by Tim Toterhi | Sep 27, 2023 | Career Blog
Dear HR, Stop looking to the external to define diversity. If 100% of your executive or HR team is liberal or conservative, you don’t have diversity of thought; you have a groupthink starter kit. Over time, this can lead to bias in hiring, performance, compensation,... by Tim Toterhi | Jul 8, 2019 | Career Blog
To say that competencies models are complex is like saying space is big. The statement is accurate, but not helpful. Of course, the time required to understand the complexities of either topic is more than the average hiring manager can invest. If you need to search... 
by Tim Toterhi | Jun 17, 2019 | Career Blog
If they can do the job, then as a CHRO, I’d say Absolutely. I value formal education, and for some roles, it’s mandatory. (I wouldn’t hire a self-taught brain surgeon.) In most cases, however, college is but one path to competence, and it’s... by Tim Toterhi | Jan 6, 2016 | Career Blog
Occasionally when interviewing Early Talent performance, skill, and experience differentiators are obvious. Most times however, when a collection of candidates have taken the same classes at the same time from the same professors in the same school, it’s hard to find... by Tim Toterhi | Apr 17, 2015 | Career Blog
Interviewing is a complex, grueling process, and rightly so. Selecting a company for which to work is a costly decision. Get it wrong and you’ll trade time, money, and emotional energy for an embarrassing misstep you’ll have to explain away as you strive to recover...