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top failures in interviews for management jobs

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Top failures in job interviews for management jobs

Not for the first time are we talking about the subject of interviews for a post in our Experteer magazine. As the key to your future, the next interview for management jobs is not something you can avoid dealing with. Sure, if you have the picked out the appropriate suit or the perfect dress, reached in time for the interview and met your interview partner with the head held high and firmly shook hands, that’s not so bad for a start. But that is only half the battle.

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Sleepless in management jobs

Sleep is an important factor of our life. We sleep on a daily basis and can not survive without it. The functions of sleep are still largely unknown. The oft repeated key function of sleep is the self-cleaning function of the brain. Energy saving is also plausible in this context. It is clear, at least, that we are not powerful without sleep and would probably not survive. The longer we are awake, the greater the sleep pressure. People who suffer from sleep deprivation, even develop schizophrenia-like symptoms. However, most professionals tend to be sleepless in management jobs

Inside characteristics of a good manager

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Inside the mind of a successful manager

Finding management jobs is not easy, but it is also only just the first step towards what may potentially be a long haul career ensuring that teams and products work as per plans. We have shared before the classical ‘characteristics’ of a successful manager, as defined by research, teams and headhunters or hiring managers.

Money is not the only way for employee motivation

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Money is Not The Best Method of Employee Motivation

Lack of motivation in the workplace is a major problem for employers and managers- it leads to decreasing productivity, passive behavior and an increase in absenteeism. On a larger level it leads to what one can call “internal termination”. Employee motivation is an important issue for managers at all levels. But how do you motivate the employees?

worst way for a candidate to behave with a headhunter

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A Headhunter Shares the Worst Way for a Candidate to Behave on a Phone Call

Priorly we shared details with you on how to establish a long term relationship with a headhunter or an executive recruiter and what could be done potentially to improve your chances of getting the next management position. Today, we present an interesting interview with Hildegard Freund, CEO of Hildegard HR Consulting in Germany. From talking through the best ways to contact a headhunter to the worst way for a candidate to behave on the first phone call, get all the exclusive insights directly from the headhunter, and be sure that you’re following all the best practices!

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Management Skills 206: How to be an authentic leader

What is the hype about the authentic style of leadership? The essence of authenticity is to know, accept and remain true to one’s self. The more you remain true to their core values, identities, preferences and emotions, the more of an authentic leader you become. This is valuable in fact no matter what level you are at as an employee, and is of course most critical when in management jobs.

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Management Skills 205: How to be the bearer of bad news

Being the bearer of bad news is of the biggest challenges managers face. No body likes bad news, and it is worse when you know you might be ruining somebody’s day or much more. It never gets easier to tell someone they’re not performing up to standards, or to tell a whole team that their project they’ve spent so many hours on is now scrapped or the company is downsizing.

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10 Fatal Flaws in Leaders

Fatal Flaws in leaders are perhaps spoken less of compared to what qualities a leader must possess. As a candidate of management jobs, this is critical as a check. Leadership consultants Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman conducted two studies to judge the characteristics of those who were fired as well as those who were considered least effective in terms of their leadership skills.

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What Questions Should a Candidate Ask a Headhunter?

In our regular interviews with headhunters and executive recruiters, we have already answered a variety of questions: How do headhunters define a top manager? How can you be present on a headhunter’s radar? What are they looking for in candidate CVs? Today we’d like to present exclusive insights from Roland Netter, CEO and Managing Partner of GKM-recruitment AG. We’ve asked him some candidate-centric questions for you, including how what questions should a candidate ask a headhunter. Read further to get these exclusive insights…

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How to determine the cost of unhappy employees?

As we described before, workplace happiness has a direct impact on productivity of employees. As a manager and a CEO, this is something that of utmost importance. Especially with the millennials entering the workforce and wanting far more flexibility, tangible work-culture, most managers have to deal with the cost of unhappy employees.