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February 25, 2011

Take a picture

Filed under: life — Tags: — zproxy @ 12:39 pm

Carrying your camera with you and taking photos of whatever catches your eye, automatically turns any outing into an artist’s date. You give yourself permission to be creative: to be a person who creates

Today I found a thought by Prashanth I wanted to share about how to make a better use of your camera.

  • Take a picture of your white board after a brain storming session
  • Take a picture of a flower in a garden and send it to your significant other
  • If you visit another town and like the view take a picture to show what your friends are missing for not being with you.
  • Take a picture of what your customer draws
  • If you are in a restaurant you like take a picture of their business card and share it with out friends
  • Take a picture of your customers office and use it in the next presentation
  • While doing user research take a picture of their desk so the rest of your team not part of the visit could get a better sense later
  • Take a picture of your receipts
  • Take a picture of the visiting cards you receive and books.

See also: What gets shared?

See also: 10 Writing reasons to take more photographs by Joanna

February 1, 2011

Conduct a job interview

Filed under: life — Tags: , , , — zproxy @ 2:34 pm

You want to hire the best applicant.

You want this applicant to choose your company.

When you are hiring, how does one conduct a job interview?

  1. Set a friendly tone – two minutes.
  2. Establish control of the meeting – two minutes.
  3. Ask questions- ten minutes.
    • What accomplishment in your present job are you most proud of? What was your best idea (regardless of implementation)?
    • What are your hobbies and interests? Are they useful to your career or in balancing the rest of your life?
    • Which do you enjoy the most: working alone with information or working with other people?
      An excellent candidate might say the different perspectives within a group produce more innovative ideas than one person working alone can, but without information, a team can’t get very far.
    • What sort of work environment do you prefer? What brings out your best performance?
      Probe for specifics. You want to find out whether this person is going to fit into your company.
  4. Sell the opportunity- three minutes.
  5. Answers questions and close– three minutes.
    1. Who will be my superior and what are his or her strengths and weaknesses?
    2. Indicate the conclusion of the interview with body language (e.g., glance at your watch or calendar) and by summarizing your remarks.

Reasons not to get job offer:

  • Dressing inappropriately – 69%
  • Appearing disinterested – 69%
  • Appearing arrogant – 66%
  • Speaking negatively about a current or previous employer – 63%
  • Chewing gum – 59%
  • Not providing specific answers – 35%
  • Not asking good questions – 32%

  • Handshake
  • Keep eyes focused
  • Active listening
  • Handle Interruptions

See also: Playlist - How to Hire a New Employee

See also: Playlist – How to Conduct a job Interview

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