Why employees. These questions have been assembled in a special report titled More Than 50 Great Interview Questions to Ask a Whys Applicant, and this report is now available as a downloadable PDF.
If you want to tilt the odds in your favor of getting the right Gen Whys working for you, this special report will arm you with some great interview questions. As my holiday gift, eZine subscribers can download the special report for 50% off the cover price by entering the promotional code “WHYSGIFT”.
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Whys Cracks
KIDNAPPER GOES ON SHOOTING SPREE, KILLS REAL NUT – An attempted kidnapping in Wichita, Kansas ended in tragedy for a would-be assailant; showing once again why guns and idiots don't mix. The 23-year-old man accidentally discharged his gun, hitting his left testicle, while placing the weapon back in his waistband. Flinching, he fired again, this time hitting himself in the left calf. Police arrested the man and his two accomplices after he stumbled into a local hospital seeking treatment. The three were booked for aggravated attempted kidnapping and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Police reported that the men were attempting to kidnap a teenager in an argument over a sound system. (AP)
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